Ana Carolina Coelho Maran, P.E., Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

Responsible for leading the District's resiliency efforts to advance restoration, protect communities from flooding and meet the region's water needs, in collaboration with local, state and federal agencies; for coordinating scientific data and research needs to ensure the District's resilience planning and projects are founded on the best available science; and, for developing and coordinating the implementation of comprehensive District wide resiliency goals to mitigate and adapt to the… Show more Responsible for leading the District's resiliency efforts to advance restoration, protect communities from flooding and meet the region's water needs, in collaboration with local, state and federal agencies; for coordinating scientific data and research needs to ensure the District's resilience planning and projects are founded on the best available science; and, for developing and coordinating the implementation of comprehensive District wide resiliency goals to mitigate and adapt to the challenges facing the District's infrastructure and core functions from sea level rise and other climate change impacts. Show less

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Managing the Water Resources Program at the Environmental Planning and Community ResilienceDivision and reporting to the Broward County Chief Resilience Office;• Coordinating with Federal, State, Regional and Local Agencies to support water resources planningand management, regulatory and policy issues;• Assessing current and future water resources conditions, with the support of robust modeling tools,including the evaluation of water supply sources and alternative water… Show more • Managing the Water Resources Program at the Environmental Planning and Community ResilienceDivision and reporting to the Broward County Chief Resilience Office;• Coordinating with Federal, State, Regional and Local Agencies to support water resources planningand management, regulatory and policy issues;• Assessing current and future water resources conditions, with the support of robust modeling tools,including the evaluation of water supply sources and alternative water supply strategies, waterquality, drought and flood events driven by intense rainfall, sea level rise and other climate impacts;• Supporting the Implementation of the Broward Countywide Integrated Water Resources Plan and itsgrant programs, in coordination with Broward’s municipalities;• Staffing the County’s Water Advisory Board and its Technical Advisory Committee and supportingregional policy coordination;• Implementing Indoor and Outdoor Water Conservation Programs, in partnership with over 20municipalities, including outreach campaigns to engage Broward’s residents.broward.org/waterresources Show less

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Water Resources Modeling • Hydraulic and hydrologic numerical analysis and model development• Miami Beach Resilience & Vulnerability Analysis• Miami Dade Water & Sewer - Consent Degree Program / PM/CM Team• Resilient Utility Coalition - Organizing Committee

West Palm Beach, Florida Area

• Evaluating hydrologic modeling alternatives (especially rainfall-runoff models) to be integrated in the analysis of SFWMM – Climate Change / Downscaling strategy;• Data management and processing for the development and calibration of hydrologic models;• Definition of Tidal Boundary Conditions (data gathering and analysis) for Regional Modeling;• Participating in the weekly meetings and discussions about Sea Level Rise, Climate Change and Downscaling Modeling.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Supporting the elaboration of research projects and grant proposals (funding sources);• Teaching water related topics for the students enrolled in the Course FRSHWTR 510: Economics, Policy and Management of Water;• Participating in discussions and meetings about research progress and future steps in water resources projects.

Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil

• Elaborating River Basin Plans, including: water resources/hydrologic modeling and analyses in water balance, water quality, floods; water security and climate change analysis; environmental services and best management practices; water use charges; institutional framework;• Participating on the definition of water allocation rules and user permitting in major river basins, using the latest GIS/water resources/hydrologic models and conflict resolution strategies; • Supporting the… Show more • Elaborating River Basin Plans, including: water resources/hydrologic modeling and analyses in water balance, water quality, floods; water security and climate change analysis; environmental services and best management practices; water use charges; institutional framework;• Participating on the definition of water allocation rules and user permitting in major river basins, using the latest GIS/water resources/hydrologic models and conflict resolution strategies; • Supporting the design, development, programming and implementation of GIS solutions and decision support tools/analysis for water resources planning and management issues;• Collaborating to the National Water Resources Information System, including analysis, production, validation and publication of spatial information, databases, and related GIS models and tools; • Preparing and reviewing technical documents, including the National Water Resources Overview Report (annual publication); • Organizing Terms of References for hiring specific consulting work and acting as a project manager/coordinator in selected cases;• Providing expertise in definition and implementation of water policy priorities and respective institutional arrangements, including the design of necessary strategies to promote integrated water resources management;• Working on the development and implementation of ProAgua Nacional and Progestao, which are U$70 million programs, carried out by the Federal Government, and financed by the World Bank, to support State Governments to overcome its major water resources challenges; • Staffing River Basin Committees and local Water Agencies, providing support to their strategic planning, budgeting, decision support processes, multi-year implementation plans, interagency contracts, etc;• Giving support to the National Water Resources Council, and technical chambers of River Basin Committees;• Contributing to the activities of the Water Resources Training and Educational Program. Show less

Lima, Peru

Coordinating the implementation of the project entitled: “Delineation and Prioritizing of River Basin Committee Regions in Peru”, using WARPLAM DSS – an especially developed spatial decision support system – to simulate different alternatives to the members of the Institutional Technical Chamber.

Fort Collins, Colorado

Basic Hydrology - Civil and Environmental Engineering DepartmentAdviser: Prof. John Labadie Ph.D.GIS in Civil and Environmental Engineering Adviser: Prof. John Labadie Ph.D.

Fort Collins, Colorado

Application of a Knowledge-based Approach to Wetland Function AssessmentsSponsor: WaterCat Consulting LLC.Adviser: Prof. Darrell Fontane Ph.D.Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Curitiba Area, Brazil

• Supporting the elaboration of several GIS analyses, as part of water resources management, environmental, urban and regional planning projects;• Developing specific GIS analysis and respective reports, as a member of the technical group, in the three over U$150K projects:- ‘Information System of Curitiba Metropolitan Region’ (Contractor: Curitiba Metropolitan Region Coordination – COMEC and BIRD/World Bank);- ‘Controlling and Monitoring Plan of the Water Sources of Curitiba… Show more • Supporting the elaboration of several GIS analyses, as part of water resources management, environmental, urban and regional planning projects;• Developing specific GIS analysis and respective reports, as a member of the technical group, in the three over U$150K projects:- ‘Information System of Curitiba Metropolitan Region’ (Contractor: Curitiba Metropolitan Region Coordination – COMEC and BIRD/World Bank);- ‘Controlling and Monitoring Plan of the Water Sources of Curitiba Metropolitan Region’ (Contractor: COMEC and BIRD/World Bank);- ‘Socio-Environmental Diagnostic of Para Watershed’ (Contractor: Para River Basin Committee / MG).• Organizing and coordinating workshops, and participating in some additional projects and correlated activities in GIS, Architecture, Urban and Environmental Planning and Water Resources Management, as well as elaborating several technical proposals for bidding processes. Show less

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

ArcGIS/ArcInfo–Geoprocessing Specialization Course at CIEG – Integrated Geoprocessing Studies CenterGIS / Environmental and Urban Planning Studies at Architecture and Urban Planning DepartmentUndergraduate Research Assistant:Contemporaneous Urban Renewals at Architecture and Urban Planning Department

Gainesville, Florida

• Developing research in the fields of: Water Quality, Water Conservation, Urban Planning, Water Resources Planning, and Geographic Information Systems.

Phd, Civil And Environmental Engineering

Activities and Societies: Fulbright Scholar Dissertation: ‘Multicriteria Decision Support System to Delineate Water Resources Planning.

Certification, Project Management

Project Management Institute – PMI PMBOK Methodology

Master, Water Resources And Environnmental Engineering

Thesis: ‘Aggregation of new variables to regional and urban planning process, under water resources management perspective’ Adviser: Prof..

Bachelor, Architecture And Urban Planning

Thesis: ‘Water Resources Management of Piraquara Watershed’ Adviser: Prof. Leticia Peret Antunes Hardt Ph.D.