People

Who we are


The SPAC lab team is a multidisciplinary research group that takes advantage of the Digital Revolution and works together to understand how individual behaviour impacts on society. Past and current groups members have backgrounds in areas as diverse as Biology, Computer Science, Economics, Law, Mathematics, Physics or Psychology. We are an equal opportunity employer and strive to promote diversity in science.



Current Members


paulo
Paulo Almeida

Data scientist

Carolina Custódio

Project manager

iris
Íris Damião

PhD student

joana
Joana Gonçalves de Sá

Group leader

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Cristina Mendonça

Postdoc researcher

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Sara Mesquita

PhD student

Tiago_Miranda
Tiago Miranda

lilia
Lília Perfeito

Assistant researcher

angela_rijo
Angela Rijo

PhD student

Rita Saraiva

Project manager

Ana
Ana Vranić

Postdoc researcher

Collaborators


We collaborate with colleagues from many different institutions and research areas. We work or have worked directly with:
  • Manuel Arriaga, NYU, USA
  • Johan Bollen, Indiana University, USA
  • Maria Eduarda Gonçalves, ISCTE, Portugal
  • Carlota Louro, Nova Medical School, Portugal
  • Manuel Marques-Pita, CICANT, Lusófona University, Portugal
  • Bruno Martins, IST and INESC-ID, Portugal
  • André Mata, CICPSI, Lisbon University, Portugal
  • Susana Peralta, Nova SBE, Portugal
  • Ministério da Saúde Portugal
  • Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde (SPMS) Portugal
  • Luis Rocha, Indiana University, USA
  • Sofia Serra da Silva, ICS, Portugal
  • Cláudia Soares, IST-ID and FCT Nova, Portugal
  • José Tavares, Nova SBE, Portugal

Past Members


  • David Almeida, msc student, joined Transparency International as a Project Assistant
  • Hugo Cachitas, data engineer
  • Alex Davidson, postdoc researcher, left for a position in as a Cryptographer for the Brave web browser
  • Pedro Duarte, msc student
  • Frederico Francisco, visiting member, left for a Faculty Position at Universidade do Porto
  • Silvia Gerola, summer student, left for a science communication job, Italy
  • Simone Lackner, postdoc researcher
  • João Loureiro, msc student
  • Afonso Marques, msc student
  • Manuel Marques-Pita, postdoc researcher, Faculty at Universidade Lusófona, Portugal
  • João Nolasco Santos, summer student, left for a PhD at CIRAD, France
  • Sofia Pinto, research fellow, left for a Research Fellow position at Imperial College, UK
  • José Reis, postdoc researcher, left for an Analyst Position at the Portuguese National Cybersecurity Center
  • Pedro Rio, research fellow, became a CTO, Portugal
  • Hamid Shahzad, msc student, joined KPMG Zürich as a Senior Consultant
  • Tiago Simas, postdoc researcher, left for a position as a Senior Researcher at Telefónica, Spain
  • Eleonora Tulumello, postdoc researcher
  • Pedro Varela, junior research fellow, left for a PhD at IST-UL, Portugal
  • Irma Varela-Lasheras, postdoc researcher, left for a Research position at the Portuguese National Institute of Public Health
  • Michael West, summer student, left for an undergraduate degree at Imperial College
  • Miguel Won, postdoc researcher, left for a post-doc position at INESC-ID, Portugal

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