I am an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Brown University and a member of the Brown Visual Computing group. I am also an affiliate faculty member at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington.

My research group creates design tools and systems that aim to transform how we build physical artifacts. A central challenge for design tools in manufacturing is the need to simultaneously nurture the creative ability to conceive novel designs and the analytical capacity to critically evaluate and optimize functionality and production. My group tackles this challenge through innovative solutions that are grounded in the fundamentals of geometry processing and combine insights from machine learning and programming languages.

My research has been recognized by MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, an NSF CAREER Award, the CRA Anita Borg Early Career Award, and the ACM SIGGRAPH Significant New Researcher Award. I am also proud to have been the founding chair of WiGRAPH, the ACM SIGGRAPH Affinity Group for Women in Computer Graphics Research, a program I have helped establish and grow for over a decade.

Teaching

• Fall 2026: Special Topics in Computational Design and Fabrication (CSCI 2952Y)
• Spring 2026: Special Topics in Computational Design and Fabrication (CSCI 1953B)
• Fall 2025: Special Topics in Computational Design and Fabrication (CSCI 2952Y)
• Fall 2019: Computational Fabrication (CSE 556)
• Spring 2019: Reseach Seminar: Geometry Processing (CSE 590-K)
• Winter 2019: Special Topics in Computational Fabrication (CSE 599-J1)
• Fall 2018: Computational Fabrication (CSE 556)

Bio

I grew up in Brazil, where I earned a Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering from UFRJ and a Master's in Mathematics from IMPA. I completed my Ph.D. in Computer Science at MIT in 2018. After that, I spent several wonderful years at the University of Washington, where I served as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science and was later promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. I joined Brown University in 2025.