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Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

- Developed and implemented various models for credit risk, income estimation, and customer segmentation, using internal and PSD2 financial transaction data- These models had a high impact in profit (>70M EUR p/y) and loan disbursement rate (up to 12% increase), and were tightly aligned with the strategic goals of the company- Specialised in Gradient Boosting classification models, and model interpretability- Implemented and deployed models on internal Big Data platforms, for batch and real-time processing- Contributed to multiple inner- and open-source software packages- Followed an Agile/Scrum project management way of working, and also performed the role of Scrum Master- Communicated results in internal and external conferences; organised hands-on data science learning events for beginners (to increase data literacy) and experts- Technologies: Python, pandas, pyspark, scikit-learn, LightGBM, SHAP

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

- Researched and developed biometric data acquisition with in-ear devices- Performed literature reviews, proof-of-concept experiments and product development guidelines- Advised the technical council on competing technologies

Delft Area, Netherlands

- Fabricated, measured and optimized mechanical resonators, using cleanroom facilities resulting in unprecedented results in the field, featured on the cover of Scientific American (July 2018)- Designed and built optomechatronic setups for probing and manipulating mechanical devices with optical cavities in high vacuum using free-space and fiber optics at 1550 nm- Used Python and Qt extensively for experiment control, data processing and analysis; performed basic simulations with S4, Lumerical and Comsol- Developed communication skills through 3 scientific articles and several oral presentations- Supervised and mentored 4 MSc thesis projects and 2 student courses

Porto Area, Portugal

- Analyzed patent requests from university researchers in fields such as Computer Science, Signal Processing, Civil Engineering, and Microfluidics- Assessed their economic potential by defining relevant markets - Pitched patents to potential clients- Liaised between researchers and clients

Porto Area, Portugal

- Researched optical fiber based displacement and chemical sensors resulting in 2 publications- Visited the Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technology, Germany, to fabricate a new microstructured fiber in a fiber drawing tower and process devices using a Focused Ion Beam

Geneva Area, Switzerland

- Worked on remote control of devices at the positron accumulator of AEgIS (Antihydrogen Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy).

Porto, Portugal

- Applied optimization algorithms to the spectra of stellar populations to find their star formation history. In particular, used C++ to apply the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm, a Markov chain Monte Carlo optimization method, with simulated annealing

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Engineering Physics/Applied Physics

Integrated Master'S, Engineering Physics, 17/20 (A)

- BSc & MSc degree - Specialized in applied physics fields such as instrumentation and optoelectronics - MSc Thesis: “Microstructured.

Engineering Physics/Applied Physics

Academic exchange semester through the European Union Erasmus Programme at the Physics Department of ETH Zürich

High School Diploma, Science And Technology, 18/20

- Student representative at the Pedagogical Council - Active member of the European Club