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I am a scholar with specific training and experience as an Applied Statistician; Systems Genomicist; Evolutionary Computational Biologist; Biostatistical Epidemiologist; Quantum, Supramolecular, and Spectroscopy Chemist; in addition to being a Mathematics instructor, an Engineering Dropout, a Musician and for a short bit an Analyst in Science and Technology, a Bookseller and a Barista. That broad set of interests got me into subjects in which I am not an expert and beyond scientific research; I am intersted in thinking, but also in encouraging others to think. That transcends science, going into the philosophy itself of science, into education, and the exercise of individual and collective citizenship.

I have around twenty years of postgraduate, pre- and postdoctoral research experience in the physical, life, and mathematical sciences -- as summarized above -- and during that time I have also gained experience in what allows the actual research to be performed: the paradigms that govern scientific practice, workplace dynamics and leadership, mentoring, teaching and training. I have, therefore, developed a view of science contemplates its very human influences, and that places it not as the foundation of modern society, but one (albeit very important) component that must interact with all others. Science doesn't spontaneously generate science; people make science, and they need to have their humanity and freedom respected to pursue their path towards around knowledge (not directly to it).

As a consequence of my path I have left the Ivory Tower of Academia, but I continue to puruse research and knowledge in different forms and environments at Aurora Collective Intelligence -- that's definitely the best place to get a hold of me.

A complete list of the posts about this diverse set of subjects can be found in the blog here, as well as in other platforms, mainly Substack . Links to other (social/professional/academic/code) pages are below, though with all the platform shifts in the recent years, I cannot guarantee I'll be active in all of them at any given moment.

-- caetano