Experience

PluggableAI

• Portugal
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer (COO)

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  Braga, Portugal Designing and implementation of policies to promote company culture and vision, and oversee operations to keep businesses on track.



Universidade do Minho

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research fellow at the Neuroscience Research Domain (NeRD)

  • Mar 2016 - Present

  Braga e Região, Portugal - Main research interests are focused on studying the molecular mechanisms influencing neurodegeneration in polyglutamine expansion disorders and to identify potential targets for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders; - Currently working in the project entitled as "Role of glial cells in the neurodegenerative process in Machado-Joseph disease"; - Skilled in DNA and RNA extraction and quantification, conventional PCR, RT-qPCR, RNA-sequencing, animal models experimentation… Show more - Main research interests are focused on studying the molecular mechanisms influencing neurodegeneration in polyglutamine expansion disorders and to identify potential targets for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders; - Currently working in the project entitled as "Role of glial cells in the neurodegenerative process in Machado-Joseph disease"; - Skilled in DNA and RNA extraction and quantification, conventional PCR, RT-qPCR, RNA-sequencing, animal models experimentation, microscopy techniques (light field microscopy, fluorescence, and confocal microscopy), immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence techniques, cell culture, methods for separation of cell populations (magnetic-activated cell sorting - MACS), statistical analysis software (GraphPad Prism and SPSS), image analysis software (Image J), and machine learning (Knime). Show less



Instituto Português de Oncologia do Porto (IPO-Porto)

• Portugal
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Researcher at the Molecular Oncology and Viral Pathology Group, and at the Virology Service

  • Jan 2015 - Sep 2015

  Porto e Região, Portugal - Implementation of techniques in the field of Molecular Biology (biological sample processing, DNA extraction and quantification), nested PCR, DNA sequencing, and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP); - Protocol optimization for implementation in clinical diagnosis; - Development of a research project in the field of molecular virology entitled as "Characterization of Cytomegalovirus Resistant Strains in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplanted Patient".



Vinhos Norte

• Portugal
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Scientific Laboratory Technician

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

  Fafe Main activities focused on physical-chemical analysis of wines: reducers sugars, density, pH, CO2 dissolved, total dry extract, volatile acidity, total and fixed acidity, and free and total sulfur dioxide.



Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro

• Portugal
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Researcher at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences

  • Dec 2011 - Jun 2012

  Vila Real - Implementation of techniques in the field of biochemistry (proteins and sugars quantification), biotechnology (inoculation, production of biomass of Ganoderma Lucidum and its partial purification) and cell biology (cell culture and cell viability assay); - Development of a research project in the area of Biological Sciences entitled as "Extracção e caracterização de endopolissacáridos de Ganoderma Lucidum, Curtis, e avaliação da sua acção na proliferação de células HepG2 e Caco-2".