PhD candidate in the Business School at the University of Queensland, researching how corporations respond and adapt to climate change.Maria holds a Master of Science in Energy from the University of Sao Paulo, where she studied Energy Transition and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). She holds a bachelor’s degree in Geology from the University de Sao Paulo, with part of her studies completed at the Silesian University of Technology.She has also worked on power trading at bp as a Market Analyst, Trader and Operations Analyst.