Professor Fernando Santiago dos Santos, PhD

Academic background
  • Postdoctoral research in Science Teaching (Universidade do Minho/Braga, Portugal)
  • PhD in Science and Math Teaching (USP)
  • Masters Degree in History of Science and Technology (PUC-SP)
  • Licensed and Bachelor in Biological Sciences (Unicamp)


    Teaching and translating experience


  • Foreign Language teacher since 1986
  • Translator since 1991
  • Simultaneous interpreter since 2000


    International experience as interpreter/translator


  • USA since 2000 (with a FGV partnership), in Chicago (IL), San Diego and Irvine (CA)
  • Scholarship through the IGE Program (Rotary International) during a month in 2007 in Japan (province of Kanagawa and visits to Yokohama and Tokyo)
  • Translator and interpreter in Hong Kong in 2014 and 2015 (with a FGV partnership)


    International field trips


  • North America: the United States of America (California, Chicago and Florida)
  • South America: Chile, Argentina and Uruguay
  • Europe: Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden
  • Africa: Morocco
  • Asia: China, Hong Kong, Macao, Taipa and Japan.


    Personal homepage: http://fernandosantiago.com.br/yakusha.htm