I am a physicist by training and a builder by inclination, happiest when a messy physical problem ends up as code that runs and produces numbers you can trust.
My background is six years of research and four years of teaching at the Universidade de Aveiro, focused on first-principles materials modelling at i3N, the Institute for Nanostructures, Nanomodelling and Nanofabrication. That work led to three peer-reviewed publications, on defects in amorphous silicon, kesterite photovoltaics (Cu₂ZnSnS₄) and electronic coupling in nanocrystal solids, and to lab teaching in Computational Physics, Electricity & Magnetism, and Simulation & Modelling.
What I bring
- Numerical modelling and simulation across condensed matter, materials and electronics.
- Solid foundations in applied mathematics, statistics and data analysis.
- Tooling: MATLAB, Fortran, Python, and the density-functional codes ABINIT and VASP on HPC clusters.
- Comfort writing, reviewing and explaining technical work to peers, to students and to non-experts.
Where I am headed
After a multi-year career break dedicated to family caregiving, I am now based in the Paris area and ready to return to work. I am looking for scientific computing, R&D engineering or simulation roles, ideally in industries where rigorous physical modelling moves the needle: energy, materials, semiconductors, instrumentation, aerospace, scientific software.
About this site
The animation on the home page is the Lorenz system, the textbook example of deterministic chaos, integrated live in your browser. Every few seconds its two lobes settle onto the wings of a butterfly and let go again. It is a small reminder of why I like this field: simple rules, rich behaviour, and the pleasure of making it run.