# whoami

Hi there. This is me:

My name is izi, a computational linguist deeply passionate about biodiversity and the preservation of botanical and agricultural heritage knowledge.

Currently, I’m based on a farm in the Tuscan hills, where I work remotely on informatics projects, botanical illustrations, and linguistics.

My goal: Nourishing my inner nerd from Monday to Wednesday and cultivating my inner farmer and artist from Thursday to Sunday.

# coding

In one of my early coding projects, I developed a Named Enity Recognition text processing pipeline (BOTANICAL NER) to detect and extract scientific and vernacular plant names from German and English texts. The processing pipeline has been applied to digitized botanical works to make species-related information available as Linked Open Data (more INFO).

After my studies, I gained some experience in frontend web development and database maintenance for endangered mushroom and lichen species and geo-distributed data, such as the SPECIES WEB ATLAS or a conversion pipeline for Linked Open Data for visualizing forest data (LD-LFI).

For friends and interesting projects, I develop websites and databases with a thematic focus on art, biodiversity, agriculture, design, typography, and other cool topics.

I mainly work with Python, Vue.js, and Angular, but I also enjoy shell scripts, database architecture and playing around with maps, eg. OpenLayers, and Linked Open Data.

• Quagga Illustrations (Picture Agency | Berlin, DE)
• raum.zuerich (Room + event platform | Zurich, CH)
• Mirabella-Morganti (Design studio | Zurich, CH)
• Franz und Coco (Architecture studio | Zurich, CH)
• Kosakon (Consulting for regenerative agriculture | Merzig, DE)
• Gello3000 (Collective Farm Project | San Miniato, IT)
• Microfarmplanner (CSA+market garden planner | Hillerse, DE)
• Mushroom Atlas (geo-distribution map | Zurich, CH)
• Lichen Atlas (geo-distribution map | Zurich, CH)
• plant name recognition (ma-thesis | Zurich, CH)

# Linguae

Have you ever wondered what language you dream in?

• translations
• transcriptions and subtitling
• proofreading and post-editing
• texting
• layout + camera-ready formatting
• fact checking

• german (sudtirolean | swiss | high german), italian, english, french, ladin, spanish, norwegian

• teXtmaker (Zurich, CH)
• Supertext (Zurich/Berlin, CH)
• Langenscheidt (Munich, DE)
• Fiverr, Upwork (remote)
• ResearchGate (Publications)
• Occio, do kimp dor Karpf! (Interview | Barfuss, 2017)

# activideas

Learn collectively by decomposing social constructs and patterns individually.

• dive into botanical illustration through focused observation of nature.
• reimagine countryside patterns: cultivate collective feminist safe spaces on farms.
• learn and grow together—no judgment for failures!
• provide bread: no more bread from the store, just homemade sourdough with local flour.
• tarot cards: create concepts and drawings for fun, personal cards to share with friends and family.
• candle making: repurpose wax and leftovers to light the fire in your heart.
• explore the intersection of agriculture, nature, and art.
• create natural colors and explore places through their pigments.
• teach and learn with others about edible plants and self-sufficiency.

• Pedagogia ciclica (Political and educational perspective on menstruation, Pedagogia ciclica, 2025)
• PDC 72h (women's Permaculture Design Course | L'asino e la luna, 2024)
• Intro to Permaculture (Bosco di Ogigia | online, 2023)
• Pruning olive trees(Vivaio Belfiore | 2023)
• Pruning fruit trees (ProSpecieRara | 2022)
• Seeds (ProSpecieRara | 2019)

# naturae

Join me for a virtual stroll through the Tuscan hills — a meditation of biodiversity, discovery, and nature’s quiet wonders.

• Field-botany (iNaturalist.org)
• Botanical Certificate (Zurich, CH)
• cultivating herbs (Laimburg, IT)