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Ignacio López-Goñi
PhD (1985) in Biology, Professor of Microbiology (University of Navarra, Pamplona). He was postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology (University of California - Berkeley) and at the Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology (University of Columbia, Missouri). His interests are the animal and human brucellosis with emphasis on the genetic and phenotypic characterization of virulence factors, the construction of new live vaccines and the development of new molecular techniques for diagnosis and typing of Brucella.
Daniel Fernández
Daniel Fernández completed his Ph.D. at the University of Barcelona. He has been a postdoc fellow at the Center for Theoretical Physics in Crete and at the Max Planck Institut for Physics in Munich. Currently, he is a research specialist at the University of Iceland. His research focuses on the gauge/string theory correspondence and its applications to high energy physics and condensed matter physics.
Isabel de la Fuente
Isabel de la Fuente graduated in Physics at the University of Valladolid and completed her PhD at the University of Twente (The Netherlands). Currently, she works as Applications Engineer for the semiconductor industry in The Netherlands. She combines her job with several activities related to communication of science and technology.
Adrià Rofes
Adrià Rofes holds a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience (International Doctorate for Experimental Approaches to Language and Brain) and a MSc in Clinical Linguistics (Erasmus Mundus in Clinical Linguistics). He is an Atlantic Fellow at the Global Brain Health Institue and works at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and Johns Hopkins University (USA).
Patricia Teixidor
Patricia Teixidor holds a PhD in Primate Vocal Communication from the University of St. Andrews (1996). She has conducted research with both wild and captive primates (chimpanzees and spider monkeys) and her main interests focus on the function and meaning of primate calls, the evolution of culture and primate conservation. She is a freelance editor and has translated from english into spanish a large number of non-fiction books.
F. Javier Carmona
F Javier Carmona Sanz got a Biology degree after completing his studies at University of Navarre and Autonoma of Madrid. He holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology obtained at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), in Barcelona, were he focused on uncovering epigenetic defects associated with human cancer. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in New York, where he is investigating the mechanisms of acquired resistance of breast cancer patients to HER2-targetted therapy. He is also interested on science management and dissemination, aiming to make society participating on the scientific progress.
Laura Cascales
Laura completed her PhD in Biochemistry at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland (Australia) in 2011. In January 2012 she started working as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Zurich (Switzerland). She is passionate about Science Communication and has collaborated in several science outreach projects.
Gerardo Cebrián
Gerardo Cebrián-Torrejón studied Pharmacy and Biochemistry at the Universities of Valencia and Leeds and obtained his PhD at the University Paris 11. After a postdoctoral position at the University Federal Fulminense (Brazil), he is currently MCF at Université des Antilles. His research interests focus on natural products, in particular total synthesis, pharmaceutical chemistry and more recently electrochemistry
Maialen Ruiz Prada
MSc in Chemistry and Biochemistry, has worked as a researcher in the field of atmospheric pollution, technician in a research centre dedicated to biomaterials and translator, among others. Currently she is learning Java and exploring the applications of the new technologies in the area of Science Communication.