Curriculum vitae (Curriculum lattes)

Academic record

• Habilitation (Livre-docência), 2016 - University of São Paulo, Brazil.
  Title: Medidas de conectividade e métodos estatístico-computacionais para grafos com aplicações em Biologia Molecular e Neurociência.
  
  
• Ph.D. in Science (Bioinformatics), 2007 - University of São Paulo, Brazil.
  Title: Análise de dados de expressão gênica: normalização de microarrays e modelagem de redes regulatórias.
  Advisor: Professor Carlos Eduardo Ferreira (Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo)
  Co-advisor: Professor Mari Cleide Sogayar (Chemistry Institute, University of São Paulo)
  Fellowships: CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) and
                         JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)


• Bachelor in Computer Science, 2003 - University of São Paulo, Brazil.
  Title: Anotação de genes associados com o controle da proliferação celular e a origem de tumores.
  Advisor: Professor Mari Cleide Sogayar (Chemistry Institute, University of São Paulo)
  Fellowship: CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico)
  

Professional record

• December 2017 ~ February 2018 - Guest Researcher
  Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow
  Leipzig University, Germany.
  
  
• May 2016 ~ Now - Associate Professor
  Department of Computer Science
  Institute of Mathematics and Statistics
  University of São Paulo, Brazil.
  
  
• March 2011 ~ April 2016 - Assistant Professor
  Department of Computer Science
  Institute of Mathematics and Statistics
  University of São Paulo, Brazil.
  
  
• December 2014 ~ January 2015 (8 weeks) - Visiting Researcher
  JICA Fellow
  Cancer Research Institute
  Kanazawa University, Japan.
  
  
• January 2014 (3 weeks) - Visiting Researcher
  Cancer Research Institute
  Kanazawa University, Japan.
  
  
• April 2009 ~ March 2011 - Postdoctoral Researcher
  Special Postdoctoral Researcher Program Fellow
  Computational Science Research Program
  RIKEN, Japan.
  
  
• November 2007 ~ March 2009 - Postodoctoral Researcher
  DNA Information Analysis Laboratory
  Human Genome Center - Institute of Medical Science
  University of Tokyo, Japan.

Awards and Honors

• 2017 - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow, Germany.


• 2017 - Young Researcher Highlight - Brazilian Association for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (AB3C).


• 2016 - Third place in the XXIII Latin American Contest of Master Thesis - CLTM/CLEI (Advisor of Suzana de Siqueira Santos).


• 2015 - Best poster (Software and Development) of the 11th International Conference of the AB3C + Brazilian Symposium of Bioinformatics.


• 2013 - Organization of the Summer Course in Bioinformatics that was recognized by the Rector as one of the best academic events of the University of São Paulo.


• 2011~now - Productivity Fellowship / Research award (CNPq - level 2)


• 2009 - CAPES award - Honorable Mention, Biological Sciences I


• 2008 - Brazilian Society for Computer Science, Best Ph.D. thesis in Computer Science.