This page goes over my education, work experience, and some tidbits of my personality. For current or past projects in more detail (including theses), please visit the projects page. You can also download my CV here.
⏱ General Information
- Brazilian with European citizenship;
- Speaks Portuguese, English, and Japanese fluently; understands Dutch and Spanish;
- Registered in the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK) to act as a contractor;
- Python, R, SQL, MATLAB, C, C++, Git, Unix, LaTeX;
- Writing, reporting, data visualization, computational / mathematical modelling;
- Adaptive, quick learner, clear communicator, supportive, curious.
Education
University of Tsukuba (Japan): Computer Science Bachelor’s (2017-2021)
- GPA: 3.9/4.3;
- Fully funded scholarship by the Japanese government (MEXT scholar);
- Media, Arts, Science and Technology program (multidisciplinary program based on computer science looking into its applications in design, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, data visualization, and media art);
- Specialization in cognitive psychology and AI, with emphasis on mathematical modelling;
- Thesis under Prof. Ko Sakai.
University of Amsterdam (Netherlands): Neuroscience Research Master’s (2022-2024)
- GPA: 8.1/10;
- Brain and Cognitive Sciences program, Cognitive Science track (interdisciplinary program on discovering how the mind works, with lectures on psychology, neurobiology, AI, and more, with applied research internships in multiple labs);
- Specialization in cognitive modelling, including reaction time studies, fMRI processing, and the development of brand new mathematical models based on areas of mathematics that have not been applied to neuroscience up until now;
- Supervision by Steven Miletić, Niek Stevenson (Integrative Model-based Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Prof. Birte Forstmann), Federico Fioravanti (Computational Social Choice Group, Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, Prof. Ulle Endriss), and Prof. Ruth J. van Holst (Amsterdam University Medical Center).
Note: all of my education has been interdisciplinary, due to my broad range of interests. In my free time, I have also studied some linguistics, economics, and politics, for example. This is also what made me write a psychology thesis within a computer science program.
Work Experience
Academic Research
- Bachelor Thesis (2021): “Voluntariness based separation of attention mechanisms in a visual search task: A possible indication for a new paradigm” (cognitive psychology experiment, experiment programming with PsychoPy, participant recruitment, monitor color balancing, repeated measures ANOVA);
- Master Internship #1 (2023): “Modelling Environmental Volatility in Decision Making” (reaction time modelling, reinforcement learning, development of learning rules, R, Bayesian statistics);
- Master Internship #2 (2024): “Striatum connectivity in gambling disorder” (fMRI resting state data, clustering and connectivity models, dynamic causal modelling, MATLAB, SPM, R, patient data);
- Master Literature Thesis (2024): “Strategyproofness and Social Choice: A New Perspective for Cognitive Modelling” (social choice theory, applied mathematics);
- Data Analyst at the Amsterdam University Medical Center (2024): continuation of Master Internship #2, paid additional work due to high quality of output (online data collection, Prolific, Qualtrics, building of pre-processing pipelines for MRI to use for modelling).
Teaching
- Private tutor (2018-2020): taught English, science, and writing to middle high schoolers in Japan for a year and a half;
- Teaching Assistant #1 “Introduction to Python for Neuroscientists” (course by Dr. Julia Dawitz, University of Amsterdam, 2023-2024): teaching Python to master’s students from diverse academic backgrounds from zero to making their own psychological experiment and data analysis;
- Teaching Assistant #2 “Amsterdam Brain and Cognition Summer School: Neurotechnology” (hosted that year by Prof. Birte Forstmann, University of Amsterdam, 2025): hands-on guidance to three groups of five students on making a scientific poster (communication and collaboration skills);
- Teaching Assistant #3 “Milestones, Promises and Pitfalls” (course by Dr. Romke Rouw, University of Amsterdam, 2025): introductory course to the Research Master’s in Brain and Cognitive Sciences. That year we ran a pilot to give a crash course on Python during the one week this course lasts, together with making a research proposal presentation on an interdisciplinary topic in the cognitive sciences;
- Teaching Assistant #4 “Cognitive Data Science” (course by Prof. Aalt-Jan van Dijk and Dr. Umberto Olcese, University of Amsterdam 2025): teaching Python programming skills and data analysis applied to genetic and neuronal data. Flew in last minute and still made the course run smoothly.
Industry
- Machine Learning Junior (HOOBOX Robotics, 2022, São Paulo): computer vision health tech start-up incubated in one of São Paulo’s most prestigious hospitals (training and testing of AI models, CUDA, PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenCV, patient data, GDPR);
- Medical Researcher and Data Analyst (Easee, 2024-2025, Amsterdam): ran a full repeatability and reproducibility study from recruitment to reporting in three months for regulatory affairs compliance (R, Python, statistics, QMS);
- Quality Assurance Engineer (Easee, 2025, Amsterdam): regulatory documentation upkeep and software testing, including test case management (Agile, Git, QMS, technical documentation).
Entrepreneurship
- Glia (2026) – opening my own company to act as a contractor for laboratories and make science communication content (while looking for a PhD position!) (bookkeeping, administration, writing, content creation).
Volunteering
Rede Sustentabilidade (2021-2022)
- Political party in Brazil in the center-left area of the spectrum, focused mainly on sustainability as a whole. Organized the youth wing in the state of São Paulo (administration, strategic planning, data management, event coordination, community building).
Cognito Student Union (2022-2023)
- Treasurer, but also served as contact point for peers due to perceived reliability and ease to approach (budget, administration, private data management, support, community building).
Brazilian Student Association (BRASA) (2023-2024)
- Globally: produced science communication podcast episodes for the BRASACast and coordinated the support team for the graduate network, including universities in North America and Europe (podcast production, administration, management, community building).
- Locally (Netherlands): director of development, legalizing the presence of the association in the country by registering it at the Chamber of Commerce and opening a bank account (administration, management, community building, event coordination).
Certificates
Listed on my GitHub here. Mainly data-science-related DataCamp courses. Diplomas not uploaded.
Some Personal Insight
I am still building a recommendations page with actual backing from my old supervisors and coworkers, but the impression I tend to leave is that I am easy to work with because what you see is what you get. Communication is clear, and a balance between figuring things out by myself and asking for help is achieved so that normally I already come with a solution for the problem and generally ask for confirmation if that solution is the desired way forward or not. I have also been told that due to my intelligence, I tend to perceive consequences three steps ahead on strategic choices. Besides this organized side, my giggly personality tends to lighten the mood, and peers often tell me they feel comfortable bringing up problems with me because they feel heard and notice a proactive attitude to solve possible issues. I have also proven to be flexible to new challenges and methodologies as I embarked last minute on a project for the industry and a course for master’s students and accomplished both missions successfully.