Jörg Klenk
Scientific manager
Our Scientific Manager holds a PhD in German Medieval Literature from the Universität Bern, and a master’s degree in Communication and Media Sciences from the same institution. He previously worked as a researcher and scientific project coordinator at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (2011-2014) and was a visiting researcher at the Universität Osnabrück (2015) and at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2016). Before joining Mecila in 2020, he teached German.

Joaquim Toledo Jr., PhD
Scientific Editor

Melanie Metzen

Our Events and Outreach Coordinator has a degree in Social Communication (2013) from the Universidade de São Paulo, and a postgraduate (lato sensu) degree in Business Administration (2018) from the Fundação Getúlio Vargas. She worked in the publishing market before turning to corporate communications in 2017 when she joined the communications team of the Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Brasil-Alemanha. She joined Mecila’s team in São Paulo in 2018.

+55 11 55740399 | 118
melanie.metzen@fu-berlin.de
Rua Morgado de Mateus, 615
04015-051 São Paulo, Brazil

Raphael Concli
Coordination Assistant
Raphael Concli obtained his undergraduate and master’s degrees in Philosophy at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, with a research internship at Buffalo State College, USA. He is currently studying journalism at the Universidade de São Paulo. He worked as a High School teacher of Philosophy and Sociology and has also been part of Jornal da USP and Article 19. He joined Mecila’s coordination office team in 2019.

Gustavo Calado Diniz