Hi, I’m Max! I’m a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University and the Instituto Técnico de Lisboa through the CMU Portugal program, advised by João Paulo Costeira, Joana Mendonça, and Jon Peha. My research uses natural language processing to support the enforcement of consumer protection and antitrust law.

Before that, I studied Marine and Maritime Robotics in Lisbon, Portugal and Toulon, France, where I had the opportunity to do fieldwork on Svalbard, as well as on the Azores. During my undergrad I helped create the individual study program Mechanical Engineering — Mechatronics at the Technical University of Vienna, where I mainly focused on machine design and controls engineering.

Outside of research, I boulder, cycle, and chip away at learning Portuguese. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!