CURRENT MISSION

finding the unknown

ABOUT ME

I'm a 36 years old rambler. I lived in three different cities in Portugal, in Amsterdam, Bologna, Barcelona and México, back to Barcelona, New York and now Paris (for the last 3 years). I speak fluently English, Portuguese and Spanish.

My academic career is also a reflection of my rambling addiction. I started as a Civil Engineering but soon changed to Computer Science to finish it in the Netherlands. After leaving Amsterdam I decided to start a master in biological sciences and enrolled myself in Bioinformatics in Italy. Living with a guy paranoid with organization made me move to Barcelona, where I finished writting my master thesis. Back there I got lost in that wonderful city and everyday my passion with science decreased. I bought a reflex and fell in love with photography. Finishing my thesis I move to central america for a year 'just' to travel and take pictures. Here are some of the pictures, if you are interested:

facebook.com/jmourabarbosa

http://www.cubaabsolutely.com/Culture/article_photography.php?id=Joao-Moura-Rambling-through-Cuba

After living five months back in my hometown, I'm back in Barcelona doing a PhD in Computational Neuroscience and I am now starting my own research group in Paris.

My friends call me lunatic, dirty and distracted. And I like it.

I love music and other kinds of art. You should be warned that I have some leftist tendencies ;)

PHILOSOPHY

Every stranger is a potential new best friend, a rapist or a liar but you will never know until you give them a chance.

Always leave a trace behind you, so you can find yourself later.

Interests

Music, science, politics, books...every kind of human expression.

• arts
• culture
• books
• photography
• politics
• traveling
• music
• computer science
• engineering
• neuroscience
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Well, this is a very extensive list, I'll just put some that first pop up my mind but music, cinema and books are three really important things in my life.

Favorite movies: Clockwork Orange/Zorba the Greek/Waking Life/Trainspoting/Matrix/Baraka/...
Favorite band: Pink Floyd/TOOL/Nicolas Jaar/Opeth/RATM/Radiohead/..
Favorite book: Animal Farm/1984/Antichrist/Brave New World/Octavio Paz/Siddhartha/Demian/Steppenwolf/Las Venas Abiertas de America Latina/Erich Fromm/Sartre/.....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was born.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you how to learn and I would like to learn how to teach.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Denmark, France, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain