CV

Education

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 10/2018 – 06/2022

  Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil

  Title: Sensing electroporation during pulsed electric fields

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, 08/2016 – 08/2018

  Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil

  Title: Electroporation techniques: electronic device and yeast tests

• Specialization in Electronic Product Development, 08/2017 – 05/2019

  Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil

  Title: Development of an electronic hydrometer for beer production

• Interuniversity Exchange (CNPq Scholarship), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, B.Eng., 06/2014 – 08/2015

  Brunel University, London, United Kingdom

  Title: Numerical simulations of electric field distribution in biological tissues with COMSOL

• Electrical Engineering, B.Eng., 08/2010 – 08/2016

  Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil

  Title: Development of micro-device for application of variable electric fields in biological cells for electroporation experimentation

Professional Experiences

• Department of Control, Automation and Computer Engineering, UFSC Blumenau

  • Adjunct Professor, 04/2023 - current

  Courses: Digital Systems (BLU3201), Automation Systems (BLU3403) & Modelling with Discrete Systems (BLU3504).

  • Provisional Professor, 07/2022 – 04/2023

  Courses: Introduction to Computing for Automation (BLU3101), Digital Systems (BLU3201), Automation Systems (BLU3403), Modelling with Discrete Systems (BLU3504) & Electrotechnics (CAC1403).

• Independent/Consultant Engineer, CREA-SC, 01/2017 – 08/2021

  Main Activities: Projects and technical reports of electrical installations BT, MT and PDA (SPDA and MPS). Honorary Member at UFSC’s Electrical Engineering Junior Consulting Company (C2E). Consultant in the development of sensors and instrumentation for electronic products for five companies (Brazil and EUA, in the areas of construction safety, laboratory water analysis quality, physiological signals, smart energy meter & high voltage meter).

• Biomedical Engineering Institute (IEB-UFSC), Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory

  • Researcher, 06/2022 – current

  Member of research group electroporation.ufsc.br.

  • Researcher (Masters/Doctoral CNPq Researcher), 08/2016 – 06/2022

  Main activities: Development of research project ‘Application of high intensity electric fields in biological media’. Development of minimum viable product and systems (hardware, firmware and software) applied to the medical field. Elaboration of scientific papers for national and international specialized journals, book chapters and intelectual property documents. Consultancy services for healthcare companies. Presentation of lectures and seminars.

  • Researcher Internship (CNPq Scientific Initiation), 08/2012 – 05/2014 and 02/2016 – 07/2016

  Main activities: Ensurance of hardware analysis, specification, planning, development, testing, and implementation of electronic equipment of IEB-UFSC interest. Research and development. Seminars presentation. Hardware and firmware projects development (on the main topics of analog instrumentation, signal processing). Matematical modeling.

Personal Skills

• Excellent problem solving and research and development skills;
• Great teamwork skills attested by multiple contributions at diverse academic and industrial projects;
• Solid experience at specification, development and project management for technology products involving hardware and software architecture;
• Broad skills at written and oral communication.

Technical Skills

• Metrology: Scientific methods, industrial sensors and intrumentation, signal acquisition and statistical tools;
• Hardware: Industrial electronics, embedded systems, microcontrolers, microprocessors, PLC, ARM, Arduino, Raspberry PI, IoT, Firmware (C/C++ and Python), communication protocols (TCP/IP, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, GSM/3G/LTE and Bluetooth), development of electronic boards, compatibility requirements (IPC, EMC/EMI, etc.), power electronics for low power applications and high voltage;
• Development of electromedical equipment & product;
• Mathematical modeling and finite elements.
• Electrical installations: BT, MT and PDA (SPDA and MPS);
• Project management: PMBOK and SCRUM;
• Tools: Matlab, COMSOL, AutoCAD, Altium, Office 365, MS Project, GitHub, Embedded Linux, Windows;
• Programming languages: C/C++, Python, HTML;
• Languages: English (advanced) and portuguese (mother tongue).

Additional Information

• Courses

  • Basics of Patent Drafting (DL320P BR), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (120 hours), 09-12/2019.

  • Safety for Electricity Facilities and Services (NR-10), Santa Catarina Institute (ISC) (40 hours), 08-09/2018.

  • General Intellectual Property Course (DL 101P BR), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (75 hours), 10-12/2017.

• Short Courses

  • Process for Registration of Electromedical Equipment Workshop, The Foundation Centers of Reference in Innovative Technologies (CERTI-UFSC) (4 hours), 08/2019.

  • Patent Writing Workshop, “Beyond Guides”, Axonal Consultoria Tecnológica Ltda. (6 hours), 03/2019.

  • Technological information contained in patent documents, Brazil National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) (16 hours), 12/2018.

  • Computer Program Registration Workshop, IDD Consultoria & PI (3 hours), 10/2018.

  • Espressif IoT Solutions (2 hours), Macnica DHW, 09/2018.

  • Intel’s workshop at artificial intelligence (5 hours), 10/2017.

  • Clinical Engineering Workshop, Biomedical Engineering Institute (IEB-UFSC) (8 hours), 09/2017.

  • Embedded Linux, Embedded Labworks (16 hours), 06/2016.

  • Workshop Altera Cyclone V SoC, Macnica DHW (8 hours), 08/2013.

  • Lithium-Ion Batteries: Specification, Testing and Modeling, Technishe Hochschule Ingolstadt (8 hours), 02/2012.

• Participation in Events

  • Speaker of the Workshop Electroporation, Electropermeabilization, Fundamentals, Technologies and Applications at XXVIII Brazilian Congress of Biomedical Engineering (CBEB) e IX Latin American Congress on Biomedical Engineering (CLAIB), 2022.

  • Organizer of the 1st IEEE Latin America Summer School on Nanotechnology (2021 LASSNANO), 09/2021.

  • Organizer of the 1st IEEE Nanotechnology Week Webinars Latin America, 06/2021.

  • SC Expo Defense - Defense Technologies and Products Fair, 09/2019.

  • Developers Experience by Hexagon, 09/2018.

  • Speaker of the XIX Biology Week at UFSC, 09/2018.

  • XXVI Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering (CBEB), 10/2018.

  • Speaker of the V Physiotherapy Week at UFSC, 03/2018.

  • Speaker of the X Biomedical Engineering Week at UFSC, 08/2017.

  • Competitioner at Intel Embedded System Constest 2016.

  • Organizer and Speaker of the XI Biomedical Engineering Week at UFSC, 08/2016.

  • Organizer and Speaker of the Third Academic Week of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of UFSC (SAEEL), 03/2014.

• Others

  • Volunteer professor of ‘Introductory Robotics Course’ at UFSC College (high school students) (08-10/2016), which had programming lessons in Arduino with Atto’s Educational kit. The methodology used was problem-based learning (PBL).

  • Reviewer of international journals (IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs and Springer Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing) and international symposiums (AMIA, IEEE LASCAS, MedInfo & NI).

  • IEEE Member, IEEE Young Professional (YP), Representative of IEEE Nanotechnology Council YP at Region 9.

  • IEEE Nanotechnology Council YP Representative at Latin America (2021).

  • Regional Council of Engineering and Agronomy Member (CREA-SC).

  • Author of international journals, congresses and intelectual property. Click here to open Brazilian Lattes CV or click here to go to publications page.