Mateo Torres is a Developer Advocate based in Rio de Janeiro with 13 years of experience bridging research-grade machine learning and practical developer tooling. He has a PhD in Computer Science and a track record as a senior research scientist at Cornell and FGV where he advanced protein representation learning, interaction-interface prediction, and network medicine applications. Equally at home building production SaaS earlier in his career and teaching university courses, he now focuses on building and demystifying AI agents for practitioners without sacrificing safety. Mateo’s background combines deep bioscience ML expertise with hands-on full‑stack engineering and curriculum design, making him adept at translating complex research into usable developer experiences. An understated strength is his history of producing assessment content and labs—helping teams scale knowledge transfer as well as code.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science at Royal Holloway, University of London
Visiting Assistant in Research, Bioinformatics, Visiting Assistant in Research, Bioinformatics at Yale University
Informatics Engineer, Computer Science, Informatics Engineer, Computer Science at Universidad Católica Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
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