Data Scientist
Research Scientist
Dr. Johnnatan Messias Peixoto Afonso is a Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) in Germany with a focus on fairness concerns in blockchains and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems and Saarland University, and has been recognized for his contributions to blockchain technologies through top-tier publications and prestigious awards.
Experience: 5 years
Yearly salary: $110,000
Hourly rate: $0
Nationality: 🇧🇷 Brazil
Residency: 🇩🇪 Germany
Experience
Research Scientist
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) 2023 - 2025
Lead research in blockchain technologies and decentralized finance, developing innovative mechanism designs for decentralized applications and DAOs.
Research Scientist
Matter Labs (via Deel GmbH) 2023 - 2024
Led and contributed to projects focused on Sybil resistance, airdrop design, decentralized governance, and blockchain data research.
Ph.D. Research Intern
Chainlink Labs 2022 - 2022
Worked on improving the Chainlink Price Feeds quality using time series analysis and data feed quality scoring.
AI and Scientific Advisor
AI Robots 2020 - 2021
Worked voluntarily as a scientific advisor and team leader to help scale robotic AI solutions.
Ph.D. Research Assistant
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) 2018 - 2023
Founded a blockchain research group focused on fairness in blockchain systems and transaction transparency.
Data Scientist and Full Stack Software Engineer
Kunumi 2017 - 2018
Built and deployed an automation system for medical appointment requests using AI.
Research Intern
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) 2017 - 2017
Contributed to research projects investigating political bias in social media and web search.
M.Sc. Research Assistant
Locus – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) 2015 - 2017
Researched theory of social computing and data analysis to characterize Twitter users’ interconnection and linguistic patterns.
Skills
bitcoin
blockchain
computer-science
data-science
ethereum
python
quantitative-researcher
research
web3
english
german
portuguese