About

I'm a newly-graduated frontend developer based in Norway. After a decade working as a science journalist, I've discovered that writing code is just as fun as writing news stories.

What I care about

• Masterfully crafted digital interfaces
• Well-written software documentation
• Online privacy
• Science communication
• UDHR

Random facts about me

• I never wear shoes if I can wear sandals.
• I can teach you how to survive a jaguar attack, in case you ever get lost in the Amazon rainforest.

• I once had my a** kicked by a 79-year-old lady during an aikido session in Japan (I'm into aikido and karate).

• I love black & white photography and here are some of my shots.
• I've fallen in love with a Norwegian girl in Scotland. We now have a beautiful daughter and the three of us live in Lysaker, just outside Oslo.
• I really suck at football.

My personal favourites

• Favourite drink: chocolate milk!
• Favourite hot drink: I'm an avid drinker of mate, the famous herbal infusion from South America. In fact, mate is a fantastic coding companion – better than coffee!
• Favourite movie: probably The wind rises, by Hayao Miyazaki.

• Favourite card game: Magic: the gathering. My partner has recently taught me the Norwegian version of Idiot, but I refuse to play that. Maybe because she always beats me?

• Favourite chess opening: the king's gambit.

• Favourite note taking app: Obsidian.
• Favourite VS Code theme: Linux Terminal Flat Dark.

Education

Frontend development

2021-2023 | Norwegian School of Technology and Digital Media, Noroff

MSc Environment & Development

2015-2016 | Univeristy of Edinburgh

BSc Journalism & Science communication

2007-2011 | Federal University of Paraná

Key qualifications

• HTML
• CSS
• Javascript
• React
• git
• Github
• REST APIs
• VitePress
• UX/UI
• Project management
• Digital publishing
• Science writing
• Science communication

Work experience

• Greenpeace Norway 2019-2023

  • Fundraiser

• Freelance science writer 2015-2019

  • Simula Research Laboratory, Norway
  • Physics World Magazine, UK
  • Science & Development Network, UK
  • Hostwriter.org, Germany
  • Folha de S. Paulo, Brazil
  • National Observatory, Brazil

• Science Today Magazine | Ciência Hoje 2007-2015

  • Editor
  • Staff science writer
  • Intern science writer

Volunteering

• Universitetet i Bergen | Bergen International Student Conference, BISC 2019

Independent study

• Project Management Asana Certified Pro | Asana Ambassador Program | Online
• Digital Photography | Ganid Photography | Thailand
• C# and .NET Bootcamp | School of Applied Technology, SALT | Sweden
• Introduction to Azure Cloud | Udemy Academy | Online

Lectures

• Covering deforestation and forest fires in Amazonia: the geojournalism approach (facilitator, with Gustavo Faleiros) | Science Journalism Forum 2020
• From the lab to the headlines: best practices for scientists and journalists | Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa 2014
• Science communication: a fresh look at the relationship between scientists and journalists | Federal University of Juíz de Fora 2013

Awards & Fellowships

Nucleus Project, European Commission

Journalism in a transdisciplinary world: how can we burst the science ‘bubble’, Lausanne, Switzerland

Fellowship, 2019

Science Writers 2018

National Association of Science Writers, NASW. Washington DC, USA Fellowship, 2018

Chevening Award

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, United Kingdom

Award, 2015

World Conference of Science Journalists

World Conference of Science Journalists, WCSJ, Seoul, South Korea

Fellowship, 2015

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Writing and Reporting News, London, UK

Fellowship, 2014

Prêmio Imprensa Embratel

National Journalism Award, Award winning report in the category "Environmental journalism".

Award, 2014

European Youth Press, O Eco, Nigerian Association of Science Journalists

FlagIt: Environmental reporting through digital tools, Lagos, Nigeria

Fellowship, 2013

HSBC

National Journalism Award | Prêmio HSBC de Imprensa e Sustentabilidade, Brazil

Award winning report in the category "Science writing".

Award, 2013

Society of Environmental Journalists

21st SEJ Annual Conference, Miami, USA

Fellowship, 2011

University of Cambridge, Faraday Institute

Science and Religion Summer course, Cambridge, UK

Scholarship, 2009