computational geometry · topology · applied AI
Two doctorates, Professor, fifteen years a researcher in mathematics, now leading data & bioinformatics in industry. On rainy afternoons, a few small apps made with my kids.
I'm a double-PhD executive with about twenty years split between advanced R&D and getting work into the world. I currently lead AI and bioinformatics for next-generation vaccine design at Ceva Santé Animale.
Before that I helped scale BCG Gamma (now BCG X) from its earliest days, and for fifteen years I was a researcher and professor of mathematics at PUC-Rio, working across computational geometry and topology, discrete Morse theory, geometry processing, reservoir modeling and computational fluid dynamics. I was elected an affiliated member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
A little suite of apps about time & measure, made with my kids. They started as homework helpers and kept growing. Each ships on macOS, iOS and watchOS.
Built with my son to catch the day's prettiest minutes (12:34, 11:11, 4:04) and colour them by pattern.
Made with my daughter to notice the days worth celebrating: your dates first, then patterns, holidays and moons.
Made with my son to make reading practice kind and simple: time the page, pace the session, follow words per minute.
Made with my daughter so everyone reaches the table together. From each person's day it finds the best meal times.
Pivoted the group's AI strategy toward TechBio. Leading AI & bioinformatics for next-gen vaccine design, bridging deep-learning research and experimental immunology, and developing real-world evidence with customers worldwide.
Contributed to the launch and scaling of BCG Gamma (now BCG X). Led AI projects with material ROI: $40M+ in logistics savings, doubled production at a European refinery, +15% margins for a global retailer.
80+ publications (h-index 28), 20 PhD/MSc supervised, a 15-year R&D partnership with a global energy major. Visiting positions in France, Australia, Israel and Germany.
Taught data science & business analytics; honored by students at their graduation ceremony.
Eric Cardona Romani '07 · Daniel Fleischman '07 · Matheus F. F. Maciel '07 · Carlos Simonsen Leal '07 · Bernardo Ribeiro '07 · Raffael Capano de Arruda '08 · Mariana Milazzo '08 · Lucas von Haeling Braune '09 · Victor Hugo M. Ferreira '09 · Cairo P. C. Caplan '09 · Rafael L. A. Martinez '06 · Erick C. S. Talarico '06 · Bianca de C. Lodoli '12–13 · Rafael Farias Cação '12–13 · Victor Hugo de O. da Silva '13 · Yukio Shiota Junior '13 · José Eliton Albuquerque Filho '12 · Leandro dos Reis Lopes '12 · Arthur de Paula Kolblinger '14 · Alexandre Maxinsang '14 · Maximiliano Faria '14 · Romain Faugeroux '14 · Anna-Lívia de Souza Ribeiro '14.
Happy to talk about TechBio, applied AI, doctoral programs, or anything geometric.
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