--- title: "Mario Marcolongo — Research, Editorial & Community Coordinator" description: "Two-page role-family application CV for research, editorial & community coordinator roles." --- [Mario Marcolongo](/) Role-family application CV ## Research, Editorial & Community Coordinator This is the concise, role-family document to send for this role. The master CV is a comprehensive evidence archive; it is normally not attached unless requested. [Research & Data Quality CV](/cv-research)[All application CVs](/#applications)[Master CV](/cv)Print / Save PDF # Mario Marcolongo Research, Editorial & Community Coordinator Evidence synthesis · editorial coordination · research participation · community engagement · AI-assisted tools Italy · EU/EEA work-authorised · Open to sponsored international relocation and B2B engagements[mariomarcolongo.com](https://mariomarcolongo.com)[me@mariomarcolongo.com](mailto:me@mariomarcolongo.com)[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-marcolongo)[GitHub](https://github.com/jnton) Research, editorial and community coordinator with paid scientific content and English-to-Italian localization experience inside a 36.5M-view science-communication brand, plus long-running public-source and structured-data work. Work includes primary-literature verification, original long-form article creation, scientific and technical localization, archival recovery, claim review, public-health monitoring, sensitive research facilitation and public verification processes; audience metrics describe the production environment, not a personal audience. ## Selected evidence **80**Published content contributions55 YouTube videos · 4 articles · 21 short-form pieces **55+**Research initiatives coordinatedVerification, metadata and public participation records **4,317**Auditable public contributionsArticle creation · scientific localization · archives · source review **2022–25**Sensitive research facilitationRemote focus groups with autistic participants ## Relevant experience ### Science Writer & Fact-Checker / Website Manager (WordPress) Entropy for Life · Independent contractor [Official Entropy for Life work record ↗](https://entropyforlife.it/mario-marcolongo-entropy-for-life/) Jun 2023 — Present - Support a small recurring science-communication team across 80 documented published contributions: 55 YouTube videos · 4 articles · 21 short-form pieces. - Research, fact-check and localize predominantly English-language scientific evidence into accurate Italian scripts, articles, data visualizations, slides, on-screen assets and short-form materials, adapting terminology and explanatory structure for the audience. - Designed and built entropyforlife.it in WordPress and manage its responsive design, publishing, OVHcloud hosting, DNS, SSL and technical SEO. ### Founder & Project Lead Yourself to Science™ [Website ↗](https://yourselftoscience.org)[FAIRsharing ↗](https://doi.org/10.25504/FAIRsharing.d3d487) Aug 2024 — Present - Founded and independently coordinate a public directory that helps people discover more than 55 opportunities to participate in research. - Designed editorial inclusion criteria, verification and update workflows, explanatory content, licensing boundaries and public documentation. - Use project-management, issue-tracking and AI-assisted implementation workflows to prioritize tasks, troubleshoot problems and maintain releases. Research, Editorial & Community CoordinatorPage 1 of 2 ## Additional relevant experience ### Volunteer Research Assistant & Focus-Group Co-Facilitator Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation (DPSS), University of Padua · supervised by Marta Panzeri [Research-support case study ↗](https://mariomarcolongo.com/research-operations)[Marta Panzeri ↗](https://dpss.unipd.it/en/node/239)[University department ↗](https://www.unipd.it/en/dpss) Nov 2022 — 2025 - Served as lead or co-facilitator across approximately 4–5 recorded Zoom focus-group sessions, typically lasting 1–2 hours, with autistic participants discussing sensitive sexuality and relationship topics. - Co-developed the protocol, including pseudonymous naming, explicit recorded consent, optional captions and written-chat participation, timed turn-taking, scripted prompts, recording boundaries and two-person facilitation handoffs. - Supported participant recruitment, bibliographic research and technical preparation; contributed to structuring participant experience and accessibility considerations and coordinated with Marta Panzeri, researchers and a second volunteer facilitator. Participant information remains confidential. ## Additional evidence ### [Published editorial record](https://entropyforlife.it/autore/mario-marcolongo/) Named author or co-author on public Entropy for Life articles, including a continuously updated H5N1 situation tracker. ### [Public-source investigation and archival verification](https://mariomarcolongo.com/integrity) Created an original 18,351-byte English article and developed Italian science and technology articles through translation, terminology adaptation and source enrichment; separately maintained a consumer-genomics privacy record and recovered unavailable public documents. ### [Sensitive research-support case](https://mariomarcolongo.com/research-operations) Self-reported facilitation and protocol work in a University of Padua project. The public thesis corroborates the project and methodology but does not identify the individual facilitators. ## Capabilities **Editorial production, localization & public-source research**Evidence research, long-form explanatory writing, English-to-Italian scientific and technical localization, archival source recovery, claim checking, source documentation, public-record reconciliation, editorial feedback, content preparation and production troubleshooting **Project coordination**Independent prioritization, overlapping workstreams, issue tracking, progress documentation, release coordination and follow-through **Community engagement**Participant recruitment, sensitive-topic moderation, accessibility-aware communication, two-person facilitation handoffs and support for distributed communities **Localization and digital communications**English-to-Italian scientific localization, terminology and contextual review, professional writing, WordPress publishing, website maintenance, technical SEO and content presentation **AI-assisted tools**Use AI for research, drafting, implementation support and quality checks, with human verification of results **Performance-aware content packaging**Thumbnail concepts, visual hierarchy and attention structure informed by click-through rate, watch time, retention and current platform best practices. ## Best-fit role families - Editorial-production support and public-source research with multilingual scientific localization - Evidence-synthesis program coordination - Research community engagement and learning-program support - Scientific communications and publication support ## Education & credentials - Information Technology — Open UAS Path Studies (120 ECTS) — Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Aug 2026–Present; bachelor's-level ICT studies in software development, databases, Unix/Linux, data structures and algorithms, networking, cloud computing, cybersecurity and applied AI. Eligible to apply to the BEng IT programme after completing 120 ECTS (admission not yet granted). - GALENOS Crowd Evidence Synthesis Training — Cochrane Crowd & GALENOS, 2026 - Career Essentials in Generative AI — Microsoft & LinkedIn, 2024 - Italian — native. English — C1 overall (EF SET 68/100); advanced technical reading and professional writing, with practical English-to-Italian scientific localization and cross-language content-quality work. Mario Marcolongo · me@mariomarcolongo.comPage 2 of 2