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about me
"In my boyhood, there were so few cameras that everyone knew who had them. I had a borrowed one. And it was with it that, very early on, I started to become interested in photography (...) From then on, my lens was never satisfied with the bread and butter portraits. And everything has served me: landscapes, flowers, animals, and the seasons of the year and of man."
António Reis Baía, aka grandpa (1986)
Much like my grandfather, a great photographer that through the lens of his old cameras found the beauty in the mundane, I too seek to find the unexpected beauty in the intersection of diverse worlds. From combining an objective academic mindset with artistic and creative practices to making use of technologies like virtual reality and other emergent media and tools to generate an impact on society or by testing new approaches to innovation in education, "everything has served me". As a researcher, educator and artist, that is my goal: to bring down boundaries and encourage disciplines to learn from each other. To find creative solutions through imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration.
ExperiENCE
RESEARCHER - INNOVATION ON DIGITAL MEDIA RESEARCH LAB - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Madrid). 2023 - currently
INVITED ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Madrid). 2022 - currently
INVITED ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - NOVA University of Lisbon (Lisbon). 2023 - currently
COURSE DIRECTOR - LIVE PERFORMANCE IN THE METAVERSE - MIAT Multiverse Institute For Arts & Technology (Milan). 2022 - currently
CO-FOUNDER, XR PERFORMER AND RESEARCHER - La Cuarta Pared VR [The Fourth Wall VR] (Madrid). 2021 - currently
SENIOR LECTURER - Virtual Voyagers Academy (Madrid). 2022 - currently
DIRECTOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - Cinema & Territory (scientific journal) University of Madeira (Lisbon). 2021 - currently
MEMBER OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD - Media Practice and Education (Q1 scientific journal) Taylor and Francis (UK). 2021 - currently
INVITED RESEARCHER AND MEDIA ARTIST - University of Madeira – Experimental Laboratory of Intermedia Art (Portugal). 2019 - currently
PROFESSIONAL ACTOR, MUSICIAN, AND MULTIMEDIA ARTIST - Freelancer. 2008 - currently
ACADEMIC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - Umaya (Madrid and Los Angeles). 2022 - 2023
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT LEAD - Umaya (Madrid and Los Angeles). 2022 - 2023
INVITED LECTURER IN XR AND PERFORMING ARTS - Inmersiva XR and The Spanish Ministry of Culture (Madrid). 2022 - 2023
LECTURER IN CONTENT CREATION AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IN THE METAVERSE - Madrid Content School (Spain). 2022 - 2022
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - Centre for Media and Communication at the University of Passau (Passau). 2021 - 2022
FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR - Future Media CoLab - Centre for Media and Communication at the University of Passau (Passau). 2021 - 2022
RESEARCHER AND MEDIA ARTIST - MediaLab en Matadero - Agency_VR (Madrid). 2020 - 2022
INVITED ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - University of Porto – Faculty of Engineering (Porto). 2021 - 2021
RESEARCHER - SYSTEC - Research Center for Systems and Technologies, University of Porto – Faculty of Engineering (Porto). 2021 - 2021
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION CONSULTANT - Shaping4youth - EIT – European Institute of Innovation and Technology (Porto) 2020 - 2021
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND CREATIVE CONSULTANT - Cyber-Physical Production Systems 101 - EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology (Porto). 2020 - 2021
TEACHING ASSISTANT - University of Porto – Faculty of Engineering (Porto). 2017 - 2021
PHD RESEARCH FELLOW - UT Austin|Portugal Digital Media International Colaboratory (Porto). 2016 - 2021
GUEST LECTURER - European University of Tirana – Faculty of Humanities, Education, and Liberal Arts (Tirana). 2019
GUEST LECTURER - University of Passau – Centre for Media and Communication (Passau - Germany). 2018
COMMUNICATIONS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS ASSISTANT - São João National Theatre (Porto, Portugal). 2014
HEAD OF COMMUNICATIONS - Porto Paralelo (Porto). 2013 - 2014
GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOW - University of Porto (Porto). 2013 -2014
PUBLIC RELATIONS - Adriano Ramos Pinto Vinhos S.A. (V.N.Gaia). 2013
JAZZ PIANIST- Galerias de Paris (Porto). 2010 - 2018
education
PhD in Digital Media, with a major in Industry, Publics and Markets (thesis on immersive media, social change, and creativity) | University of Porto - UT Austin|Portugal Digital Media International Collaboratory, in collaboration with Stanford University (Portugal and USA) | 2021
MA in Communication Sciences, with a major in Culture, Heritage and Science (thesis on theatre studies, performance analysis, and arts and cultural journalism) | University of Porto (Portugal) | 2015
BA in International Relations, with a major in Diplomacy | University of Minho (Portugal) | 2011
Diploma in Theatre Acting | Contemporary Performing Arts Academy (Portugal) | 2014
Diploma in Teaching and Pedagogic Skills | Arts and Sciences Institute of Porto (Portugal) | 2011