Francisco MIGUEL de Sousa GONÇALVES

Experienced Science communicator with over 28 years of experience in Communication (TV, radio and press). Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.

Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level public relations, communication position. Ready to help team achieve company goals.

Enthusiastic professional eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of communication and training in science. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in any position.

Columnist of the magazine "JN História" since November 2015.
Columnist of the "i" newspaper from April 2009 to June 2011.

Member of the Advisory Board of the Geophysical Institute of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto since February 2020.

National Coordinator of The Planetary Society (1998 - 2019), with responsibilities in representation, coordination and general dynamics of this organization in Portugal - participant as National Coordinator of The Planetary Society and by invitation of NASA in the NASA/Portugal Bilateral Protocol that took place in 1999 in Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon.

Participation in the 53rd IAF World Space Congress, from 9 to 19 October 2002 in Houston, USA (selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of Portugal and ESA).

Participation in the documentary (as myself) "The Portuguese Space Odyssey", October 2022.

Participation (as myself) in the film "A Mãe é que Sabe", by Nuno Rocha, production company Ukbar, December 2016.

Initial Pedagogical Training Course for Trainers (final grade: 18/20)

As invited speaker:

"Dark Sky Party Alqueva 2022", Alqueva, 30 July 2022
SOE'22 | Space, Ocean and Earth Insights, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, 7 July 2022.
"Mankind's arrival on the Moon" at El Corte Inglès in Porto/Gaia, 4 to 13 July 2022
"5th New Space Atlantic Summit - Making Space for a Sustainable Earth", Aveiro University, 9 May 2022
"Space.Minho - Health and Human Challenges", University of Minho, 6 May 2022.
"World Boundaries - Insights, Practices and Values", International Week of the Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, April 2018.
"talks@Galp", organized by Galp's Human Resources Department, Lisbon, 22/02/2017.
"Feed, feedback, and feedforward: the digital networks in education and scientific dissemination" workshop, celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Master in Multimedia at the University of Porto, 04/11/2016.
"Congresso Ibérico de Meteoritos Y Geología Planetaria", Museo de las Ciencias de Castilla-La Mancha Cuenca, 24 - 26 October 2002.

As conference moderator:

"The Limits of Science and Fiction", at LeV - Literatura em Viagem, Matosinhos, 15 May 2022.
"The 50 Years of the Arrival to the Moonl", at the Porto Book Fair on September 10, 2019.
"Sarau Astronómico" at Teatro Municipal Sá de Miranda, Viana do Castelo, on June 7, 2019 and inserted in a conference of the International Astronomical Union.
"Space, the ultimate journey", at LeV - Literatura em Viagem, May 2019.