Research


Ongoing Projects

2018 - 2025

AIMS-2-TRIALS - Autism Innovative Medicine Studies – 2 – Trials

Research team member, ICNAS-UC, CIBIT-UC, (Miguel Castelo-Branco's team)

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2023 - 2027

Longitudinal study of biomarkers of visual cortex plasticity in stroke: fMRI population receptive fields mapping and [11C]UCB-J PET synaptic density assessment

Co-supervisor, PhD in Biomedical Engineering, ICNAS-UC, CIBIT-UC, (Supervisor: Miguel Castelo-Branco)

[website]

2016 - now

iNaturalist - Portugal (biodiversity4all)

Recording, mapping, identifying, and sharing observations of biodiversity.

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Past projects

2023 - 2024

Molecular and functional imaging in Parkinson's disease: image processing and quantification using [18F]FDOPA PET data

Co-supervisor, MSc Medical Physics, ICNAS-UC, CIBIT-UC, (supervisor: Miguel Castelo-Branco)

[website]

2021 - 2024

NeuroHyst - Neural mechanisms underlying positive and negative perceptual hysteresis

Research team member, ICNAS-UC, CIBIT-UC, (Miguel Castelo-Branco's team)

[website]

2018 - 2022

Affective disorders- biomarkers and early detection

Research team member, ICNAS-UC (Miguel Castelo-Branco's team)

[website]

2018 - 2022

BioMuScle - Novel multimodal imaging biomarkers of neuronal connectivity in Multiple Sclerosis

Research team member, ICNAS-UC (João Valente Duarte's team)

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2018 - 2022

Brain Elasticity in Multiple Sclerosis and implications in mechanomodulation of oligodendrocytes - a cellular and clinical approach

Research team member, ICNAS-UC (Miguel Castelo-Branco's team)

[website]

2019 - 2021

CIBIT science club at Martim de Freitas school - The Scientific Method

Research team member, CIBIT-UC, ICNAS-UC

[website]

2017 - 2020

MEDPERSYST - Synaptic networks and Personalized Medicine Approaches to Understand Neurobehavioural Diseases Across the Lifespan

Post-doctoral Fellow, ICNAS-UC (Miguel Castelo-Branco's team)

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2017 - 2019

The role of motion adaptation in bottom-up mechanisms of perceptual decision-making

Research team member, ICNAS-UC (Miguel Castelo-Branco's team)

[website]

2016 - 2017

Multimodal mapping of visual motion perceptual decision - Dissecting the role of different motion integration areas in visual surface reconstruction

Research team member, ICNAS-UC (Miguel Castelo-Branco's team)

[website]

2015 - 2017

Trabalho multidisciplinar no âmbito da ressonância funcional e tomografia de emissão de positrões

MSc researcher, ICNAS-UC (Miguel Castelo-Branco's team)

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2014 - 2015

From molecules to man - novel diagnostic imaging tools in neurological and psychiatric disorders

MSc researcher, ICNAS-UC (Miguel Castelo-Branco's team)

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2010 - 2017

Development of techniques for haptic object exploration - a contribution forautonomous robotic hands

PhD student, ISR-UC (Jorge Dias' team) ICNAS-UC (Miguel Castelo-Branco's team)

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2008 - 2013

HANDLE - Developmental pathway towards autonomy and dexterity in robot in-hand manipulation

MSc researcher, ISR-UC (Jorge Dias' team)

[website]

2008 - 2009

PROMETHEUS - Prediction and interpretation of human behaviour based on probabilistic structures and heterogeneous sensors

MSc researcher, ISR-UC (Jorge Dias' team)

[website]

2008

EPILEPSIAE - Evolving Platform for Improving the Living Expectations of Patients Suffering from IctAl Events

Master Student, CISUC-UC (Antonio Dourado's team)

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