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Scientific communication and outreach professional with over 15 years of experience in international research environments. Proven expertise in designing and delivering communication and outreach strategies for European research projects, engaging diverse research communities and supporting open science and scholarly publishing. Solid background in the open science landscape, with direct experience across the research and publishing lifecycle as both a researcher and a Topic Editor.

• Design and implement outreach and communication strategies for the ERC Synergy Grant GRACEFUL.
• Develop presentations and promotional materials, adapting content and tone to diverse audiences, including researchers and institutional stakeholders.
• Produce digital and editorial content for the GRACEFUL website and YouTube channel, translating complex scientific research into accessible narratives.

Developed open-access, INTERMAGNET-compliant data formats, supporting standardised dissemination, interoperability, and reuse.

• Coordinated the Brazilian magnetic observatory network, including strategic planning, international cooperation agreements with partner institutions in Europe, and open-access data production.

• Led communication and outreach activities for the network, including the production of communication materials, organisation of international scientific meetings, and the creation and branding of the MOSAIC initiative (visual identity and website).

Conducted geomagnetism research leading to peer-reviewed publications, with direct experience in open-access publishing and research dissemination.

Conducted geomagnetism research leading to peer-reviewed publications, with direct experience in open-access publishing and research dissemination.

• 1 year at University of Leeds (UK)
• 4 months at ANU (Australia)

• Topic Editor, Frontiers in Earth Science
  09/2025–present
• YouTube Channel Editor
  09/2025–present
• IUGG Guest Member, IUGG Early Career Scientist Committee
  2025–present
• Member, IAGA Executive Committee
  2023–present
• Member, IUGG Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee
  2024–present
• Co-chair, IAGA WG-V – Geomagnetic Observatories, Surveys & Analyses
  2019–2023

• 2022 – Soares, G., Yamazaki, Y., Morschhauser, A., Matzka, J., Pinheiro, K. J., Stolle, C., et al. (2022). Using principal component
  analysis of satellite and ground magnetic data to model the equatorial electrojet and derive its tidal composition. Journal
  of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 127, e2022JA030691. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA030691

• 2021 — Rigaud, R., Kruglyakov, M., Kuvshinov, A., Pinheiro, K. J., Petereit, J., Matzka, J., Marshalko, E. Exploring effects in tippers at island geomagnetic observatories due to realistic depth- and time-varying oceanic electrical conductivity. Earth, Planets and Space, 73, 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-020-01339-3

• 2020 — Soares, G. B., Yamazaki, Y., Cnossen, I., Matzka, J., Pinheiro, K. J., Morschhauser, A., Alken, P., Stolle, C. Evolution of the geomagnetic daily variation at Tatuoca, Brazil, from 1957 to 2019: a transition from Sq to EEJ. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125(9). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028109

• 2019 — Pinheiro, K. J., Amit, H., Terra-Nova, F. Geomagnetic jerk features produced using synthetic core flow models.Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 291, 35–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2019.03.006

• 2019 — Soares, G., Yamazaki, Y., Matzka, J., Pinheiro, K. J., Stolle, C., Alken, P., Yoshikawa, A., Uozumi, T., Fujimoto, A., Kulkarni, A. Longitudinal variability of the equatorial counter electrojet during the solar cycle 24. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 63, 304–319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11200-018-0286-0

• 2018 — Soares, G., Yamazaki, Y., Matzka, J., Pinheiro, K. J., Morschhauser, A., Stolle, C., Alken, P. Equatorial counter electrojet longitudinal and seasonal variability in the American sector. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123(11), 9906–9920. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA025968

• 2018 — Peña, D., Amit, H., Pinheiro, K. J. Deep magnetic field stretching in numerical dynamos. Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 5, 8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-017-0162-5

• 2017 — Morschhauser, A., Soares, G. B., Haseloff, J., Bronkalla, O., Protásio, P., Pinheiro, K. J., Matzka, J. The Magnetic Observatory on Tatuoca, Belém, Brazil: History and Recent Developments. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems Discussions, 6, 367–376. https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-6-367-2017

• 2017 — Terra-Nova, F., Amit, H., Hartmann, G. A., Trindade, R. I. F., Pinheiro, K. J. Relating the South Atlantic Anomaly and geomagnetic flux patches. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 266, 39–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2017.03.002

• 2016 — Peña, D., Amit, H., Pinheiro, K. J. Magnetic field stretching at the top of the shell of numerical dynamos. Earth, Planets and Space, 68, 78. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-016-0453-x

• 2015 — Pinheiro, K. J., Jackson, A., Amit, H. On the applicability of Backus’ mantle filter theory. Geophysical Journal International, 200(3), 1336–1346. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggu477

• 2015 — Siqueira, F. C., Pinheiro, K. J. Implementation of Pantanal magnetic observatory in Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Geofísica, 33(1), 127–140. http://dx.doi.org/10.22564/rbgf.v33i1.607

• 2015 — Barbosa, C. S., Hartmann, G. A., Pinheiro, K. J. Numerical modeling of geomagnetically induced currents in a Brazilian transmission line. Advances in Space Research, 55(4), 1168–1179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2014.11.008

• 2014 — Sanchez, S., Fournier, A., Pinheiro, K. J., Aubert, J. A mean-field Babcock-Leighton solar dynamo model with long-term variability. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 86, 11–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0001-37652014111212

• 2011 — Pinheiro, K. J., Jackson, A., Finlay, C. C. Measurements and uncertainties of the occurrence time of the 1969, 1978, 1991, and 1999 geomagnetic jerks. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12(10), 32p. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GC003706

• 2010 — Mandea, M., Holme, R., Pais, A., Pinheiro, K. J., Jackson, A., Verbanac, G. Geomagnetic Jerks: Rapid Core Field Variations and Core Dynamics. Space Science Reviews, 155, 147–175. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-010-9663-x

• 2010 — Pinheiro, K. J., Travassos, J. M. Impulses of the geomagnetic secular variation (jerks) at Vassouras magnetic observatory detected by wavelet analysis. Revista Brasileira de Geofísica, 28(1), 37–46. https://sbgf.org.br/revista/index.php/rbgf/article/view/1851

• 2008 — Pinheiro, K. J., Jackson, A. Can a 1D mantle electrical conductivity model generate magnetic jerk differential time delays? Geophysical Journal International, 173(3), 781–792. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03762.x