João Da Fonseca
Professor Of Mechanical Metallurgy at The University of Manchester
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJoão Da Fonseca is a Professor of Mechanical Metallurgy at The University of Manchester with over 12 years of academic leadership and more than two decades embedded in metallurgy research and teaching. He leads work within the Metallurgy and Corrosion research group, translating fundamental materials science—rooted in a PhD from the University of Leeds—into applied insights on mechanical behaviour and degradation. His career progression from Research Associate to Professor reflects sustained contributions to scholarship, supervision and curriculum development across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Known for bridging rigorous experimental metallurgy with practical corrosion problems, he frequently informs industry-facing projects and interdisciplinary collaborations. Colleagues describe him as a steady academic leader who combines deep technical expertise with an ability to mentor the next generation of materials scientists.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
International Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at UWC of the American WestDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Materials Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Materials Science and Engineering at University of Leeds
English, Portuguese, Italian, French, Spanish
Github Skills (27)
ttk9
binder9
footprint8
procedures8
materials-informatics7
ipywidgets7
science7
jupyter-notebook7
anaconda6
python6
jupyter6
noise4
ecosystem3
reproducible-science3
information-sharing3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
JQFonseca/computing_materials_science_coursework
Oct 2018 - Oct 2021
Coursework for the Computing for Materials Science course at Manchester
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years
pythonsciencescientific-computingmachine-learningmanchester
JQFonseca/computing_materials_science
Oct 2018 - Oct 2021
Jupyter notebooks for the Computing and Comunication skills 1st Year Materials Science Course at Manchester
Contributions:21 commits, 14 PRs, 24 pushes in 3 years
pythoncomunicationscience1st-yearjupyter-notebook
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