Resume

MSc Artificial Intelligence — University of Amsterdam

Professional Summary

Machine Learning MSc student bridging physics and AI, with published work in fusion science and multi-agent systems. I develop neural networks that solve complex physical simulations and design emergent social behaviors in agent-based models. My dual background in physics and computer science helps me translate theory into practical ML applications.

Education

Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence

University of Amsterdam — Amsterdam, Netherlands

2024 – 2026 (expected)

GPA: 8.55/10 (Excellent – equivalent to A/A+ in US/UK scale)

On track to graduate cum laude (with distinction).

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics

Instituto Superior Técnico — Lisbon, Portugal

2021 – 2024

Thesis: "Using Deep Learning to Design High Aspect Ratio Fusion Devices" (20/20)

GPA: 16/20

Additional Coursework: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Analysis and Synthesis of Algorithms, Introduction to Information Systems, Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structures

Research Experience

Research Project – Machine Learning for PDEs

University of Amsterdam — Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jul 2025 – Present
  • • Developing a novel architecture for solving partial differential equations using structured attention.

Research Intern – AI & Financial Crime

Feedzai — Lisbon, Portugal

Jul 2025 – Present
  • • Researching and implementing a generative agent to automatically draft Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) narratives.

Undergraduate Research Assistant - Machine Learning for Fusion

University of Wisconsin-Madison — Madison, WI, USA

Jan 2024 – Jul 2024
  • • Developed a novel ML model for inverse stellarator optimization using near-axis expansion, and co-released a large-scale dataset to accelerate community research in fusion design.
PythonPyTorchHPC

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant - Deep Learning I

University of Amsterdam — Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nov 2025 – Jan 2026

Teaching Assistant - Machine Learning I

University of Amsterdam — Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sep 2025 – Nov 2025

Teaching Assistant - Physics II

Instituto Superior Técnico — Lisbon, Portugal

Sep 2023 – Nov 2023

Work Experience

Junior Software Engineer

Copernica — Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nov 2024 – May 2025
  • • Maintain and extend backend and frontend systems in the R&D team, delivering new features for the email marketing platform.
TypeScriptReactPostgreSQL

Skills

Machine Learning

PyTorchTensorFlowJAXScikit-LearnKeras

Programming Languages

PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptC++CJavaR

Web Development

Next.jsReactTailwind CSSHTMLCSS

Backend & Databases

FastAPIPostgreSQLSupabasePrisma

DevOps & Tools

GitDockerKubernetesVercelGitHub Actions

Data Processing & Visualization

NumPyPandasPolarsMatplotlib

Languages

Portuguese (Native)English (Advanced)Spanish (Intermediate)

Outreach & Service

  • • Volunteer at ReFood Portugal and Team Leader at Web Summit (2024), organizing and coordinating volunteer activities.
  • • Member of NFIST (Physics Student Club, IST): contributed to student outreach activities and developed the club’s new website.
  • • Member of SET - Semana Empresarial Tecnológica: selected and invited speakers, and helped define conference topics, engaging industry professionals from startups to large multinational companies.
  • • Member of PSEM: helped reorganize sponsor outreach and update business proposals for this student-led initiative at IST focused on designing electric vehicles for international competitions.
  • • Taught Python programming workshops for middle and high school students through After School by TreeTree2, fostering early interest in coding and computational thinking.
  • • Developed DespesaPublica.pt, a civic-tech platform visualizing government spending and leveraging the Portuguese Web Archive to track historical news.
  • • Developed The Traitors, an independent research framework using large language models to study emergent behaviors in multi-agent simulations, sharing findings and reproducible experiments with the research community.
  • • Released one of the first million-scale datasets on near-axis plasma behavior for fusion energy machine learning, enabling reproducible research and model benchmarking. Dataset available at Hugging Face.

Awards & Fellowships

Fellowship: Self‑Learning Tools for Experimental Physics

Instituto Superior Técnico — Lisbon, Portugal

Jul 2023 – Oct 2023

Merit Award: Caixa Mais Mundo

Caixa Geral de Depósitos — Lisbon, Portugal

2023/2024 Edition