Gabriel Carvalho

• Gaining hands-on experience in technology at EY through ongoing remote internship.

• Strengthening business skills through regular presentations.

• Developing hard skills in machine learning and predictive analytics.

Conducting research on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) in collaboration with the Cornell Fintech Initiative, guided by Dr. Lourdes Casanova. Exploring the evolving role of digital currencies in emerging markets, as well as investigating the influence of multinational corporations in these dynamic environments.

Furthermore, I am also in charge of organizing a finance conference in New York City, focusing on Latin America. Coordinating with industry leaders and influential figures.

I joined the Harrington lab to contribute to research efforts aimed at further understanding the vector of Dengue, Malaria, Yellow Fever, and other viral diseases. Currently, I am involved in the validation of candidate chromosomal polypeptides in Aedes aegypti's deoxyribonucleic acid using CRISPR/Cas9 technology under the mentorship of Dr. Alexandra Amaro, Research Associate, and Dr. Laura Harrington, Research Principal Investigator.

Investigated how to improve academic performance in students with emotional and behavioral disorders by analyzing data from other articles, as well as collecting our own data from K-12 students with EBD who were from minorities and/or from underserved/underprivileged backgrounds.