ABOUT US
Our humble beginnings
Are you one of those lucky people who just "get" math?
In high school, Juliano certainly wasn’t. His geometry teacher bluntly told him he was hopeless—and for a while, it seemed like he was. But in that moment, a seed was unknowingly planted—one that would grow into something remarkable.
Fast forward eight years. Juliano is pursuing his PhD at the University of Oxford when he encounters a daunting concept: Nutritional Geometry. Panic. The same geometry that once defeated him was now front and center in his research. How was he going to complete his PhD? But somehow, through perseverance, he not only survived the encounter but began to understand this once-elusive subject.
That’s when an idea sparked. What if he could help students like him—those who struggled with geometry—see it in a new, intuitive way?
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A decade after high school, Juliano secured funding from the Brazilian Research Council (CNPq) to launch a project aimed at helping students in low-performing schools in Curitiba. Along with his team, they visited schools, answered questions about career paths, STEM fields, and yes, math. They wanted to make geometry—and all of mathematics—accessible to students who felt it was beyond their reach.
Juliano also reconnected with his old high school teacher, Rafael, and together they wrote Geometria Poética, an e-book freely available to students. Released on May 6, 2018, Brazil’s National Day of Mathematics, the book was more than just a learning tool—it was a public commitment to showing how math can not only be applied to science but to life itself. It was about making math something anyone could access and understand.
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Today, Geometria Poética stands as a testament to the idea that no one is truly "hopeless" in math—you just need the right way to see it.
Amongst mathematicians
Since then, we’ve gathered a growing community of math enthusiasts—some who grasp the intricate beauty of the subject, and others who are still on their journey of understanding.
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Together, we've expanded the applications of geometry and other mathematical fields—like topology—into biology, specifically in the area of nutritional ecology. These collective contributions to science now come together in what we proudly call the Nutrigonometry collection. It’s a testament to the power of collaboration and the endless possibilities when math meets life​