Edberto Moura Lima

Senior Researcher, BAW Research

edberto.mouralima@baw.at - edberto.moura@gmail.com

Education

2018-2022 Ph.D., Forest Engineering, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM, RS, Brazil.

2016-2018 M.Sc., Forest Engineering, Universidade Federal do Paraná - UFPR, PR, Brazil.

2009-2016 B.S., in Forest Engineering, Universidade de Brasília - UnB, DF, Brazil.

Experience

2025-present Senior Researcher
BAW Research, Pollnbergstraße 1, 3252 Petzenkirchen, Austria.

2022-2024 Postdoctoral fellow
Institute of Hydrology and Water Management (HyWa)
Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment (WAU)
BOKU University, Vienna, Austria.

2016-2022 Freelance Online Tutor
Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Rural do Paraná (SENAR-PR), PR, Brazil.

2021 Research Consultant
Department of Geography
University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.

2016 - 2018 Research Intern
EMBRAPA FLORESTA, PR, Brazil

2015 Intern
Department of Engineering, Terracap, Brasília, Brazil.

Projects and research visits

2026-2028 VeSchN - Quantifying evapotranspiration of reed at Lake Neusiedl
BAW Research with Forschung Burgenland GmbH, Austria. Funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry (BMLUK) and the Land Burgenland.
Quantifying how much the reed belt contributes to the lake’s total evapotranspiration, and how reed vitality, reed management, and hydrological and meteorological conditions influence it. Contributing to the remote sensing component: satellite-based ET estimation (Sentinel-2, 2016-2026) and upscaling of field measurements to the whole reed belt. The results support decisions on reed management and regional water management.

2022-2024 SoilX - Climate-smart soil management against weather extremes (EJP SOIL)
BOKU University, Vienna, Austria. European Joint Programme EJP SOIL, EU Horizon 2020 (grant 862695).
Mitigating the impacts of drought and heavy precipitation on crop productivity through soil and crop management, combining long-term field experiments along a European gradient, an ensemble of agro-hydrological models and socio-economic interviews. Contributed to the agro-hydrological model ensemble simulations.

2020-2022 GIS Team Leader, Restaura PAMPA project
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Land use and cover mapping with Google Earth Engine for conservation units; identification of areas for protection and restoration.

2021 Visiting Researcher
BOKU University, Vienna, Austria. Supervisor: Dr. Bano Mehdi-Schulz.
Integration of land-use dynamics into the SWAT model to assess water yield.

2019-2020 Visiting Researcher (ELAP scholarship)
University of Lethbridge, AB, Canada. Supervisor: Dr. Laura Chasmer.
LiDAR analysis of wetland vegetation change near oil sands disturbance.

Publications

Publication list also available in Google Scholar.

Journal articles

2026 Lima, E. M., Mehdi-Schulz, B., & Reichert, J. M. Natural ecosystem loss in an Atlantic Forest agricultural basin: drivers of land-use change and future landscape trajectories. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 10, 1912707. DOI, 2026.

Meurer, K. H. E., Turek, M. E., Pullens, J. W. M., Lima, E. M., Schreel, J. D. M., Holzkämper, A., & Mehdi-Schulz, B. Site-specific climate impacts outweigh no-till benefits for modelled winter wheat yields across a European gradient. European Journal of Soil Science, 77(3), e70363. DOI, 2026.

2025 Turek, M. E., Pullens, J. W. M., Meurer, K. H. E., Lima, E. M., Mehdi-Schulz, B., & Holzkämper, A. Pedotransfer functions versus model structure: what drives variance in agro-hydrological model results? European Journal of Soil Science, 76(2), e70088. DOI, 2025.

Borja, D., Daněk, J., Assis, J. C., Gorosábel, A., Lundquist, C., Rosa, I., … Lima, E. M., Borges, R. C. Rethinking scenario building for sustainable futures: mobilizing conscientização, social learning and knowledge co-production. Ecosystems and People, 21(1), 2507247. DOI, 2025.

Niemeyer, J., Resende, F. M., Lima, E. M., & Vale, M. M. Risk and adaptation of socio-ecological systems to global change in the dry forests of Northeastern South America. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 13, 1536445. DOI, 2025.

2024 Mehdi-Schulz, B., Zoboli, O., Schürz, C., Strenge, E., Lima, E. M., Parajka, J., Wang, C., Zessner, M., & Schönhart, M. The impacts of climate change on nitrogen losses to the environment in Austria: A dual model analysis across spatial and temporal scales to support policy decisions. Science of The Total Environment, 918, 170730. DOI, 2024.

2023 Reichert, J. M., Morales, B., Lima, E. M., de Bastos, F., Morales, C. A. S., & de Araújo, E. F. Soil morphological, physical and chemical properties affecting Eucalyptus spp. productivity on Entisols and Ultisols. Soil and Tillage Research, 226, 105563. DOI, 2023.

2021 Reichert, J. M., Morales, C. A. S., Lima, E. M., de Bastos, F., Sampietro, J. A., de Araújo, E. F., & Srinivasan, R. Best tillage practices for early-growth of clonal eucalyptus in soils with distinct granulometry, drainage and profile depth. Soil and Tillage Research, 212, 105038. DOI, 2021.

da Rosa, D. P., Reichert, J. M., Lima, E. M., & da Rosa, V. T. Chiselling and wheeling on sandy loam long-term no-tillage soil: compressibility and load-bearing capacity. Soil Research, 59(5), 488-500. DOI, 2021.

Chasmer, L., Lima, E. M., Mahoney, C., Hopkinson, C., Montgomery, J., & Cobbaert, D. Shrub changes with proximity to anthropogenic disturbance in boreal wetlands determined using bi-temporal airborne lidar in the Oil Sands Region, Alberta Canada. Science of The Total Environment, 780, 146638. DOI, 2021.

2020 Paz, T. D. C., Menegaes, J. F., Backes, F. A. A. L., Wegermann, K., Difante, A. C., & Lima, E. M. Importance of choosing vegetation for the urban road network: a literature review. Research, Society and Development, 9(12), e5791210847. DOI, 2020.

Resende, F. d. M., Denman, L. A. C., Selva, G. V., Campanhão, L. M. B., Nobre, R. L. G., Jimenez, Y. G., Lima, E. M., Niemeyer, J. A conceptual model to assess the impact of anthropogenic drivers on water-related ecosystem services in the Brazilian Cerrado. Biota Neotropica, 20(suppl. 1), e20190899. DOI, 2020.

2018 Lima, E. M., Curcio, G. R., Bonnet, A., Uhlmann, A., & Palma, V. H. Crescimento inicial de espécies arbóreas nativas em solos degradados e com presença de plintita no Bioma Cerrado, Brasília - DF, [Initial growth of native tree species in a degraded soil with presence of plinthite in Biome Cerrado, Brasília-DF]. Nativa, 6, 787-794. DOI, 2018.

de Oliveira, T., Lima, E. M., Sanquetta, C., & dalla Corte, A. Simultaneous adjustment in the prediction of above-ground biomass in Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze. BIOFIX Scientific Journal, 3(1), 137-144. DOI, 2018.

2017 Cerqueira, C., Môra, R., Lenzi, I., Drescher, R., Lima, E. M., Lisboa, G. d. S., & França, L. d. J. Modeling height of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis in different spacing. BIOFIX Scientific Journal, 2(2), 93-99. DOI, 2017.

Preprints

2025 Ebling, A. A., Behling, A., Lima, E. M., MacFarlane, D. W., & David, H. C. Sampling Amazonian forest with clusters to measure tree species diversity: dissociating the effect of cluster size and sample size. Research Square. DOI, 2025.

Datasets

2024 Turek, M. E., Holzkämper, A., Pullens, J. W. M., Meurer, K. H. E., Lima, E. M., & Mehdi-Schulz, B. Supporting data to “Pedotransfer functions versus model structure: what drives uncertainty in agro-hydrological modelling?” [Dataset]. Zenodo. DOI, 2024.

Summary Published in Proceedings of Conferences

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2026 Tadić, L., Janjić, J., & Lima, E. M. Assessing climate change impacts on low-flow extremes in a small catchment in Croatia using the SWAT model. 5th International Congress on Earth and Geological Sciences, Vienna, Austria, 23-24 July 2026. DOI

2024 Lima, E. M., Böning, K., and Mehdi-Schulz, B. Comparative analysis of two tillage systems and their implications for soil hydrology, carbon dynamics, and nitrogen cycling in a changing climate. SWAT Conference, Lima, Peru.

Lima, E. M., Böning, K., Arnillas, C. A., and Mehdi-Schulz, B. APEX R tool: An Open-source R scripted workflow to prepare model inputs and execute APEX simulations in parallel. SWAT Conference, Lima, Peru.

Lima, E. M., Böning, K., Ding, F., Stumpp, C., Holzkämper, A., and Mehdi-Schulz, B. Assessing the impacts of future climate scenarios on soil management practices and their hydraulic properties. EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

2023 Stecher, G., Lima, E. M., Herrnegger, M., & Mehdi-Schulz, B. Challenges and potential approaches of applying SWAT in a data scarce and hydrological complex region in Uganda (East Africa). SWAT Conference, Aarhus, Denmark.

Mehdi-Schulz, B., Lima, E. M., Egger, C., & Gaube, V. Integrating farmer decisions in dynamic land use change modelling to simulate future nitrate losses to water bodies. Ecological Models for Tomorrow’s Solutions, Conference.

Lima, E. M., Egger, C., Gaube, V., & Mehdi-Schulz, B. Integrating Farmer Decision-Making with Land Use Trajectories for Understanding Hydrological Responses: Case Study of the Enns Watershed. SWAT Conference, Aarhus, Denmark.

Mehdi-Schulz, B., Lima, E. M., Egger, C., & Gaube, V. Linking an ABM to SWAT to determine the impacts of future changes to surface water quality. SWAT Conference, Aarhus, Denmark.

2022 Lima, E. M., Reichert, J. M., Schürz, C., & Mehdi-Schulz, B. Simulating streamflow - Does historical land use matter? Comparing two approaches to simulating historic discharge based on dynamic land use and cover maps. SWAT Conference, Prague.

2020 Lima, E. M., Souza, E. E. B., Weiler, E. B., Reichert, J. M., Deus Junior, J. C. Influência de diferentes usos do solo no deflúvio de pequenas Bacias Hidrográficas [Influence of different soil uses on water discharge in Small Watersheds]. XIII Reunião Sul Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, Porto Alegre.

Lima, E. M., Niemeyer, J., Batistao, A. C. Aumentado a precisão do modelo Water Yield do InVEST na estimativa de Serviços ecossistemas com base em atributos pedológicos regional [Increasing the accuracy of the Water Yield model (InVEST) to estimate hydrological ecosystem services based on regional pedological attributes]. Conferencia Regional de la Ecosystem Services Partnership Latinoamérica y el Caribe, Cidade do México.

2019 Weiler, E. B., Reichert, J. M., Mantovanelli, B. C., Barbosa, J. S., Bastos, F., Souza, E. E. B., Lima, E. M. Correlação do setor florestal no desenvolvimento socioeconômico e humano do COREDE Celeiro, RS [Correlation between the Forestry sector and the human socioeconomic development of COREDE Celeiro, RS]. 34ª Jornada Acadêmica Integrada, Santa Maria.

Lima, E. M., Reichert, J. M., Minella, J. P. G., Rovedder, A. P. M., Souza, E. E. B., Barbosa, J. S., Weiler, E. B. Ocupação do solo, fragmentação da paisagem e a redução da cobertura florestal na bacia hidrográfica do Guaporé-RS [Land use, landscape fragmentation, and the reduction of forest cover in the Guaporé-RS watershed]. 34ª Jornada Acadêmica Integrada, Santa Maria.

Souza, E. E. B., Reichert, J. M., Lima, E. M., Weiler, E. B., Fernandes, G. D., Kemerich, P. D. C., Borba, W. F. Variação do nível da água subterrânea em bacias hidrográficas florestais e de campo na região da Campanha do RS [Changes on the groundwater level in watersheds under forest and grassland use in the region of Campanha do RS]. 34ª Jornada Acadêmica Integrada, Santa Maria.

Barbosa, J. S., Reichert, J. M., Carducci, C. E., Kohn, L. S., Weiler, E. B., Bastos, F., Lima, E. M. Atributos físicos e químicos do solo e sua relação no crescimento da Araucaria angustifolia (BERTOL.) KUNTZE [Physical and chemical attributes of the soil and its relationship to the growth of Araucaria angustifolia (BERTOL.) KUNTZE]. 34ª Jornada Acadêmica Integrada, Santa Maria.

Correa, U. O. S., Reichert, J. M., Lima, E. M., Cavalli, J. P. Uso do software R em estudos pedológicos: compreendendo os atributos edáficos em uma coleção de perfis de solo [Using R software in pedological studies: understanding the soil attributes in a collection of soil profiles]. 34ª Jornada Acadêmica Integrada, Santa Maria.

2018 Lima, E. M., Curcio, G. R., Bonnet, A., Reichert, J. M., Palma, V. H. Simulação do fluxo de água em neossolo regolítico distrófico petroplíntico e obstáculos para restauração de áreas degradadas [Simulation of water flow in petroplinic dystrophic Regolitic Neossol and obstacles to the restoration of degraded areas]. II Conferência Brasileira de Restauração Ecológica, Belo Horizonte, MG.

2014 Lima, E. M., Rezende, A. V., Oliveira, L. S. B., Azevedo, G. B., Matos, N. M. Diversidade e riqueza em área de Cerrado sensu stricto após diferentes intensidades de exploração da vegetação [Diversity and richness in Cerrado sensu stricto areas under different logging intensities]. VIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Florestais, Recife.

Oliveira, L. S. B., Rezende, A. V., Azevedo, G. B., Lima, E. M., Matos, N. M. Diversidade e dispersão das espécies lenhosas em áreas de cerrado sensu stricto, no período de 1996 a 2011, após supressão da vegetação em 1988 [Diversity and dispersion of woody species in areas of cerrado sensu stricto, from 1996 to 2011, after suppression of vegetation in 1988]. VIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Florestais, Recife.

Other Publications

2024 Holzkämper, A., ten Damme, L., D’Hose, T., Mehdi-Schulz, B., Pullens, J., Leonhard, H., Höckert, J., Lundström, C., & Meurer, K. EJPSOIL-SoilX: Final Project Report. Zenodo. DOI, 2024. (Contributor: Lima, E. M.)

2017 Milani, J. E. F., Lima, E. M. Restauração de Áreas Degradadas [Restoration of Degraded Areas]. (Short course, university extension).

2016 Bonnet, A., Curcio, G. R., Lima, E. M., Santos, D., Ogata, R. Poda experimental de Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (pimenta-rosa) em área de Cerrado [Experimental pruning of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (pink pepper) in a Cerrado area]. (Technical research note).

Grants and Scholarships

International Scholarships

2021 Doctoral Research Scholarship - CAPES/PRINT Program

2019 Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP) Scholarship

2013 - 2015 Undergraduate Sandwich Scholarship - Science Without Borders (CAPES)

National Scholarships

2018 - 2022 CAPES Social Demand Program - Doctorate

2016 - 2018 CAPES Social Demand Program - Master’s

Awards and honors

2020 Award-Winning Conference Poster – XIII Reunião Sul Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo (SBCS - Núcleo Regional Sul - NRS), 2020.

2008 6th Place, SENAI Olimpíada do Conhecimento 2008 – Field: Information Technology (National competition for WorldSkills), 2008.

Conference activity

Presentations

2019 Chasmer, L., Hopkinson, C., Mahoney, C., Lima, E. M., Montgomery, J., Cobbaert, D. Assessing wetland ecosystem changes using remotely sensed data. (Presentation/Other).

Chasmer, L., Lima, E. M., Mahoney, C., Hopkinson, C., Cobbaert, D. Comparing spatial distribution of vegetation structural change in wetlands proximal to disturbance: Oil sands region, Alberta, Canada. (Presentation/Conference or Colloquium).

2013 Lima, E. M., Rezende, A. V., Oliveira, L. S. B., Miranda, J. F. N. Dinâmica de uma População de Carvoeiro submetido a tratamentos Silviculturais, em áreas de Cerrado Sensu Stricto [Dynamics of a population of Carvoeiro in areas of cerrado sensu stricto under different silvicultural treatments]. (Presentation/Congress).

Miranda, J. F. N., Rezende, A. V., Lima, E. M., Oliveira, L. S. B., Azevedo, G. B. Dinâmica de uma População de Pequizeiros na Estação Ecológica de Águas Emendadas, Planaltina - DF (2008–2011) [Dynamics of a population of pequizeiros in the Águas Emendadas ecological station, Planaltina - DF]. (Presentation/Congress).

2012 Lima, E. M., Rezende, A. V., Oliveira, L. S. B., Miranda, J. F. N., Sampaio, S. S. Dinâmica de um cerrado sensu stricto seis anos após intervenção por corte raso e diferentes intensidades de desbaste [Dynamics of Cerrado sensu stricto six years after intervention by clear-cut and different thinning intensities]. (Presentation/Congress).

Teaching

Short courses

2026 Introduction to SWAT+ for beginners (8 h, 14-15 October 2026, instructor), SNCT 2026 - National Science and Technology Week, IFBA Campus Vitória da Conquista, BA, Brazil.

Teaching Assistant

2019-2020 Soil Physics, Departamento de Solos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.

2017 Dendrology in Southern Brazil, Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade Federal do Paraná, PR, Brazil.

Supervised Theses

Masters students

2024 Böning, Kristin. Impacts of “Conservation Agriculture” as a nature-based solution on hydrological processes and nitrate loss: Application of the APEX model in Flakkebjerg, DK. Master’s thesis, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria, 2024. http://permalink.obvsg.at/bok/AC17330816

Professional service

Ongoing Topic Editor, Frontiers Research Topic Watershed/landscape scale ecosystem services and Land Use for Sustainable Agricultural Food Production (with J. M. Reichert). Handling editor of Kang, Q., Chen, Z., & Huang, C., Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2026.

2023 Peer reviewer, Journal of South American Earth Sciences (one manuscript).

Volunteering

2023 Cartas com Ciência, Programmes of letter exchanges between scientists and students in Portuguese-speaking countries.

Software

2026 Rainfall Erosivity Monitor (REM) (GitHub)
Lima, E. M. Rainfall Erosivity Monitor (REM). Zenodo. DOI
Python/Streamlit web application computing the EI30 rainfall erosivity index from GeoSphere Austria weather station data, with storm detection, colour-coded erosion alerts and field survey recommendations.

2026 QField erosion survey (DWA-M 921) (GitHub)
Lima, E. M., Liebhard, G., Brunner, T., & Strauss, P. QField Manual: DWA-M-921 Erosion Survey. Zenodo. DOI
Field guide and QGIS/QField project for standardised mapping of soil erosion by water following the DWA-M 921 guideline (German and English).

Skills

Modelling: SWAT, APEX, InVEST; water quantity and quality; nature-based solution scenarios
Data analysis: R, Python, SQL; time series analysis, regression, general linear models, multivariate analysis
GIS and remote sensing: Google Earth Engine, Sentinel-1/2, Landsat, MODIS, LiDAR; QGIS, ArcGIS; remote sensing of evapotranspiration
Tools: Git, Markdown, Quarto

Languages

Native: Portuguese
Proficient: English (C1)
Independent: Spanish (B2), German (B1)

Personal

Citizenship: Brazilian


Last updated: November 2026