MSc Engineering Physics

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I'm 24, a born "alfacinha". During my academic path I always followed Sciences and was extremely curious, collected some robotic awards and went out to college to follow the major for "the curious ones": Physics! In particular, Engineering Physics. I like to get my hands dirty! I’m waiting to defend my master’s thesis and have done with one semester abroad in Ghent University and an internship experience at GSI the top facility for nuclear physics research in Europe.

I was a part of TEDxULisboa for 2 years organizing TED talks in Lisbon, it was absolutely amazing and great growth experience! During the pandemic, I co-founded Reboot a non-governmental organization (NGO) with the mission of empowering people and organizations with accessible information, space for reflection and debate, in order to bring about change in society.

Education

MSc Physics Engineering 2017-2023

Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon

Master Thesis - Characterization of CsI(Tl) Crystals and Implementation of tools for the CALIFA calorimeter at FAIR.

International School on Fusion Technologies 2023

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Nuclear fusion, plasma physics, fusion technologies and energy policy in the EU.

Traineeship 2022

GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany

Detectors, high-energy nuclear physics, instrumentation and Data acquisition systems.

Summer School on Machine Learning applied to Nuclear Physics, Experiment and Theory 2021

ECT*: European Center for theoretical studies in Nuclear Physics and related areas

Methods of machine learning applied to nuclear physics from supervised to unsupervised learning.

Erasmus Mobility Programme 2020-2021

University of Ghent

Engineering Physics with a focus on Nuclear Fusion, Nano-structures and Machine Learning for one semester at Gent University as an Erasmus+ student.

CircularX: Circular Economy 2021

Delft University of Technology

An introduction to the concept of Circular Economy with real-world cases.

Internship at LIP 2021

Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics

Investigating Artificial Neural Networks and their use in the reconstruction of high energetic photons with the R³B calorimeter CALIFA.

Internship at CFTC 2019

Center of Theoretical and Computational Physics

Study on "The allometry of cities, the laws of scale" a data science work.

Skills

• Python

• NumPy

• Pandas

• Scikit

• TensorFlow

• C++

• CERN Root

• LaTeX

• Julia

• SQL

• Solid Works

• EAGLE

• Bash

• Notion

Languages

• Portuguese (native)
• English (fluent C1)
• Spanish (basic)

Experience

May 2022 - Today

Researcher

Nuclear Reactions, Instrumentation and Astrophysics Group of LIP - Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics

• Focus on instrumentation, nuclear reactions and data science;
• Responsible for internships management;
• Creator and manager of the Notion database for the group.

Jun 2020-Set 2022

Co-Founder & Project Lead

Associação Reboot

• Developed the core values, mission and strategies of the organization;
• Recruited and managed a team of 40 young passionate volunteers;
• Negotiated and partnered with multiple international companies and organizations;
• Created and won two candidatures for European grants valued at more than 30.000€;
• Created successful projects: an exhibition, documentary and talks.

May 2019-Set 2021

Public Counsel & Museum Educator

Pavilion of Knowledge - Science Museum

• Advised the pavilion as a representative for young students and researchers;
• Monitored the visitants during open hours of the museum;
• Worked as science educator for physics activities.

Set 2018-Set 2020

Logistics Manager

TEDxULisboa

• Event planning and partnership managing;
• Responsible for organizing events of TED quality for more than 2000 people;
• Experience in organizing online events;
• Curation for TED speakers

Awards/Honors & Certificates

Conferences & Workshops

O = Oral presentation, P = Poster presentation