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Education

  • 2022 - 2025
    MSc in Data Science
    University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2018 - 2024
    PhD in Biomedical Sciences
    University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2022 - 2024
    Minor in Computer Science
    University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2015 - 2017
    MSc in Bioorganic Chemistry
    NOVA University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
  • 2014 - 2017
    MSc in Neuroscience
    University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2011 - 2014
    BSc in Chemistry with a Minor in Biology
    University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Experience

  • 2023 - 2025
    Research Scientist in Data Science
    Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2018 - 2022
    Research Scientist in Biomedical Sciences
    Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2021
    Visiting Research Scientist in Biomedical Sciences
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • 2017
    Research Intern in Biochemistry
    University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
  • 2016 - 2017
    Graduate Researcher in Bioorganic Chemistry
    NOVA University of Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
  • 2015 - 2016
    Graduate Researcher in Neuroscience
    Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2014
    Undergraduate Researcher in Chemistry
    Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Core Competencies

  • Data Science
    • Programming
    • Version Control
    • Machine Learning
    • Databases
    • Data Mining
    • Statistical Analysis
  • Chemistry
    • Cheminformatics
    • Bioconjugation
    • Small Molecule and Protein Characterization
    • Organic Synthesis
  • Molecular Biology
    • Bacterial & Mammalian Cell Culture
    • Protein Expression & Purification
    • Site-Directed Mutagenesis
  • Professional
    • Project Management
    • Analytical Problem-Solving
    • Communication
    • Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Technical Skills

  • Programming Languages
    • Python
    • SQL
    • SAS
    • R
  • Libraries
    • Scikit-learn & TensorFlow
    • Pandas & NumPy
    • RDKit
    • Matplotlib & Seaborn
  • Technologies & Software
    • PostgreSQL
    • MongoDB
    • PowerBI
    • GitHub
    • LaTeX
    • MS Office
    • MassLynx
  • Developer Tools
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Git
  • Laboratory
    • LC-MS
    • Mass Spectrometry
    • UHPLC
    • HPLC
    • FPLC
    • NMR
    • Affinity (AC), Ion-Exchange (IEX) & Size-Exclusion (SEC) Chromatography
    • Ultrafiltration
    • SDS-PAGE
    • Western Blot
    • ELISA
    • PCR
    • RT-PCR
    • Immunofluorescence
    • Microscopy
  • Equipment
    • Waters Acquity UHPLC systems coupled to QDa detectors
    • AKTA purification systems
    • Bruker NMR spectrometers
  • Languages
    • Portuguese
    • English (C1)
    • German (B1)
    • French (A1)

Projects

Certifications

  • 2024
    • SAS Certified Associate - Programming Fundamentals Using SAS 9.4
    • Lisbon, Portugal

Courses

  • 2024
    • 14th Lisbon Machine Learning School
    • Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2024
    • The Hitchhiker's Guide to single-cell RNA-sequencing
    • Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2022
    • Gulbenkian Training Program in Proteomics Data Analysis
    • Oeiras, Portugal

Communications

  • 2017
    • II Symposium of the Portuguese Glial Network
    • Braga, Portugal
  • 2017
    • XLVII Meeting of the Portuguese Society of Pharmacology
    • Coimbra, Portugal

Conferences

  • 2022
    • 3rd European Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry School
    • Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2022
    • 4th European Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry Workshop
    • Lisbon, Portugal
  • 2018
    • XLIV Meeting of the Portuguese Society for Immunology
    • Lisbon, Portugal

Scholarships and Awards

  • 2024
    • Scholarship to attend the Lisbon Machine Learning School
  • 2023
    • Research Fellowship in Data Science
  • 2022
    • Research Fellowship in Biomedical Sciences
  • 2018
    • FCT Doctoral Studentship
  • 2017
    • IAESTE Internship