Curriculum vitae

Education

Period of six months as a visiting student at HEC Montréal, Canada. PhD thesis entitled "Fake News on Social Media Platforms in the Context of Rumor Theory: The Case of Covid-19". PhD thesis approved with distinction.
2019 - 2021
Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil

Specialization in Applied Probability and Statistics

Dissertation entitled "Analysis of the Evolution of Mortality Rates of Children Up to one-year-old Residing in the State of Rio Grande do Sul".
2017 - 2019
Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil

Master's in Production Engineering

Master's thesis entitled "Analysis of Mortality Rates per Work Accidents in the Southern Region of Brazil".
2012 - 2016
Fundação Educacional Machado de Assis (Fema), Brazil

Bachelor in Business Management

Experience

Jun 2024 - current
School of Engineering Sciences, LUT University, Finland

Postdoctoral researcher

Main duties: lead the design, execution, analysis, and writing of scientific studies; publish in peer-reviewed journals; present research at conferences; contribute to writing and securing research grants; supervise PhD students; collaborate with external partners; teaching courses and related academic duties; and coordinate DPS-Lab activities and seminars. Non-tenure track position.
Sep 2025 - current
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI)

Main duties: lead the design, execution, analysis, and writing of scientific studies; publish in peer-reviewed journals; contribute to writing and securing research grants; collaborate with internal partners; conduct workshops and related academic duties.
Jul 2023 - May 2024
Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina (IFSC)

Assistant professor

Teaching courses and advising Undergraduate students
Nov 2022 - May 2023
HEC Montréal

Visiting student

Project entitled "Understanding Facebook users' motivations for sharing fake news about Covid-19" funded by Mitacs Globalink and supported by Cirano.
Feb 2019 - Jul 2023
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)

Junior researcher

Funded by CAPES (Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education)

Trainings

SICSS
Institution: SICSS Date: Jun-Jul 2025 Workload: 2 weeks full-time
Includes accommodation, meals, and participation free of charge. ... read more
LUT University
Pedagogical training
Institution: LUT University Date: Sept 2025 Workload: 3 ECTS
LUT University
Project manager
Institution: LUT University Date: Nov 2024

Awards

PUCRS
PhD Thesis approved with distinction
Institution: PUCRS Date: May 2023

Grants

ICA 2025
Michael Haley Travel Grant for the 75th Annual ICA Conference 🇺🇸
Institution: ICA 2025 Date: Jun 2025 Value: €220 (US$250)
Mitacs scholarship 🇨🇦
Date: Nov 2022 - May 2023 Value: €3,750 (CA$6,000)
CAPES scholarship 🇧🇷
Date: 2017 - 2023 Value: €20,300 (R$132,600)

Methodological skills

Data Analysis

  • Time Series Analysis
  • Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA)
  • Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Regression Analysis
  • Cosine Similarity
  • Structural Topic Modeling (STM)
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Fuzzy-set QCA (fsQCA)

Software

  • R
  • R Markdown
  • SPSS
  • SmartPLS
  • IRaMuTeQ
  • QualCoder
  • Python

Others

  • Manager in the LUMI supercomputer project “Ideology and propaganda in the context of AI" since 2024.