Pedro Valente is a postdoctoral researcher at Ohio University. He is from Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil, and also a researcher of Polar and Climatic Center (Brazil). He works with polar and mid-latitude climatology. He aims to understand how specific sectors of Antarctica, such as the Amundsen, Bellingshausen, and Weddell Seas, are influencing and changing extreme precipitation and temperature events in southeastern South America.

Pedro is also a writer, currently writing his fourth book. Loves reading, biking, records and b movies (especially horror genre).