:: Applied Topology and Geometry ::
:: Neuroscience ::
:: Complex Systems ::

EDUCATION

DSc. in Physics
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Topology Symmetry and Phase Transitions in Spin Models

BSc. in Physics (Honors)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

POSITIONS & FELLOWSHIPS

DIEP Fellow - Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena
(Since Oct 2022).

Research Fellow – Institute for Advanced Studies (since Feb 2021)
Universiteit van Amsterdam – The Netherlands

Research Associate – Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences (From Oct 2019 -Sep 2022)
Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam – The Netherlands

NWO Visiting Professor – Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences (Mar-July 2019)
Amsterdam University Medical Center, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam – The Netherlands

Junior Associate Fellow - Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (2019-2024)
ICTP Trieste – Italy

Visiting Fellow - Jean Lamour Institute in Material Science (July 2015 & Feb 2016)
Université de Lorraine (UL Nancy-Univ) – France

Visiting Scientist – Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology (Nov 2014-Jan 2016)
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford – United Kingdom

Professor Adjunto (Assistant Professor) – Department of Mathematics (From Nov 2009 - Sep 2022)
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) – Brazil (on unpaid leave since 10/2019)

AWARDS
• Best Poster Award (2019), International Conference on Computational Neuroscience – Barcelona, Spain
• UFPE Departmental Honors (2014) for the administration of the mathematics undergraduate courses
• UFPE Teaching Award (2012, 2013, 2014) for the best teacher in mathematics (selected by students)

SERVICE WORK
• DataScience for Neuroscience (leader since 2020) – Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, VUmc
• Evaluation Committee member (2016, 2017) – FACEPE Brazilian Funding agency, Recife
• Coordinator of undergraduate courses (2012 – 2014) – Department of Mathematics, UFPE
• Vice-Coordinator of undergraduate online courses (2010 - 2012) – Department of Mathematics, UFPE

PEER REVIEWER
• Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
• Brain Structure & Function
• Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
• IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
• Peer J
• Physical Review Letters
• Physical Review E
• Network Neuroscience
• Scientific Reports
• PLOS Computational Biology