Education and Experience

[Curriculum Vitae - Em Português]

Education

2018 - 2023

Doctorate program at UFPel.

Advisor(s): Flávia de Carvalho Chagas, PhD.

Thesis: The Irrationality of Reason in Moral Decision-Making

Research: Philosophy and Neurosciences: Cognition and Behavior (2018-current), X-Lab: philosophy, ethology, and neurosciences (UCS, 2016-current) Philosophical Texts Analysis and Translation (2018-2020), Philosophy and Contemporaneity (2021-current), Theories of Justice: issues in fundamentation and application (2022-2023)

2012 - 2014

Master in Philosophy at Unisinos, with full scholarship by CAPES (Coordination for Perfectioning of Superior Level Personnel). Also received a full CAPG-BA (Associate Graduation Centers Program - Buenos Aires) scholarship to study in Buenos Aires (AR) for one semester.

Advisor: Adriano Naves de Brito

Research: "Action & Value in Naturalized Morality" (2013-14), "Value & Interest: Morality in the Horizon of Human Nature and Evolution" (2012-13), both CNPq (National Council for Tecnological and Scientific Development) grants.

Dissertation: Normativity and Value in Moral Naturalism (Click for full download - in portuguese)

2009 - 2011

Acquired Bachelor's degree at UFPel, partially with Scientifical Initiation scholarship by CNPq.

Advisors: Carlos Adriano Ferraz (paper), Denis C. Silveira (scholarship/research)

Research: "The Philosophical Justification of Human Rights in John Rawls" (CNPq grant, 2010)

Paper: Liberalism and neurophilosophy - an analysis of John Rawls' political liberalism values in light of contemporary evolutionary sciences

2007 - 2008

Studied for licenciateship in philosophy at UFPel, but interrupted due to my greater interest in research rather than teaching.

Awards

2014 - Test of English as a Foreign Language - TOEFL iBT, ETS

2013 - CAPG-BA Foreign Studies Scholarship

2012 - English Language Proficiency - Unisinos Language Institute

2012-4 - CAPES Graduation Scholarship

2009 - IC-CNPq Undergraduation Scholarship

Research Groups

2012-current - Chiron Research Group (Ethics, Metaethics and Naturalism)

2012-current - Social Brains Research Group (Language, Cognition and Naturalism)

2010-11 - Wittgenstein Research Group (his ethics and philosophy of mind)

2009 - Rawls Research Group (On the justification of the ethical aspects of his theory)

2007 - Medieval Philosophy Research Group

Other Academic Experience

2012 - Introduction to the Nervous System (Short Course, Unisinos)

2012 - CAPES Periodicals Portal Multiplier Formation Course (Short course, CAPES/Unisinos)

2010 - To Follow a Rule (Short course on Wittgenstein, UFPel)

2009 - Aristotle's Metaphysics (Short course, UFPel)

2008 - Reading and Analysis of Philosophical Texts (UFPel)

2007-9 - German Language, levels Basic I-V (Language course, Synodal College Alfredo Simon)

Languages

English: Fluent                                         German: Intermediate

Portuguese: Native                                  Japanese: Basic

Spanish: Advanced

Other Professional Experience

2009-2011, 2014-Current

Freelancer English/Brazilian Portuguese translator.