João H. Larizzatti

João H. Larizzatti is an experienced geologist and geochemist currently employed by the geochemistry division of the Geological Survey of Brazil (CPRM), based in Rio de Janeiro. He graduated in geology from the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) in 1987 and obtained a DSc. in geochemistry and geotectonics at Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in 2002.

He currently works in regional geochemical mapping applied to mineral exploration and geological mapping, with a particular interest in the CPRM geoscientific database, data integration within GIS, and geochemical data treatments.