Mario Marcolongo

Entropy for Life

Science Writer, Fact-Checker & Website Manager · Paid contractor · Jun 2023–Present · Hybrid, primarily remote · Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Client: Italian science YouTube channel · 272K subscribers (Oct 2026)

• Research, fact-checking, scripts or visuals for 57 YouTube videos, 4 articles and 21 short-form entries (collection checked Oct 2026).
• Research primary literature and adapt English-language evidence for Italian content; acknowledged for literature research and error detection in Italiani veri (Mondadori, a major European publishing group, 2025).

University of Padua research project

Volunteer research support · Nov 2022–2025 · Remote, Italy

• Led or co-facilitated 4–5 remote focus groups under Marta Panzeri (DPSS); supported literature research, recruitment, accessible participation and technical preparation.

AI Safety Formalization Atlas

Open-source contributor & preprint coauthor · Sep 2026–Present · Remote

• Five merged PRs: source-metadata audit, 15 citation locators, macOS validation and agent instructions.
• Coauthor, The AI Safety Formalization Atlas (Zenodo preprint, 2026).

Wikipedia, Wikidata & Wikimedia Commons

Public contributor · Since 2018 · Remote

• Created an original biomedical diagram reused in a Springer Nature book chapter and four Wikipedia language editions; improve bilingual Wikidata terminology.

Yourself to Science

Founder & maintainer · Since 2024 · Independent project, remote

• Founded and maintain a directory of 55 research-participation resources, with linked sources, releases archived on Zenodo (DOI) and a FAIRsharing knowledgebase record.

Metropolia University of Applied Sciences — Information Technology — Open UAS Path Studies

Aug 2026–Present

Fully online degree-credit pathway toward a BEng; self-paced coursework and assessments. Python Programming: 3 ECTS, Pass (Sep 2026).

University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli — Medicine coursework

2020–approx. 2023 (attendance)