What is your position or role in the DESI project?
I am the DESI Project Safety Officer
Where were you born?
I was born and raised in Luanda, Angola, West Africa
Where do you live now?
I live 15 min from Berkeley Lab.
What do you do as part of DESI?
At Berkeley Lab, I support scientists and projects including DESI with focus on the implementation of an effective personnel and equipment safety program as well as environmental protection. For DESI, this program is integrated into the overall management and execution of the project at all phases; planning, design, prototyping, construction, assembly and test, commissioning. This requires understanding the system and its vulnerabilities to minimize hazard risk. This is accomplished by working closely with the scientists and engineering teams as well as the staff executing the work onsite.
What is the most interesting or exciting thing about your job?
I find it very satisfying to use the skills I honed throughout my career to support the scientists at Berkeley Lab be successful
Any advice for an aspiring scientist?
I have three pieces of advice: follow your passion, set a vision for your future, and be persistent towards achieving your goals.
What do you do for fun? I
Love climbing ice, granite, carving turns in powder and roaming in the high mountains.
If you weren’t a scientist, what would be your dream job?
I made the transition from being a scientist to working in Industry and now working at a
National Lab.
What excites/interests you most about DESI?
As a physicist it is very exciting to support DESI answer some of the most fundamental questions in cosmology.
