I enjoy helping developers spend less time fighting tools and more time building. My background spans chemistry, software engineering, open source, and scientific computing, and I enjoy turning complex technical ideas into practical tools, educational content, and better developer experiences.
My path into software has been anything but traditional. Scientific research taught me to question assumptions, design thoughtful experiments, and communicate evidence clearly. Today, I apply those same principles to developer tooling, interactive computing, AI, and open source. Whether I'm building applications, contributing code, speaking at conferences, or exploring data, I'm most interested in understanding where developers experience friction and how we can make software more intuitive, reliable, and enjoyable to use.
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From Salvador, Brazil, currently living in Pennsylvania
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Education
- B.Sc. in Chemistry with minors in Applied Math and Arabic - NYU Abu Dhabi
- M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry - University of Pittsburgh
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Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, Arabic
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Programming Languages: Python, TypeScript, JavaScript (React), and a bit of Fortran and R.
Browser-based Pokémon battle simulator in PyScript, with real dataset collected from PokéAPI.
Shiny app exploring the oral history of Bracero workers through quotes by topics and interviewees.
Fun trivia app to test your knowledge of Pennsylvania's cities, built with React!
Interactive 3D visualizations of 3x3x3 cube and spheres, built with React Three Fiber!
A bit unrelated to what I currently do, but I conducted some research in the fields of crystallography, materials science, and analytical chemistry. If you're interested, you can find my academic publications on my Google Scholar profile.
I have spoken at different events across the United States, as I enjoy connecting with other tech, data, and science professionals. Please find below videos of some of my previous talks.
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PyCon US 2025 (Charlas) Talk Description (in Spanish) GitHub Repo
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PyOhio 2024 Talk Description GitHub Repo
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PyTexas 2025 Talk Description GitHub Repo
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PyOhio 2025 Talk Description GitHub Repo
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- LinkedIn: rsf309
- Email: rodrigosf672@gmail.com



