Patricia Sanchez

Patricia Sánchez Pérez is graduated in Biology with a Master in Molecular Biomedicine by the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). She is almost done with her PhD in mitochondrial pathophysiology in cardiovascular disease at the Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa” (CBMSO), where she is studying the relationship between mitochondrial ROS production and myocardial infarction. She combines her scientific career with her enthusiasm towards science dissemination, which, for her, is the way of not losing hope in science while widely spreading it. She argues that seeing the children faces when experiments or science curiosities are shown to them is so rewarding! At the beginning, they are sceptic, later they are astonished, but at the end they only want to know and learn more and more. That is why Patricia decided to participate in the SomosCientíficos: ¡Sácanos de aquí! quiz. Moving from the bench-work to chatting with kids was undoubtedly a challenge, she says. However, at the end of the quiz, there was no way to know whether Patricia or the students enjoyed the scientific questions the most!

Florian Dehmelt

A physicist and biologist by training, Florian Dehmelt eventually drifted into neuroscience. After research in France and Portugal, he has now returned to his native Germany, where he works and teaches at Tuebingen University Hospital. No longer willing to remain silent about his work, he co-founded the non-profit organisation Pro-Test Deutschland, whose members volunteer to share their personal stories, ethical conflicts, and scientific experience – both in private and in public.