BACKGROUND:

Welcome to my professional webpage! Here you will find information about my research interests and ongoing projects in the field of numerical simulation of single- and two-phase flows. My doctoral work focused on the discretization of fluid motion equations and the modeling of interfacial forces using the Finite Element Method. The in-house numerical codes developed were implemented in modern, object-oriented languages such as (C++) and (Python), allowing for flexibility, maintainability, and continued evolution. My Ph.D. thesis can be found here and was selected among the top 5-10% best theses at EPFL in 2012 (more info). From Aug. 2012 to Aug. 2013, I worked as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering (NSE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), focusing on benchmarking experimental databases on boiling and condensation using a commercial front-capturing code. In Sep. 2013, I returned to Brazil as a Postdoctoral Assistant under the CAPES/Science Without Borders Young Talent Fellowship. In 2014, I became a faculty member at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Rio de Janeiro's State University (UERJ), and in 2019, I joined the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), where I am currently a professor and member of the Graduate Program in Mechanical Engineering (COPPE). I am also a Young Researcher of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), a Royal Society-Newton Advanced Fellow (more info), and currently hold a CNPq Productivity Scholarship (Bolsista de Produtividade em Pesquisa - CNPq).