Senior Research Scientist

• Jun 2023 - Present

Leveraging machine learning and multimodal patient data to improve target identification for drug discovery.

Research Scientist

• Sep 2022 - May 2023

PhD fellow in Machine Learning

• Oct 2019 - Sep 2022

My thesis topic was "Multimodal analysis of neuroimaging and transcriptomic data in genetic fronto-temporal dementia". This project was developed within the Aramis Lab (a joint research team between Inria, the Paris Brain Institute (ICM), CNRS, Inserm and Sorbonne Université), in collaboration with Dyliss (a joint research team between Inria, CNRS, IRISA and Université de Rennes 1). ➢ Conducted a study that identified microRNAs as potential progression biomarkers for C9orf72-associated frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ➢ Proposed a novel framework to compute disease progression scores for rare neurodegenerative disorders, using a supervised multimodal variational autoencoder. ➢ Collaborated with a cross-functional team of engineers, neurologists and biologists. ➢ Developed models in Python using machine learning (Scikit-learn) and deep learning (Pytorch) frameworks. Show less

PhD fellow in Machine Learning

• Oct 2019 - Sep 2022

Research internship in Deep Learning

• Feb 2019 - Jul 2019

The title of my Master's dissertation was "Deep learning approaches to Parkinson's disease markers discovery". ➢ Conducted a study with researchers from Inria Grenoble (formerly Mistis, now Statify team) and Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences (Neuroimaging team). ➢ Investigated anomaly detection approaches based on deep generative models. ➢ Proposed a novel framework to identify unusual patterns in multiparametric MRI data, based on autoencoders and variational autoencoders. ➢ Built a prototype in Python using machine learning (Scikit-learn) and deep learning (Pytorch) libraries. Encouraging preliminary results led to further research at the Grenoble Institut of Neuroscience. Show less

R&D Project Manager

• Jan 2014 - Apr 2017

Datacom has the largest R&D team in Latin America among telecom equipment manufacturers.I was the project manager of DmOS, Datacom's operating system running on the company's switching and routing equipments.➢ Oversaw multiple releases of a large software project (80+ engineers in 10+ geographically distributed teams).➢ Established project performance metrics, communicated to stakeholders and coordinated actions to meet requirements. ➢ Organized issue tracking, including identification, prioritization, action assignment and root cause analysis, in collaboration with application support engineers and product managers. Show less

Software Engineering Manager

• Nov 2010 - Dec 2013

I was the manager of three geographically distributed teams (20+ engineers total), working on two product lines (SDH multiplexers and metro ethernet switches).➢ Led the entire software development life cycle, from specification to deployment and maintenance.➢ Supported engineers in developing their careers.➢ Conducted the recruitment of 10+ team members.

Software Engineering Team Lead

• Jul 2007 - Oct 2010

I lead the embedded software development team (10+ engineers) of the first SDH multiplexer (high speed data transmission equipment) developed in Brazil.➢ Designed and developed (in C language) applications running on embedded Linux, for configuring, monitoring and testing SDH multiplexers.➢ Implemented Linux device drivers for low-level tasks such as FPGA programming and NAND flash memory access.➢ Provided technical training for new engineers in the team.