Professor Julio F. D. Rezende is
a pioneer in Brazil promoting quality education related to Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) and Mars, identifying some possible
solutions to be applied in arid and semiarid regions, verifying issues related
to the operation of self-sustainable habitats. His interests is related to
sustainability and innovation. In 2016, published a research about Mars during
the 19th Mars Society Convention in Washington D. C. During 2017 and 2018
had published at International Conference on Sustainable Development at
Columbia University (NY).
In Brazil, coordinates 4 pioneering
initiatives related to Mars education and science and technology
popularization: the research station Habitat Marte (www. HabitatMarte.com), MarsLab
- Laboratory of Technologies Applied to Mars and Semiarid
(wwwMarsLaboratory.Blogspot.com), Mars Research Group - Mars and Arid Regions
Settlements Sustainability and the Museum Espaço Marte (www.espacoMarte.Blogspot.com). He is also
creating the Mars Society Brazil chapter.
The professor is interested in
research about climate change, Mars, sustainable development of semiarid
regions, economic development, entrepreneurship, sustainability and the
implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He is acting in
sustainable construction in communities. Rezende is Bachelor in Management and
Psychology, master and PhD on Sustainability at the Universidade Federal do Rio
Grande do Norte (UFRN) and concluded the post doc in University of Central
Florida (UCF) researching about the support of Business Incubators and Science
Parks in the creation of new clean tech companies.
Julio Rezende has published more
than 10 books about sustainability and innovation teaching in the Industrial Engineering
Department of Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).
Rezende is president of the Management
Council in Brazil (CRA-RN), innovation director of Foundation of Support of Rio
Grande do Norte’s Research (FAPERN), performing lectures in different countries
about sustainability, innovation and management in English and Spanish.
More information about professor Julio
Rezende: www.juliorezende.com.