Teaching & Mentoring Experience

Lecturer: Fluid Mechanics course (University of Porto) (2022 – 2024). Weekly exercises sessions, midterms/final exam preparation, designed an exercise book with solutions.
Undergraduate students: Physics Engineering and Chemical Engineering.
Teacher Assistant: Applied Physical Chemistry course (KU Leuven) (2018 – 2020). Weekly exercises sessions, midterms/final exam preparation, designed new exercises with solutions.
Undergraduate students: Engineering Science – Chemical Engineering (Master’s program).
Undergraduate students’ (UROP) supervision. MIT, Chemical Engineering (2024 – Present).
Undergraduate students’ supervision. University of Porto, Mechanical, Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering (2022 – 2024).
Graduate students’ co-supervision. University of Porto, Chemical Engineering (2021 – 2022).
Daily master's theses students’ supervision. KU Leuven, Chemical Engineering (2018 – 2020).
Monitor during the Junior University. University of Porto, Chemical Engineering field, 2015.

Teaching & Pedagogical Philosophy

My teaching philosophy is driven by the conviction that education in engineering and science must balance conceptual understanding, problem-solving ability, and professional development. In the classroom and in mentoring settings, I strive to cultivate curiosity, independence, and critical thinking while providing structured guidance that empowers students to take ownership of their learning. I design exercises and discussions that challenge students to go beyond reproducing methods and instead (1) question assumptions, (2) test hypotheses, and (3) connect theory with real-world applications. For example, in the Fluid Mechanics course, I often structured problems progressively, beginning with simplified models and moving toward real-world complexity. This gradual increase allowed students to gain confidence while developing an intuition for how engineering models approximate reality.