Norbert Jausovec

Norbert is a Psychology professor in the University of Maribor in Slovenia. He has taught a number of courses in many Universities around Europe including the University of Leeds, York University, the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, Philips University in Marburg Germany and others. His main research interest is in neuropsychological underpinnings of individual differences,  a subject on which he has authored over 100 papers, chapters, books and editorials. He is also the Slovene national correspondent of EARLI (European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction), a member of the Slovene national board for UNESCO, and a member of the editorial boards of three different journals.

Guzmán Sánchez

Guzmán is the co-founder of Scienseed, an agency for the communication of science. Scienseed specialises in the use of multiple types of narratives and formats to communicate research in the most creative and effective way. The activity of the company ranges from the production of videos, websites and animations, to publications, social media campaigns and public engagement activities. In just under 3 years Scienseed has managed to become responsable for the communication of 5 large European research consortia as well as working with numerous national and international clients. Guzmán is a doctor in molecular biology and, before jumping into science communication, he worked as a  researcher at institutions like the University of Leeds (UK), Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (Spain), University of Montreal (Canada), University of Leicester (UK) and the Max-Planck Institute.

Manuel Franco

Manuel is faculty at the University of Alcalá and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is the Principal Investigator of the European Research Council Starting Grant Heart Healthy Hoods. He is also the PI of the Participatory Project on food in the cities: Photovoice Villaverde. Manuel trained in Medicine both in Madrid, Spain and Berlin, Germany. As a Fulbright Scholar he joined the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to obtain his PhD and Post Doctoral fellowship working in the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA study) in the Department of Epidemiology. Manuel’s work focuses on the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and its major risk factors, focusing on how social characteristics relate to CVD. He is particularly interested on food environment and the risk of CVD, studying population characteristics and CVD risk, highlighting the relevance of strategies to prevent CVD.

Vasia Hatzi

Vasia Hatzi stands between two different worlds: Science and Art. She holds a BSc in Genetics (University of Liverpool, UK), an MSc in Applied Genetics & Biotechnology (Aristotle University of Athens, GR) and a PhD in Cytogenetics (Medical School, University of Athens, GR). Currently she is a collaborate researcher at NCSR “Demokritos”, Athens-Greece. Her scientific interests are focused on the mechanisms or chromosomal damage, chemically and ionising radiation induced carcinogenesis and light microscopy. Outside the laboratory she passionately explores the intersection of biomedical sciences and arts. Combining her knowledge from the field of Cytogenetics with imagination and aiming to communicate her science, she created LaB. Bio-Conceptual Creations: a hybrid world of Biology and Art. Willing to familiarize the general public with biomedical inspired art and globalise the medical art movement, she has inspired and created MEDinART, a global art network of artists inspired by Biomedical Sciences.