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* Reading a lot of [[books]]
 
* Reading a lot of [[books]]
 
* Writing [[software]] (mostly using [[wikipedia:Python (programming language)|Python]])
 
* Writing [[software]] (mostly using [[wikipedia:Python (programming language)|Python]])
* Editing [[Wikipedia]]
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* Editing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cyclopia Wikipedia]
 
* Doodling with computer stuff ([[Linux]]-based mostly)
 
* Doodling with computer stuff ([[Linux]]-based mostly)
 
* [[Writings|Writing]] (not so much time for that lately)
 
* [[Writings|Writing]] (not so much time for that lately)
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* [[Cycling]] through {{en|The Fens}}
 
In general, I waste too much time on the [[Internet]].
 
In general, I waste too much time on the [[Internet]].
  

Revision as of 06:38, 7 April 2011

Yours truly.

Hello. My name is Massimo Sandal , a fellow born in 1981 in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy, one of the most deliciously misanthropic places of the world.

I then moved ten years to Bologna to pursue my M.Sci. and Ph.D.

I currently live in Cambridge , England.

My Erdos number is 6.

What do I do

Good question. Since childhood, I always wanted to be a scientist, and I have been one until recently: I came in Cambridge as a postdoc at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge. My work has been until now focused on the biophysics of protein folding and aggregation.

However for reasons better explained here I am currently in a pause from academia. I still want to do science in a way or the other; we will see how. Nice challenge.

I also begun collaborations for popular science journalism.

What I do too

Apart from work, my most cherished wastes of time are:

In general, I waste too much time on the Internet.