Helen Barreto Lara

Helen Barreto Lara is a Research Assistant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures (University of Technology Sydney). Her work focuses on Resource Stewardship, Circular Economy, Life Cycle Assessment, and ESG Reporting. She has previous experience in construction site management and metallurgical industries in Brazil, and co-founded Montvert Construtora in Betim, Minas Gerais.

• Education:
  • Bachelor in Civil and Production Engineering (Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais, 2016)
  • Master in Mathematical and Computational Modelling (Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais, 2019)
  • Post-graduation in Occupational Safety Engineering (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, 2021)
  • Master 1 in Civil Engineering (University of Le Havre, France, 2014)
• Research Interests:
  • Quantum Entanglement of Identical Particle Systems (during her Master's)
  • Quantum Phase Transition in Curie-Weiss Models (scientific initiation)
  • Current focus on sustainable resource management and environmental assessment.
• Languages:
  • Portuguese
  • French
  • English
  • Spanish (Latin American)