Lucas Gobatti

v. Science communication

(2026) ‘Where should we plant trees to cool down our cities?’

Quickfire Pitch at the Global Young Scientist Summit,
organised by Singapore’s National Research Foundation
(Prime Minister’s Office)

YouTube channel: National Research Foundation of Singapore

Paper: [under review]

(2024) ‘Plant a tree yesterday’

Selected video for 2024 Nature Awards Science in Shorts

YouTube channel: Nature Portfolio

Paper: ‘Using satellite imagery to investigate Blue-Green Infrastructure establishment time for urban cooling’

(2024) ‘How long it takes for urban vegetation to reach peak cooling?’

Self-produced video featuring my supervisors
Prof. João Leitão and Dr. Peter M. Bach.

YouTube channel: Peter M. Bach

Paper: ‘Using satellite imagery to investigate Blue-Green Infrastructure establishment time for urban cooling’

vi. In the media

(09.2025) ‘Trees need water to cool the city’
EAWAG news, Claudia Carle, LINK 🔗

(09.2025) ‘Trees need water to cool the city’
ETH Zürich D-BAUG news, Iris Mickein, 09.2025, LINK 🔗

(03.2025) ‘The NotebookLM Mini Series #1: Cooling establishment time, it's like baking a cake’
The Grand Challengers Podcast, Peter M. Bach, LINK 🔗

(02.2025) ‘Confronting ‘displacements’ in planning urban nature, climate and heat’
The Grand Challengers Podcast, Peter M. Bach, LINK 🔗

(09.2024) ‘Projeto Muçurana une Brasil e Suíça no bairro da Brasilândia’
FAU USP Destaques, LINK 🔗

(08.2024) ‘D-BAUG science video selected by Nature Awards’
ETH Zürich D-BAUG news, Iris Mickein, LINK 🔗

(01.2024) ‘Using satellite imagery to optimise urban cooling’
ETH Zürich D-BAUG news, Editorial Office, LINK 🔗

(09.2023) ‘Mit Grün und Blau gegen die Hitze’ (starts at 21min34sec)
SRF 2 Kultur, Wissenschaftsmagazin, Hirn aus dem Computer, Remo Vitelli, LINK 🔗

(09.2023) September newsletter: participant highlights
NASA-ARSET, LINK 🔗

(08.2023) ‘Using satellite imagery to optimise urban cooling’
Eawag News, Andri Bryner, LINK 🔗

(06.2022) ‘Vegetação nos tetos pode ser uma opção interessante para a gestão da água nas cidades’
Rádio USP, LINK 🔗

(04.2018) ‘Olhar para sentir’
Revista Vida Simples, Débora Gomes, LINK 🔗

(03.2018) ‘O caminho para o autoconhecimento’
Revista Vida Simples, Débora Gomes, LINK 🔗

(02.2018) Your Shot Photo Best Photo
National Geographic, LINK 🔗

vii. Scientific publications (5 highlights)

(2025) ‘Impact of soil moisture content on urban tree evaporative cooling and human thermal comfort’
Gobatti, L.; Bach, P.M.; Maurer, M.; Leitão, J.P.
npj Urban Sustainability, Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s42949-025-00220-0

(2023) ‘Using satellite imagery to investigate Blue-Green Infrastructure establishment time for urban cooling’
Gobatti, L.; Bach, P.M.; Scheidegger, A.; Leitão, J.P.
Sustainable Cities and Society, Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2023.104768

(2023) ‘Unmanaged vegetated roofs hydrological performance in subtropical areas: An investigation in São Paulo, Brazil’
Gobatti, L.; Leite, B.C.C.
Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162417

(2022) ‘Vegetated roofs rainwater management experimental research in Brazil: a georeferenced exhaustive review of a continental-size country’
Gobatti, L.; Leite, B.C.C.
Cleaner Production Letters, Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100013

(2022) ‘Real-time sensing and low-cost experimental setup for water quantity investigation in Nature-based Solutions’
Gobatti, L.; Martins, J.R.S.; Pereira, M.C.S.; Leite, B.C.C.
Blue-Green Systems, IWA Publishing
DOI: 10.2166/bgs.2022.007

vii. Contact

lucas.gobatti@eawag.ch

Correspondence:
BU-D09
Überlandstrasse 133
CH-8600 Dübendorf
Switzerland

Instagram: @g0batti
LinkedIn: @lucas-gobatti
Institutional profile: eawag.ch/lucas-gobatti

ORCID: 0000-0002-8561-2385
Google Scholar: user=XzDqOaYAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: Lucas-Gobatti