José Ferreira
PhD Candidate
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolJosé Ferreira is a PhD candidate in Astronautical Engineering and interdisciplinary systems engineer focused on space infrastructure, sustainability, and frontier technologies, translating complex reentry physics into actionable design, policy, and investment insights. He combines hands-on mission architecture experience—leading a €10M SAR Earth-observation program and coordinating system integration—with large-scale computational modeling of spacecraft demise and debris–atmosphere interactions at USC and NASA-affiliated research. A Fulbright and NASA doctoral fellow who secured over $150–180k in competitive funding, he advises ESA and the UN, leads global research programs for 29,000+ space professionals, and has been recognized by ESA, AGU, and Forbes 30 Under 30. Comfortable bridging technical, institutional, and public audiences, he also brings practical AIT and lab experience from ISRO and NASA internships and an unusual background in conservatory-level piano that reflects disciplined, creative problem solving.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronautical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astronautical Engineering at University of Southern CaliforniaConservatory Course, Piano, Conservatory Course, Piano at Conservatório Regional de SetúbalMaster’s Degree, Aerospace Engeneering, Master’s Degree, Aerospace Engeneering at Delft University of TechnologyMaster’s Degree, Aerospace Engineering, Master’s Degree, Aerospace Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, English, French, German, SpanishGithub contributions (5)
Tetraktyz/ComplexNetwork
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:64 commits, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 8 days
PedroLFerreira/pedrolferreira.github.io
Dec 2018 - Jun 2022
Contributions:121 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
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