M.Sc. Ana Clara Szymanski

Arcisstr. 21
80333 München

ana.caixeta@tum.de

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Ana Clara Szymanski works at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning since March 2024. She has a Master’s in Regional Development Planning and Management, a bachelor’s degree in architecture and urban planning, and over seven years of professional and leadership experience working in the field. Ana’s topics of interest include spatial planning, urban mobility, sustainable and accessible cities, nature-based solutions, spatial inequalities, governance, and 15-minute cities.

Curriculum

2024     Research Associate at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning, Technische Universität München (Munich, Germany)
2023 - 2024 Director of the Mobility Department at the Municipality of Patos de Minas (Brazil).
2022     Urban Planner at the Municipality of Patos de Minas (Brazil)
2020 - 2022

Master’s in regional development planning and management, with a focus on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction at Technische Universität Dortmund and the University of the Philippines.

Master’s Thesis: "Evaluating Public Transport Accessibility and Walkability in Pasig City and Their Correlation to Social and Economic Characteristics at the Barangay Level."

2016 - 2020

Project manager of Patos de Minas’ Master Plan at the Municipality of Patos de Minas (Brazil)

2017 - 2018

Graduate studies in management of building works, technology, and performance of civil construction at Patos de Minas University Center (UNIPAM) – Brazil

2015 - 2016

Research assistant at the Laboratory of Comfort and Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil

2015    

Intern at the Laboratory of Comfort and Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil

2014     Research assistant at the Department of Critical and Historical Analysis of Architecture and Urbanism at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil
2013    

Exchange Program at the University of Algarve (UAlg) studying landscape architecture

2012 - 2013 Teaching assistant at the Urbanism Department at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil
2011 - 2016 Bachelor’s in architecture and urban planning at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Brazil

Projects

current

Driving Urban Transitions – COMMON_ACCESS

Driving Urban Transitions – DREAMS Project

Publications

2023

Caixeta Szymanski Nogueira, A. C., & D Diaz, C. E. (2023). Evaluating public transport accessibility and walkability in Pasig City (Philippines) and their correlation to socioeconomic factors at the barangay level. Asian Transport Studies, 9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eastsj.2023.100117.