ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC INFORMATION & OTHER ELEMENTS OF INTEREST

 

Doctoral curricular program and essays done

 

• Biomolecular Engineering. Teachers: Prof.s Álvaro Tavares, Miguel Prazeres and Gabriel Monteiro. Essay: “Rotary Molecular Motors: F1 – ATPase”.

• Functional Genomics and Bioinformatics. Teacher: Prof.a Isabel Sá-Correia. Essay: “Proteomic analysis of the response of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to 2,4-dichloro-phenoxyacetic acid in the latency and exponential growth phases”.

• Nanotechnologies. Teacher: Prof. João Pedro Conde. Presentations: “Molecular Logic” and “Biomimetic Nanoscale Reactors and Networks”.

• Nanoelectronics. Teacher: Prof. Paulo Freitas. Presentations: “Single Electron Devices” and “Tactile Sensors”.

• Enzymatic Technology. Teacher: Prof. Joaquim Sampaio Cabral. Essay: “Essay on microbioreactors: a miniaturized packed bed reactor”.

 

Senior student project

 

• 2001: “Application of Magnetic Recording Technology in New Biochip Development”. Scope: Design and fabrication of a device for transport and detection of magnetic nanoparticles for biological applications. Research Institute: Solid State Technology Group of INESC. Supervisor: Prof. Paulo Freitas.

 

Projects/Essays done during undergraduate studies

 

• 2000: “Nano-magnetic particles”. Scope: concept and design of a device for the detection of magnetic nanoparticles. Course: Microtecnologies. Teacher: Prof. Paulo Freitas.

• 2000: “Introduction to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance”. Course: Nuclear Physics. Teacher: Prof.a Lídia Ferreira.

• 2000: “Electroencephalography – Application in Epilepsy”. Course: Biophysics. Teacher: Prof. Eduardo Ducla Soares.

• 2000: “3D Mouse”. Course: Data Acquisition Systems. Teachers: Prof.s Pedro Brogueira e Luís Melo.

 

 

Extracurricular Activities

 

• 2004 – 2006: Director of the Associação de Estudantes Graduados do Instituto Superior Técnico (AEGIST).

• 1998 – 2001: Delegate of Year Class of Licenciatura em Engenharia Física Tecnológica (LEFT).

• 1998 – 2000: Sub-Delegate of LEFT.

• 1999 – 2000: Effective member of the Pedagogic Council of IST

• 2000: Collaborator in the project “Optimization of courses in Licenciatura em Engenharia Física Tecnológica”. Project done with the support from the Serviço de Apoio Pedagógico of IST.

• 1999 – 2000: Fresh Student Mentor of LEFT

• 1999: Collaborator in the organization team of “11a Jobshop de Engenharia”, promoted by the Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior Técnico (AEIST), 22 to 26 March 1999.

• 1998 – 1999: Collaborator of the Secção de Informação of Núcleo de Física do Instituto Superior Técnico (NFIST).

• 1998: Collaborator in the “IIIa Semana da Física” organized by NFIST.

• 1998 – 2004: Tutoring service on Maths, Physics, and Chemistry to high-school and

• college students.

 

Other Activities

 

• Musical Education: 2nd degree in Classical Guitar, 5th degree in Musical Education,

• and choral practice in Escola de Música de Nossa Senhora do Cabo

• Sports: Practice of swimming, gymnastics and Judo (1st Dan) in Sport Algés e Dafundo. Achievements include 1st place national championship.

 

Languages (conversation, reading and writing)

 

• English: highly skilled in conversation, reading and writing

• French: medium skilled in conversation and reading, basic skilled in writing

• Spanish: basic skilled in conversation and reading, basic skilled in writing

• Portuguese (native): highly skilled in conversation, reading and writing

 

Programming Languages

 

• C/ C++: medium skilled

• Basic: medium skilled

• Java: medium skilled

• Mathematica: medium skilled

• IDL: medium skilled

• Matlab: medium skilled

 

Interests

 

• Medicine

• Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering/ Magnetic Resonance Imaging Microsystems and Nanotechnologies / Nanobiotechnology and Nanobiomedicine Entrepreneurship /Management of Science and Technology

• Traveling / Meet new people and new cultures