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.
[website]
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)
[website]
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)
[website]
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)
[website]
2014 - 2015
From molecules to man - novel diagnostic imaging tools in neurological and psychiatric disorders
MSc researcher, ICNAS-UC (Miguel Castelo-Branco's team)
[website]
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)
[website]
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)
[website]