Education

Caltech Post Graduate Program in Data Science

2023 - present
(Expected graduation: February, 2024)
Courses: Statistics essentials for data science; Python for data science; Machine learning; Tableau; SQL training; Power BI; Deep learning with TensorFlow
Online


Institituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon

2018 - 2022
PhD student at MIT-Portugal program, Bioengineering systems.
Courses: Bioprocess Engineering; Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Cell and Tissue Engineering; Computational Biosystems Science and Engineering; Neurosciences; Innovation in Bioengineering; Biomedical Devices and Technologies
PhD thesis: Computational Biology for Modeling Oncological Omics Data: the way towards personalized medicine
INESC-ID, Lisbon, Portugal
Supervisors: Susana Vinga, Luís Costa


Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon

2015 - 2018
Master's degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics.
Master thesis: Genetic deletion of adenosine A2A receptor in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, APP/PS1: impact on synaptic plasticity
iMM, Lisbon, Portugal
Supervisors: Luísa Lopes, Rui Gomes

Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto

2012 - 2015
Bachelor's degree in Biology
Research trainee: Lipid metabolism: the evolution of acyl-CoA thiosterases and acyltransferases in vertebrates
CIIMAR, Porto, Portugal
Supervisor: Filipe Castro
2014 - Erasmus student at University of Oslo, Norway.

Languages

Portuguese - native speaker
English

Skills

R
MATLAB
HTML/CSS
Python

Research experience

Research trainee at iBET (Oeiras)

2018
Project title: Extracellular Matrix-derived Constructs for Cardiovascular 3D Models.


Research trainee at Information and Decision Support Systems (IDSS) group, INESC-ID (Lisbon)

2018
Project title: Regularized Optimization for Modeling RNA seq Oncological Data.


Msc student at Luísa Lopes Lab (iMM)

2016 - 2017
PROJECT TITLE: Genetic deletion of Adenosine A2A receptor in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, APP/PS1: impact on synaptic plasticity.


Research trainee at CIIMAR (Porto)

2014 - 2015
PROJECT TITLE: Lipid metabolism: the evolution of acyl-CoA thiosterases and acyltransferases in vertebrates.

Scientific Projects

MATISSE (DSAIPA/DS/0026/2019, FCT)

2022
A machine learning-based forecasting system for shellfish safety.


OLISSIPO (H2020 - ID: 951970)

2021
Fostering Computational Biology Research and Innovation in Lisbon.


MONET (PTDC/CCI-BIO/4180/2020, FCT)

2021
Multi-omics networks in gliomas.


PERSEIDS (PTDC/EMS-SIS/0642/2014 – FCT)

2020
Personalizing Cancer Therapy Through Integrated Modeling and Decision.