Education
- Ph.D. in Operations Research, Carnegie Mellon University, 2018
- M.S. in Operations Research, Carnegie Mellon University, 2015
- M.S. in Computer Science, University of Sao Paulo, 2012
- B.S. in Computer Engineering, University of Campinas, 2008
- Certificate of Studies Abroad, IST, University of Lisbon, 2007
Relevant Work Experience
- University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA, United States)
Assistant Professor (since 2024) - Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA, United States)
Assistant Professor (2019-2024) - Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (Cambridge, MA, United States)
Visiting Research Scientist (2018-2019)
Summer Intern (2016 and 2017) - Petrobras (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Operations Research Analyst (2009-2013) - Neolog (São Paulo, SP, Brazil)
Operations Research Analyst (2008-2009)
Main Awards
- Proud advisor of Junyang Cai, finalist of the 2023 INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize
- The 2021 AAAI Outstanding Program Committee Award (awarded to 13 out of 9,493 PC members)
- The 2018 Gerald L. Thompson Doctoral Dissertation Award in Management Science from Carnegie Mellon University
- Princeton Day of Optimization 2018 Best Poster Award
- The 2016 Judith Liebman Award from INFORMS
- First Place at the INFORMS 2016 Poster Competition
- 3 Bronze Medals at the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest South America (2004, 2005, 2007)
Contact
[first]-[last]@uiowa.edu
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