Teaching

Lecturer

  • Medical Biophysics (Medical Degree - Univ. Porto; 2014-now)
  • Mathematical Models in Biology (MSc Program in Mathematical Engineering - Univ. Porto; 2008-2012)
  • Introduction to Computational Neuroscience (Doctoral Program in Neuroscience - Univ. Porto; 2009-2015)

Teaching Assistant

I have been invited to be a Teaching Assistant in different courses

  • Neural Computation, University of Edinburgh 2003-2004
  • Mathematics for Machine Learning, University of Edinburgh 2003-2004
  • Learning from Data I, University of Edinburgh 2002-2004
  • Physics II, Instituto Superior Técnico 1999-2000
  • Computational Physics, Instituto Superior Técnico 1998-1999

Experience as scientific adviser

[9] Luis Pedro de Araujo Leitao (Phd Student) - "Eavesdropping on the crosstalk between sensory innervation and bone remodelling: a microfluidic approach", Doctoral Program in Biomedical Engineering, University of Porto [Set 2015 - ONGOING] - Co-Supervisor

[8] Catarina Jose Loureiro da Silva Dias (Phd Student) - "Memristor Based Adaptive Neural Networks", Doctoral Program in Physics, Faculty of Sciences of University of Porto [Set 2013 - ONGOING] - Co-Supervisor

[7] Ana Filipa Geros (MSc Student) - "Capture and Analysis of the Trajectories of Anatomical Points on the Face to Support and Evaluate Reconstructive Plastic Surgery", Masters in Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto [Set 2014 - Jul 2015] - Main Supervisor [Final grade 19/20]

[6] Ricardo Horta (PhD Student) - "Facial disfigurement: microsurgical autologous reconstruction of severe defects and facial transplantation", Faculty of Medicine - University of Porto [Set 2012 - Jul 2015] - Co-Supervisor [Concluded with "Distinction" grade]

[5] Maria Mafalda Sousa (Phd Student) - "Construction and analysis of detailed biophysical models for DRt and Lamina I neurones", Doctoral Program in Neuroscience (PDN), Faculty of Medicine - University of Porto [Oct 2009 - Nov 2014] - Main Supervisor [Concluded with "Distinction" grade]

[4] Eduardo Conde-Sousa (PhD Student) - "Spiking neural networks and applications in working memory", Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics (PDMA), Faculty of Sciences - University of Porto [Sep 2010 - Oct 2014] - Main Supervisor [Concluded with "Distinction" grade]

[3] Maria Luisa Castro (PhD Student) - "How grid cells contribute to the formation of place fields", Doctoral Program in Applied Mathematics (PDMA), Faculty of Sciences - University of Porto [Sep 2009 - Jul 2013] - Main Supervisor [Concluded with "Distinction" grade]

[2] Mariana Cunha (MSc Student) - "Quantification of flux and time decay of microtubules in the mitotic spindle", Master in Mathematical Engineering, Faculty of Sciences - University of Porto [Sep 2011 - Out 2012] - Main Supervisor [Final grade 19/20]

[1] Joao Monteiro (MSc Student) - "Behavioural pattern recognition in lab animals", Master in Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto [Sep 2011 - Sep 2012] - Co-Supervisor [Final grade 17/20]


Workshops

These are workshops that I have organized or been invited to give. They range from 1 day up to 5 days workshops. Most of them were repeated in different years.

[6] "Scientific Programming and Data Analysis with MATLAB" [http://www.ibmc.up.pt/] (6 days course, 18h), i3S, 2015 [Main Organizer]

[6] "Mathematical Neuroscience Workshop (1 day workshop), Univ. of Porto, 2012 [Main Organizer]

[5] "Introduction to Scientific Programming with MATLAB" (6 days course, 20h), Center for Mathematics of Univ. of Porto, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 [Main Organizer]

[4] "Topics in Theoretical Neuroscience and Computational Neuroscience", (1 day workshop) Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC), 2009, 2010 [Main Organizer]

[3] "Introduction to NEURON simulation environment" (1 day workshop), Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering (IBEB), Faculty of Sciences of Univ. of Lisbon, 2008 [Main Organizer]

[2] "Introduction to Theoretical Neuroscience" (5 days Workshop), Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IBMC), 2007 [Main Organizer]

[1] "Topics in Computational Neuroscience", (4 days course), 2006, 2008, Braga [invited by the Portuguese Society of Cognitive Sciences]


Symposiums/Conferences

[3] "4rd Symposium in Applied Bioimaging", INEB, 2015 [Organizing Committee]

[2] "1st Porto Meeting in Mathematics and Biology" FCUP, 2015 [Organizing Committee]

[1] "3rd Symposium in Applied Bioimaging, INEB, 2014 [Organizing Committee]

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