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PhD. candidate (since 2003)
Center for Connected Learning and Computer-Based Modeling (CCL)
School of Education and Social Policy
Northwestern University, Chicago, USA.

Visiting Scholar, MIT Media Lab (2002-2003)
Research theme: design and implementation of technology-rich learning environments in low-income communities
Future of Learning Group
Master of Science, MIT Media Lab (2000-2002)
Thesis: "The Trojan horse as a Trojan Horse: impacting the ecology of the Learning Atmosphere"
REsearch theme: Can new technologies promote school reform in low-income communities?
Advisor: David Cavallo
Readers: Seymour Papert and Ceasar McDowell
Future of Learning Group
Master of Engineering, University of São Paulo (1999-2000)
Thesis: "Transdisciplinary environments for Science and Technology: a proposal for Engineering Learning in the information age"
Digital Systems Engineering Departament
Advisor: João Antonio Zuffo and Marcelo Knörich Zuffo
Readers: Alberto Seabra (Engineering) and Marília Franco (Cinema)
Engineering School of the University of São Paulo, Brazil
Metallurgical Engineer, University of São Paulo(1998)
Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science department
Engineering School of the University of São Paulo, Brazil
Cinema, FAAP and University of São Paulo (1997-2000)
Undergraduate studies at
Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation (1997-1999)
and Communications and Arts School, University of São Paulo (2000)

Partner and founder of Blikstein Consultants (since 1999)
Company focused on innovative products for education thorough new medias, and training and consulting in business communications.
CEO and partner of WEBKIT Informática (1999-2000)
Company focused on innovative multimedia solutions for training IT professionals. One of the most successful e-learning start-up companies in Brazil at the time, with over US$ 500,000 in revenues in its first year. I created a new methodology for e-learning that originated a very successful product lineup (website). Our first product, a distance learning course for professional website/database developers (the "Webkit"), was an outstanding success with more than 10,000 students in less than one year. I left the company for my graduate studies in the US, but it still thrives using the same methodology.
Professor, Getúlio Vargas Business School (1999-2000)
Business Communication
Human Resources Department at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazilian top ranked Business School.

Nominated for Northwestern University's Presidential Fellowship by the School of Education and Social Policy (2007).
Water Computer project appeared twice on the front page of Slashdot, the premier website for technology news, and featured in over 100 blogs worldwide (2003 and 2007).

Provost research grant awarded - "Monte Carlo or the meaning of life" (1997)
Transdisciplinary project about computer simulation using the Monte Carlo method. Thesis, Documentary, CD-ROM and website.
Provost grant awarded: Computer simulation of metals (1998)
Research Provost Grant awarded for presentation at the IASTED Internation Conference of Applied Modeling and Simulation in the USA. University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Finalist - Best Paper Award (1998)
Brazilian Association of Metalurgy and Materials
Commencement speaker (1998)
Class of 1998 of the Engineering School of the University of São Paulo
Finalist - "Minority of One" (documentary, 1996)
Projeto Nascente, São Paulo, Brazil.

President of the Student Union of the Engineering School of the University of São Paulo.
Student representative at the Culture & Extension Council of the University of São Paulo.
Multiple projects for low-income communities, in the fields of Engineering, political organization, and media literacy