I’m a Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering with the School of Computing and Digital Technologies of Sheffield Hallam University since September 2019.

I’m the leader of the Applied Software Engineering Research Group (ASERG) where I’m actively involved in R&D in the area of Software Engineering and its interplay with Information Security, exploring topics like Self-adaptive Software Systems, Service-orientation and Business Process, Secure by design, Digital Identity Management and Access Control. I have been involved in different projects applying the above mentioned topics in the context of Smart City applications (e.g., smart building management, fine-grained access control), development and deployment of infrastructure and applications for Cloud Computing and IoT, techniques for multi-factor authentication and detection/response of insider threats.

I received the Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy award (SFHEA) and currently work as the Postgraduate Research Tutor looking after supervisors and research students in the Unit of Assessment 11 (Computer Science and Informatics).

Previously (2012 - 2019), I was with the School of Science and Technology and then Metropole Digital Institute (IMD) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil, where I was the Head (Sep 2017 to Sep 2019, and Aug 2015 to Jan 2016) and deputy Head (Sep 2013 to Aug 2015) of the Post-graduate Programme in Software Engineering (PPgSW) of IMD, now Post-graduate Programme in Information Technology (PPgTI).