Patricia Buffon started her trajectory at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in 2009. Since 2010, Patricia enjoyed working part-time as a student research assistant and in 2013, she started experimenting with sediment gravity flows and physical models at the fascinating interface between geology and engineering. She received her Bachelor of Environmental Engineering in 2015 and in 2018, she obtained a Master's degree in Water Resources and Environmental Sanitation from Hydraulic Research Institute (IPH) of the same university.  From November 2018, Patricia became a Ph.D. fellow at IHE Delft and TU Delft.

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Her curiosity was triggered by the idea of intentionally triggering sediment-laden flows, so she is investigating the formation of turbidity currents by an impinging 2D water jet. The core of her research is experimental, and she approaches the problem from a hydraulic and fluid mechanics point of view.  She hopes her PhD research will contribute to a more sustainable management of sedimentation processes in key hydraulic infrastructures (such as water reservoirs).