Timothy James Dimacali | |
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Born | Timothy James Martinez Dimacali April 17, 1980 |
Occupation | Journalist, Science Fiction Writer |
Nationality | Filipino |
Education | University of the Philippines Diliman Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Timothy James "TJ" Martinez Dimacali, (born April 17, 1980) is a Filipino science fiction writer and a science journalist. He is the first Filipino and first Fulbright scholar[1] to attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Graduate Program in Science Writing. He is also a science education advocate.[2]
As a journalist, Dimacali served as Science and Technology Editor for GMA News and Public Affairs’s online portal GMA News Online,[3] which earned him recognition from the Philippines' Department of Science and Technology, which named him one of the awardees of the Gawad Scriba Award for Science Communicators in 2013.[4] He left the post after receiving a Fulbright scholarship to MIT in 2017.[5]