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UW Biology Presents a Special Seminar: Communicating Science in Urgent Times featuring Dr. Diego Golombek, PhD (Universidad de San Andres)
September 26 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Communicating Science in Urgent Times
Dr. Golombek is a neuroscientist and arguably the most important science outreach voice in the Spanish-speaking world.
PhD in Biology (Universidad de Buenos Aires). Plenary Professor (Universidad de San Andrés), Superior Investigator at the National Research Council. Director, Laboratory for the Interdisciplinary Study of Time. He has published over 190 scientific papers (h-index 42). Besides chronobiology, he has been interested in science communication/outreach, publishing about 20 popular science books, hosting TV shows and creating science exhibitions. Past president of the Argentinean Society for Neuroscience, the National Program for Science Popularization, the National Institute for Technological Education and the National Science Center. He received, among others, the National Science Prize “Bernardo Houssay”, the Guggenheim fellowship, the Konex Prize, the IgNobel award, the “Capital City” (Mexico), the UNESCO Kalinga Prize (the most important international award in science communication) and the Order of Academic Palms (France).
Life Sciences Building 201
