e-mail: jfonsec@igf.edu.pl

Wykształcenie

  • 03.2020 – 11.2024 Ph.D. in Geophysics
    • Postgraduate Program in Geodynamics and Geophysics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Thesis: „Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis for NE Brazil„
  • 03.2018 – 12.2019 Master’s Degree in Geophysics.
    • Postgraduate Program in Geodynamics and Geophysics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Thesis: „Analysis of the 2017 seismic sequence in the Northwest of the Potiguar Basin„
  • 03.2014 – 12.2017 Bachelor’s Degree in Geophysics, Department of Geophysics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Thesis: „Elaboration of a seismic catalogue for the Northeast region of Brazil (2012)„

Umiejętności

  • 20.07.2020 – 21.07.2021 Certificate of Completion in The Generic Mapping Tool (GMT) for Geodesy
  • 16.11.2020 – 20.11.2020 Certificate of Completion in Waveform Inversion for Moment Tensor (ISOLA)
  • 20.10.2020 – 23.10.2020 Certificate of Completion in Introduction to Data Analysis with R
  • Software:
    • OpenQuake Engine (Advanced)
    • R-CRISIS (Advanced)
    • SEISAN (Advanced)
    • EPISODES Platform (Intermediate)
    • Seismic Analysis Code (SAC) (Intermediate)
    • ISOLA (Basic/Familiar)
  • Mapping & Visualization:
    • Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) (Advanced)
    • PyGMT (Advanced) / QGIS (Advanced)
  • Programming & Data Analysis
    • Python (Advanced)
    • ObsPy (Intermediate)
    • MATLAB (Basic/Familiar)
    • R (Basic/Familiar)

Zatrudnienie

  • 03.2024 – current – Brazilian Seismographic Network – Natal, Brazil
    • Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) database development
    • machine learning applications in Seismology (earthquake identification, location, and magnitude estimation)
    • undergraduate student supervision
    • seismographic station deployment
    • public outreach and science communication: conducting ublic outreach activities, including delivering presentations
      and participating in interviews and field visits, to educate the public about local and regional seismicity.
  • 11.2023 – current – LEMAG tecnologia – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    • Clarified HVSR and PSHA report findings for stakeholders.
    • Responded to technical questions on seismic site characterization and hazard analysis.
  • 10.2023 – current – DF+ Engenharia – Belo Horizonte, Brazil
    • Designed and delivered concise PSHA workshops for engineering teams.
    • Guided tailings‑dam teams in building and calibrating site‑specific PSHA models.
    • Reviewed and validated external PSHA reports against industry standards.
    • Assessed induced seismicity and fault‑reactivation potential at a tailing dam.
    • Developed lightweight Python scripts for earthquake catalogue processing and 1D reservoir‑incremental stress
      estimates.

Publikacje

  • Fonsêca, J. A. S., do Nascimento, A. F., and Lasocki, S. “Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis for NE Brazil.” Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, accepted 11 May 2025. Preprint Research Square, version 1, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5295855/v1.
  • Fonsêca, J. A. S., S. Lasocki, and A. F. do Nascimento. „Probabilistic estimation of the source component of seismic hazard in North-Eastern Brazil.” Heliyon 10.9 (2024).
  • Fonsêca, J. A. S., et al. „Intraplate earthquakes in the Potiguar Basin, Brazil: evidence for superposition of local and regional stresses and implications for moderate-size earthquake occurrence.” Journ. of S. A. E. S. 110 (2021): 103370.
  • do Nascimento, Aderson F., et al. „Multi-fault segments in the Pernambuco Lineament, Brazil: implications for fault architecture in intraplate areas.” Journal of South American Earth Sciences 111 (2021): 103494.
  • de Menezes, E. A. S., et al. „Seismicity in a low-strain area: example of the Irauçuba fault in NE Brazil.” Journal of South American Earth Sciences 106 (2021): 103034.

Konferencje

  • V Assembly of the Latin American and Caribbean Seismological Commission, 24.06.2024 – 28.06.2024 San José.
    • Presentation of the work: “Towards Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis for NE Brazil”
  • 18th international congress of the brazilian geophysical society and expogef, 16.10.2023 – 19.10.2023 Rio de Janeiro
    • Presentation of the work: “ Seismic hazard for NE Brazil revealed by probabilistic analysis”,
  • 28th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG2023), 11.07.2023 – 20.07.2023 Berlin
    • Presentation of the work: “Assessing seismicity and magnitude distributions for NE Brazil earthquake catalog for Seismic Hazard Analysis purpose”.
  • 17th international congress of the brazilian geophysical society and expogef, 08.11.2021 – 11.11.2021, Rio de Janeiro
    • Presentation of the work: “Observations of some 'exotic’ sources by the Brazilian Seismographic Network in NE Brazil”
    • Presentation of the work: “The NW Potiguar Basin seismic zone: spatio-temporal evolution, stress regime and implications for moderate-size earthquake occurrence”.
    • Presentation of the work: “Preliminary analysis of the 2020 Amargosa (NE Brazil) seismic activity”
  • 3rd BRAZILIAN SEISMOLOGY SYMPOSIUM, 15.04.2019 – 17.04.2019 Vinhedo
    • Presentation of the work: “Recent seismicity in Cascavel-CE (2017)”

Projekty

  • 2020 – 2023 Study of the Geological-Geotechnical Behavior of Barreiras Formation Soils and Contribution to the Subsidence Monitoring of the Pinheiro, Bom Parto, Mutange, and Bebedouro Neighborhoods in Maceió, Alagoas, Research Assistant. Federal University of Pernambuco/Civil Defense of Maceió.
    • urban soil subsidence investigation driven by salt-layer dissolution beneath densely populated
      neighborhoods, integrating microseismicity analysis with accelerated ground lowering to monitoring and risk
      mitigation strategies.
    • technical reports production for the Civil Defense of Maceió.
  • 2020 – 2021 Characterization of the Source of Seismological Phenomena Associated with Cracks and Ground Settlements in an Urbanized Area of Maceió, Alagoas, Team Member. Geological Survey of Brazil/Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte.
    • Examination of the origin of surface cracks and differential settlement in Maceió’s urban fabric, where
      historical salt-mining has created subsurface voids.
    • Earthquake catalogue development.
    • Seismic noise analysis.

Nagrody

  • 2022 – Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education, Sandwich PhD Scholarship.
  • 2020 – Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education, CAPES Doctoral Fellowship.
  • 2018 – Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education, CAPES Doctoral Fellowship.