Brian May
Brian May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, astrophysicist, and photographer. He is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. He uses a home-built electric guitar called the Red Special. His compositions for the band include “We Will Rock You”, “Tie Your Mother Down”, “I Want It All”, “Fat Bottomed Girls”, […]
Bernhard Schölkopf
Bernhard Schölkopf’s scientific interests are in machine learning and causal inference. He has applied his methods to a number of different fields, ranging from biomedical problems to computational photography and astronomy. Bernhard studied physics and mathematics and earned his Ph.D. in computer science in 1997, becoming a Max Planck director in 2001. He has (co-)received […]
Jesús Reolid
Jesús Reolid is a doctor in Geology and a professor in the Department of Stratigraphy and Paleontology at the University of Granada. He has participated in more than seven oceanographic campaigns studying the seabed, from the warm waters of the Maldives to the icy landscapes of Antarctica. He also works with dinosaurs and any other […]
Starlight Foundation
Starlight Foundation is a non-profit organization created by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and Consultora Corporación 5, dedicated to promoting astronomy and managing the Starlight movement. It aims to protect and value the night sky as a vital resource and intangible heritage of humanity. The foundation coordinates various projects and activities to raise […]
Pablo Álvarez
Pablo Álvarez Fernández, born in 1988 in León, Spain, is a prominent aerospace engineer and astronaut candidate with the European Space Agency (ESA). He holds a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of León and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the Warsaw University of Technology. Álvarez has a diverse background in […]
Javier Laso
Javier Laso was born in Freiburg, Switzerland, in 1975. He studied piano at the COSCYL in Salamanca, receiving honours at all levels, and pursued postgraduate studies at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. He has won several awards, including first prize in the “Pedro Espinosa” Piano Competition. Since 2004, he has been a piano professor […]
Martin Rees
Lord Martin Rees is a Fellow of Trinity College and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. He holds the honorary title of Astronomer Royal and also Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and at Leicester University. After studying at the University of Cambridge, he held post-doctoral positions in the UK […]
Chris Rapley
Chris Rapley CBE is Professor of Climate Science at University College London. He is a Fellow of St Edmund’s College Cambridge, a Distinguished Visiting Scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a member of the Academia Europaea, a Board member of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Chairman of the European Space Agency Director General’s High Level […]
José Luis Oltra (cuarentaydos)
José Luis Oltra holds a degree in Physics and a master’s in Advanced Physics with a specialization in theoretical physics from the University of Valencia. He is dedicated to science communication, primarily on social media, under the name Cuarentaydos. He is the author of children’s and young adult science books, including “We Are Not the […]
Valentin Martinez
Valentín Martínez, born in Alicante, Spain, is a distinguished solar physicist and the newly appointed Director of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) as of July 2024. He earned his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of La Laguna and the IAC. Martínez has an extensive background in solar physics, having served as the […]