Hello!

I am Luis Fernando Bernardi Junqueira, but you might also know me as 林友樂 – pronounced Lin Youle in Mandarin or Lam Yau Lok in Cantonese – or as ルイス in Japanese.

Born and raised in Brazil, I have called Ponte Serrada, Florianópolis, Nanjing, Shanghai, Sendai, Livorno, Glasgow, Hong Kong, Cambridge, and London my home. 

Currently, I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Global History of Science in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at UCL. 

Before returning to UCL, I was a Leverhulme Trust & Isaac Newton Trust Research Fellow and a D. Kim Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, and a Research Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. 

I am a global historian working on the interplay between medicine, science, and religion in late imperial and Republican China, with my latest research exploring the transnational history of the mind sciences, mental health, alternative therapies, and the relationship between science and the paranormal in modern East Asia and South America. 

Coming from the Global South and having been trained as a global historian in eight countries, I am committed to decolonising research and teaching in the history of science, medicine, and East Asian studies.