- Leading both independent and collaborative qualitative research, encompassing over 80 projects. In these projects, I identify user experience issues, comprehend user behaviour, and distil complex insights into actionable design recommendations.- Designing and implementing targeted analytical and research methods to yield high impact results and enhance reliability of user testing data. Employed A/B testing, heuristic evaluations, interviews and surveys in conjunction with data and metrics provided by customers.- Collaborating closely with external stakeholders from a wide spectrum of sectors, including services, retail, and government. This involves delineating testing hypotheses, communicating trade-offs of research options, defining suitable demographics, and formulating comprehensive testing plans.- Effectively communicating research findings, proposals, and recommendations to clients with varying technical backgrounds, fostering strong collaborative partnerships. - Proficiently managing end-to-end research studies, from scoping to creating test plans, surveys, and interview scripts. I also analyse data and observations from multiple sources, providing design recommendations for testing groups ranging from 6 to 300 testers. - Designing and conducting workshops to empower junior colleagues, enabling them to excel in their roles while ensuring timely delivery of projects, adherence to budgets, and achieving business objectives.

- Researched the effect of growth cycle of microalgae on the cell morphology and mass density, as well as fatty acid, carotenoid, and extracellular composition. My primary focus was to investigate the interplay between nutrition, cell properties, and process efficiency during harvesting and dewatering.- Cultivated a variety of microalgae strains of commercial interest in the nutraceuticals industry for extensive research purposes, including growth assessments, physicochemical characterisations, and rheological studies.- Conducted a diverse range of experiments involving both dispersed and concentrated cell suspensions, employing techniques such microscopy, spectrophotometry, fluorimetry, solvent and solid-phase extraction, laser diffraction, image analysis, microtomography, strain sweep, viscosity, and creep experiments. - Enhanced the precision of a mathematical model used to predict gravity settling of microalgae by incorporating cell characteristics often overlooked in the specialised literature. This refinement led to a remarkable tenfold improvement in prediction accuracy when compared to experimental data.- Pioneered the implementation of a MATLAB toolbox to assess changes in the composition and distribution of extracellular substances in cultivation media using fluorimetry data. This analysis revealed critical trade-offs between the release of protein and organic acids characteristic of each strain and growth stage.- Demonstrated adept technical troubleshooting and maintenance skills, overseeing risk assessments, health and safety protocols, and waste management reports. Managed Standard Operating Procedures, laboratory and equipment inductions, and purchase orders effectively.- Proficiently managed a range of daily laboratory tasks, such as media preparation, sterilisation, equipment acquisition, and culture health assessments using light and phase-contrast microscopy.

- Instructed and organised engineering lectures, workshops, and hands-on demonstrations in subjects such as material and energy balances, industrial chemistry, and stoichiometry for cohorts of up to 110 undergraduate and master's students.- Collaborated closely with technical officers, students, and the subject lead to coordinate laboratory demonstrations aimed at measuring, calculating, and analysing energy efficiency and chemical properties, facilitating practical learning experiences.- Ensured students' compliance with occupational, safety, and health standards mandated by the department and university, working alongside the subject lead to ensure a safe learning environment.- Provided consistent weekly assessments and comprehensive written feedback on student assignments, calculations, and reports to enhance their technical grasp of unit operations, process efficiency, and key industry parameters.- Actively engaged students by conducting surveys to identify their primary challenges, enabling tailored teaching approaches that clarified essential theoretical concepts for technical assessments and calculations.- Contributed to a significant reduction in subject failure rates, lowering from 21% to 13% during my tenure as a teaching assistant. Achieved this improvement by implementing hands-on teaching methodologies, creating challenging problem sets, and providing mentoring support to enhance analytical and presentation skills.

Responsible for developing content and running group projectsDeveloped strategies to improve academic output and project managementPromoted the exercise of soft skills, presentation and public speaking

- Investigated modelling and simulation of thermogravimetric data to evaluate the reaction kinetics of pyrolysis of tucuma endocarp for localised energy generation and use.- Designed and implemented research and experimental design based on numerical modelling, biomass composition and thermal decomposition analysis to evaluate the energy input of individual reactions for cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. - Identified critical limitations of historical data by evaluating the effect of particle size and heating rate on the thermal decomposition of endocarps, which led to improved data accuracy and integrity of research outcomes. - Implemented methodology to evaluate and determine the appropriate conversion function from a range of eleven well-established models from the specialised literature that assured analytical precision.- Authored progress reports and one peer reviewed scientific publication on the applicability of linear and non-linear models in the accurate description of the complex reactions that occur during biomass pyrolysis. - Collaborated with colleagues and academic supervisor in successfully implementing more than ten kinetic models, writing book chapters, and preparing and delivering visual and oral conference presentations.

Part-time research internship. Responsible for planning, preparing and setting up experiments involving the extraction, characterisation, isolation and application of natural active molecules from Brazilian native plants, algae and microorganisms. Focus on efficient and environmentally friendly extraction methods (supercritical carbon dioxide, microwave- and ultrasound-assisted extractions).

Tutor for the subject "principles of chemical engineering" (BEng), covering material and energy balances, Orsat analysis and chemical engineering/industrial chemistry calculations.

Research and technical evaluation of surface protection technologies and corrosion. Focus on metallic substrates and nonmetallic coatings. Experience working with accelerated corrosion essays.

Part-time assistant for the extension course on Astrophysics and the Solar System. Responsible for preparing content, presenting and explaining basic concepts on astrophysics for middle- and high-school students using the Inflatable Planetarium Platform.