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Luiz Filippe Santana Adao

@luizfilippesantanaad

Financial analyst researching banking risk at Iowa State University and evaluating AI-generated financial solutions.

At Iowa State University, I taught financial markets and optimization, guided students in financial modeling, and mentored finance projects. Student evaluations averaged 4.7/5.

As an Economics Expert (PhD) at Mercor.io Corporation, I designed tasks and evaluation methods for assessing AI-generated financial solutions, helping identify inconsistencies and improve reliability.

At Brazilian DevelopmentBank (BNDES), I researched BNDES Saúde and healthcare financing, built datasets exceeding 100K records, and co-authored work published in the bank’s journal. My research also includes banking risk, dynamic hedging with Q-Learning, and financial behavior.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Iowa State University

Aug 2021 - May 2026 (4 years 9 months)

Taught courses in financial markets and optimization, guiding students in financial modeling and numerical methods. Mentored financial modeling projects and simplified econometric techniques, earning evaluations averaging 4.7/5.

Financial Modeling Econometrics Optimization Teaching Mentorship Quantitative Finance

Economics Expert (PhD)

Mercor.io Corporation

Oct 2025 - Nov 2025 (1 month)

Designed financial tasks to test AI-generated solutions and assessed outputs through validation processes. Developed structured evaluation methods to identify inconsistencies in financial problem-solving.

Financial Analysis AI Evaluation Validation Problem Solving

Research Intern

Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)

Nov 2015 - Oct 2017 (1 year 11 months)

Conducted research on BNDES Saúde, the bank's credit program for the health sector, and built datasets exceeding 100K records. Co-authored in the bank's journal on healthcare financing and policy.

Research Data Analysis Healthcare Financing Credit Programs Data Set Construction