Science for the people

My primary dedication is to contribute and support the advancement of humanity through the pursuit of physical sciences. I have been fortunate to build a career in the international field of scientific research, having had the opportunity to work in Brazil, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Austria.

I genuinely enjoy meeting fascinating individuals who share a passion for science and are willing to have stimulating conversations over multiple cups of coffee.

My existence persists, accompanied by three fundamental questions that occupy my thoughts, whose are a legacy of my PhD supervisor Professor Stephen E. Donnelly:

How do you know that?
Are you sure about that?
Have you measured?

If these three questions can be answered, we are wrong anyways =].

Academic Education

2008 – 2012: Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo.
Bachelor in Physics (BSc) with Qualification in Basic Research in Theoretical/Experimental Physics.
BSc Project: “Development of a methodology for remote caracterization of nuclear fission products by LIDAR and LIBS techiques.”

2013 – 2015: Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo.
Master of Sciences (MSc) in Metallurgy and Materials Sciences
MSc Thesis: “Modelling a compact nuclear reactor for optimization studies in biological shielding in nuclear submarines.”

2015 – 2020: Ion Beam Centre, University of Huddersfield.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Transmission Electron Microscopy & Nuclear Materials
PhD Thesis: “Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of Radiation Damage in Potential Nuclear Materials”.

Academic and Research Career

2009 – 2012: FAPESP Undergraduate Research Fellow, Nuclear and Energy Research Institute.

2012 – 2013: Undergraduate Researcher, Spintronics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo.

2013 – 2015: Post-Graduate Research Fellow,  Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo.

2017 – 2018: ASTRO Fellow, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

2015 – 2019: Doctoral Researcher, Ion Beam Centre, University of Huddersfield.

2019 – 2021: Projektmitarbeiter, Chair of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy, Montanuniversität Leoben.

2021 – 2023: Director’s Fellow, Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory.

2023 – Present: Assistenzprofessor. Chair of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy, Montanuniversität Leoben.

Career Prizes

2009 – FAPESP Scholarship academic-merit granted funding for undergraduate research studies, Brazil.

2011 – Merit of Honour certificates for undergraduate research presentation on high power lasers for remote sensing nuclear materials. Granted by both: Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, Brazilian Atomic Energy Agency (IPEN-CNEN/SP) and São Paulo Technical College (FATEC/SP), Brazil.

2012 – Student Ambassador of the University of São Paulo in public high schools and colleges to promote education access for all people, Brazil. 

2013 – Brazilian Navy Scholarship grant to conduct full MSc research studies at the University of São Paulo, selected in first place after a public contest, Brazil.

2014 – Santander Universities Scholarship travel grant to conduct partial MSc research studies at the University of New Mexico (USA), International.

2017 – Certificate of Excellence for first place in student poster competition at the University of Huddersfield Materials Forum, United Kingdom.

2017 – ASTRO Fellowship academic and research merit-based granted funding to carry out partial PhD research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA.

2021 – Director’s Fellowship academic and research merit-based granted funding to perform postdoctoral research at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Selected from ~300 top-tier international applicants, USA.

2022 – Ion Beam Modification of Materials (IBMM) 2022 Prize awarded after independent and unsolicited nominations: “For outstanding contributions to the understanding of radiation effects in materials subjected to extreme environments”, International.

Research Interests

Fundamental Metallurgy, Materials Sciences, Space Materials, Radiation Damage, Nuclear Materials, Extraterrestrial Materials

Leisure and Hobbies

Tennis, listening to music, walking, reading, writing, playing COD Warzone though very bad at it.