timeline
A chronological view of my work, education and volunteering experiences.
- 2026
- May 2026 May 2026 Fagernes, Norway
Hospitality Volunteer
Hospitality and kitchen volunteer at a yoga retreat centre, supporting daily operations and guest services.
- Apr 2026 Apr 2026 – Present Narbonne, France
AI Engineer
Building an automated system combining web scraping and AI vision to digitize and process administrative tasks.
- 2025
- Aug 2025 Aug 2025 – Apr 2026 France
Career Transition
Comprehensive preparation for a career in AI, with focused training in AI agent orchestration, LLM inference, ML models deployment and RAG systems.
- May 2025 May 2025 Granada, Colombia
Environmental Volunteer
Spiritual community and eco-village sustained by its own extensive organic farm.
- Apr 2025 Apr 2025 La Calera, Colombia
Environmental Volunteer
Healing garden project promoting mental and physical well-being through nature.
- Mar 2025 Mar 2025 Nuqui, Colombia
Education Volunteer
Language Oasis
Language school providing English classes to local and indigenous communities.
- Feb 2025 Feb 2025 San Rafael, Colombia
Environmental Volunteer
Eco-lodge promoting organic farming and environment preservation.
- Jan 2025 Jan 2025 Santa Elena, Colombia
Hospitality Volunteer
Eco-conscious hotel combining wellness tourism with sustainable practices.
- 2024
- May 2024 May 2024 Pokhara, Nepal
Environmental Volunteer
Holistic retreat centre implementing eco-building and bamboo construction practices.
- May 2024 May 2024 – Jul 2024 Kathmandu, Nepal & Dharamshala, India
Introduction to Buddhism Courses
Kopan Monastery and Tushita Meditation Centre
Residential courses on Buddhist philosophy and meditation in Kathmandu (Nepal) and Dharamshala (India).
- Mar 2024 Mar 2024 Assam, India
Environmental Volunteer
Large tea estate producing high-end organic tea.
- Feb 2024 Feb 2024 Dimow, India
Education Volunteer
Family-run initiative providing education to rural local youth in Assam, India.
- Jan 2024 Jan 2024 Bodhgaya, India
Humanitarian Volunteer
Lord Buddha Free School
Volunteer-run nonprofit school providing free education to underprivileged children. Organized a fundraising campaign that supported the construction of three new classrooms.
- 2023
- Dec 2023 Dec 2023 Hala, Pakistan
Education Volunteer
Innovative educational organization dedicated to empowering students with practical skills and entrepreneurial mindset development.
- Nov 2023 Nov 2023 Gulmit, Pakistan
Hospitality Volunteer
Family-owned hospitality retreat offering authentic cultural experiences.
- Oct 2023 Oct 2023 – Nov 2023 Dharamshala, India
200 hrs Yoga Teacher Training Course
Intensive month-long training covering asana practice, anatomy, teaching methodology and yogic philosophy.
- Feb 2023 Feb 2023 Orgiva, Spain
Permaculture Design Course
Full 72-hour certified course on permaculture ethics, design principles and regenerative land management.
- Jan 2023 Jan 2023 Tagounite, Morocco
Environmental Volunteer
Karim's farm
Desert farming project implementing sand brick construction and irrigation techniques.
- 2022
- Nov 2022 Nov 2022 Arona, Spain
Environmental Volunteer
Permaculture project and animal sanctuary dedicated to sustainable soil regeneration and ethical animal care.
- Oct 2022 Oct 2022 La Orotava, Spain
Environmental Volunteer
Finca El Balayo
Sustainable agricultural project producing diverse organic goods through regenerative farming practices.
- Apr 2022 Apr 2022 Balsa, Romania
Environmental Volunteer
Bratea
Off-grid eco-village that implements permaculture principles and sustainable living.
- Apr 2022 Apr 2022 Arona, Spain
Introduction to Permaculture
Finca Altavista
Foundation course on permaculture principles and sustainable living.
- Jan 2022 Jan 2022 Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic
Environmental Volunteer
Tropical ecological park and sustainable permaculture initiative dedicated to preserving biodiversity.
- 2021
- Nov 2021 Nov 2021 Arbucies, Spain
Environmental Volunteer
Intentional off-grid community adopting a conscious lifestyle based on cooperation, mutual support and permaculture.
- Jan 2021 Jan 2021 Granada, Spain
Humanitarian Volunteer
Fundación Escuela de la Solidaridad
Nonprofit organization supporting vulnerable individuals including refugees, homeless people, people recovering from addiction, or single mothers.
- 2018
- Jun 2018 Jun 2018 – Nov 2021 Dublin, Ireland
Marie Curie Research Fellow
Awarded a competitive €245,000 grant to develop machine learning solutions for advanced manufacturing, including an anomaly detection system on sensor time-series that cut unplanned downtime by ~15% and a reinforcement learning framework for robotic manipulators.
- May 2018 May 2018 – Mar 2025 Peru, Nepal, Spain, Colombia
Vipassana Meditation Courses
Five 10-day silent meditation retreats: Cusco (Peru, 2018), Lumbini (Nepal, 2024), Santa Maria de Palautordera (Spain, 2024), San Antonio de Pereira and Guarne (Colombia, 2025).
- 2017
- Jan 2017 Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 Dublin, Ireland
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Optimised composite structures using topology and evolutionary optimisation, achieving a 20% improvement in stiffness-to-weight ratio, validated against experimental data.
- 2016
- Jan 2016 Jan 2016 – Apr 2016 Perth, Australia
Kitchen Hand
Worked in a fast-paced kitchen environment, preparing food and dishwashing.
- 2012
- Sep 2012 Sep 2012 – Sep 2016 Exeter, UK
PhD in vibration mechanics and evolutionary optimisation
Developed passive vibration damping solutions for lightweight sandwich structures, combining finite element analysis, evolutionary optimisation and experimental modal analysis.
- Sep 2012 Sep 2012 – Jun 2015 Exeter, UK
Teaching Assistant
Taught solid mechanics, computational engineering and Computer-Aided Design (CAD).
- Jan 2012 Jan 2012 – Dec 2012 Newport, UK
MSc Engineering System Management
Managing projects and programmes, system modelling, supply chain management and sustainable engineering.
- 2011
- Sep 2011 Sep 2011 – Aug 2012 Exeter, UK
Research Assistant
Modelled wear using adaptive meshing in finite element analysis, applied to an aerofoil blade friction damper in a Rolls-Royce gas turbine.
- Jul 2011 Jul 2011 London, UK
Hospitality Volunteer
Charity shop supporting people with complex needs and end-of-life care.
- Feb 2011 Feb 2011 – Aug 2011 Toulouse, France
Project Management Intern
Harmonised the Catia V5 settings configuration for the A350 programme across the main Airbus plants in France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom.
- 2009
- Sep 2009 Sep 2009 – Jun 2012 Besançon, France
MSc Mechanical Engineering
École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques (Supmicrotech)
Mechanical engineering, computer science, engineering mathematics, electronics and material science.
- 2007
- Sep 2007 Sep 2007 – Jun 2009 Perpignan, France
BSc Engineering (French 'classes préparatoires')
Intensive undergraduate programme in mathematics, physics and chemistry.