About me

I was born in Campos Gerais, Brazil, in 1980. Since I was kind, I have been involved in my family's coffee business. The background picture above is of Avellino, the small coffee farm I own with my wife (and co-author) Valentina. After finishing my studies and working in both industry and academia in Rio de Janeiro, I moved to France in 2018 to join CMA, Mines Paris-PSL, in the French Riviera.  

Professional interests

My research focuses mostly on optimization. It includes 

• Nonsmooth optimization

• Stochastic programming

• Energy and power systems management

I have been combining theoretical research in optimization with practical issues of relevance for the industry of energy.  Some of my previous and/or current industrial applications are:

• Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP Énergies nouvelles): Stochastic microgrid systems

• Schneider Electric: Frequency containment reserve optimization in an intelligent microgrid system (more info)

• Petrobras: Petroleum management  

• Petrobras: Natural gas management (more info)

• Électricité de France: Power system management, the French case (more info)

• Eletrobras-Cepel: Power system management, the Brazilian case  (more info)

Education                                  

• HDR: (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches) Mathématiques Appliquées, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France, 2018

• D.Sc: System Engineering and Computer Science (Optimization), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011

• M.Sc: Applied Mathematics (Optimization), IMPA, Brazil, 2007 

• Ed.:    Mathematics, FAFIBE, Brazil, 2003

Full  CV  (in Portuguese)   

Services on editorial boards

• Member of the editorial board of COAP, Computational Optimization and Applications (since 2018)

• Member of the editorial board of IJOC, INFORMS Journal on Computing (since 2020) 

• Member of the editorial board of PJO, Pacific Journal of Optimization (since 2021)