Rodolfo Lourenzutti, Co-Director and Assistant Professor of Teaching, MDS Vancouver.
"The outstanding quality of the UBC-MDS team makes the whole experience very exciting for both, the teaching team and the students. The whole program is deeply thought out and tailor-made to provide an exceptional learning experience and prepare the students to the real challenge of being a data scientist in the industry.”
Originally from Vila Velha, a coastal town in Brazil, Rodolfo Lourenzutti has a long-standing passion for data analysis, which drove him to pursuit a B.Sc and M.Sc in Statistics at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, and Federal University of Minas Gerais, respectively. For his PhD, Rodolfo switched fields to computer science, in which he obtained a PhD from the Federal University of Espírito Santo. Rodolfo has a diverse experience in Brazil as well as Canada. During his Ph.D., he spent 10 months working at the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Alberta. After completing his doctorate, he worked as Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Alberta in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering for 18 months. Rodolfo has taught in MDS for two years, and joined UBC’s STAT department in 2020.