Curriculum Vitae: Short PDF Resume


Visiting Researcher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
April 2023 - August 2023

Awardee of a Fulbright Scholarship to study blockchain interoperability at MIT Connection Science. Advisors: Dr. Thomas Hardjono and Prof. Alex Pentland

Ph.D. in Information Systems and Computer Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Current Grade: 19/20 September 2019 - February 2024 Nominated for best Ph.D. student

Focusing on how can several blockchains interoperate in order to build reliable, fork-resistant decentralized applications. Incorporating these advances with a privacy-first approach, self-sovereign identity

My responsibilities as a PhD student also include advising MSc students (see Academic Work).

ERASMUS: M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering
Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
February 2018 - July 2018

Participation in the Erasmus programme at the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland (second semester of 2017/2018). Learned about IoT technologies, information systems, data mining, and distributed systems.

M.Sc. in Information Systems and Computer Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
September 2017 - December 2019

Focused on data science, machine learning, distributed systems, and enterprise systems, leveraging this knowledge to study blockchain technology. Developed a system along with the Portuguese Justice, JusticeChain.

B.Sc. in Information Systems and Computer Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
September 2014 - June 2017

During my B.Sc., I took the opportunity to ally technology with product management, leading to my wide range of extracurricular experiences.


Awards

  • Fulbright Scholarship to support research on blockchain interoperability at MIT, USA, 2022.
  • Full PhD Scholarship Top 1%, FCT, Portugal, 2021.
  • Linux Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship, USA, 2019
  • Outstanding Teaching Award, by Técnico Lisboa, Portugal, 2019, 2020
  • Academic Merit, by Técnico Lisboa, Portugal, 2014,2015,2018