The
Many Hats
of
Davide Mana

A Visual Resume

Davide Mana, PhD

davide.mana@gmail.com

Too Many Qualifications

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. Thomas Carlyle

One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things. Frank Herbert

We all are rich and ignore the buried fact of accumulated wisdom. Ray Bradbury

Geologist

I hold a B.Sc. in Earth Sciences

I graduated with a work on the micropaleontology of the Messinian Salinity Crisis

I worked for both the university and the private sector

I hold a Ph.D. in Geology

Research project: renewable energies and Micro-Hydropower in particular

I specialize in statistical analysis of environmental data

Environmental Data Analyst

I co-wrote a number of papers providing data analisys and interpretation

I designed and presented post-grad and post-doc courses in data analysis

I recently added Python programming for data analysis to my skills

Author

I have studied Creative Writing and Communication of Science

I have published both fiction and non-fiction

in Italian and English

independently and traditionally

I also worked as an editor and as a translator

Translator & Language Teacher

I hold a CPE ESOL A1 Certification for the English language

I have worked as a freelance translator

and as a language teacher and as a conversation trainer

I have a basic knowledge of French and Spanish

Game
Designer

I turned a hobby into a job

I have published material for a variety of roleplaying games

I specialize in world-building and adventure design

Blogger

I blog in Italian on strategie evolutive

and in English on Karavansara

Odd Jobs

At different times in my life Ive beenAn insurance promoter

A used cars salesman

A switchboard operator

A web-designer

A scarecrow (long story)

Too Many Interests

I am a history buff and an amateur Orientalist

I have studied (and thaught) Taoist and Zen Phylosophy

I am a bad flute player

a good tarot reader ...

and a passable cook

I love hiking

and I can repair bicycles

Unsurprisingly, I collect books and records

Im not as open to illegal suggestions as Bulldog Drummond, and I never looked like Ronald Colman even on my best days anyway, but I am looking for work.
And as you can guess, I can do a lot of different things for you.And Im (relatively) cheap.

Drop me a line, if you will.

davide.mana@gmail.com

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