About Me

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, in Brazil. I have broad interests in parametric, shape, and topology optimization of Multiphysics problems, with experience in acoustic- and fluid-structure interaction, mechanical stress, and fluid dynamics. Applications include the design of ships and offshore structures, fluid-induced vibration, energy systems, and pneumatic machinery for mitigation of CO2 and methane emissions. I helped to develop the TOBS method, a topology optimization method based on sequential integer linear programming.

Currently, I am the Director of Technology Transfer and Innovation at the Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI) and a member of the Early Career Special Committee of the International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization (ISSMO).

From 2018 to 2023, I was a Young Investigator Awardee by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). I now lead the Offshore Technology and Topology Optimization laboratory (OTTO lab) and supervise several master’s and PhD students. We keep formal collaborations with several universities from abroad and carry out research with multinational companies in São Paulo, Brazil.

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