Curriculum Vitae: Short PDF Resume

Visiting Researcher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
2023

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

Ph.D., MSc, BSc in Information Systems and Computer Engineering
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Grade: Summa cum laude 2024

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.

  • Research Interests: Security and Privacy, Distributed Systems, Blockchain Interoperability, Access control, Self sovereign identity
  • Programming Languages: Typescript, Python, Rust, Go (See more on GitHub)
  • Backend & APIs: OpenAPI, NodeJS, Flask
  • Frontend: Angular, React
  • DevOps: Github and Gitlab CIs, Docker, Google Cloud, Vagrant, Terraform, Heroku
  • Blockchain Protocols: EVM-based (Ethereum, Polygon), Hyperledger Fabric, Hyperledger Besu, Polkadot
  • Ph.D. thesis awarded with "Pass with distinction and Honor"
  • Awarded with "Best INESC-ID Ph.D. Thesis"
  • Raised 1.2M EUR from European Commission to expand and productize our research on interoperability. Principal engineer and manager (team of 5 engineers).
  • Fulbright Scholarship to research blockchain interoperability at MIT, USA, 2022.
  • Full Ph.D. Scholarship awardee (top 1% candidates, national funding gov. agency, FCT), Portugal, 2021.
  • Hyperledger's Scholarship Program 2020
  • Excellence in teaching awards, Técnico Lisboa, Portugal, 2019-2021