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With a PhD in Biochemistry from University College London (UCL), Camilla Pang is a postdoctoral scientist specialising in translational bioinformatics at a pharmaceutical company developing treatments for diseases with immunological and neurological causes. She is the author of «Explaining Humans» (Penguin Viking, March 2020), a memoir that draws on scientific principles to understand human behaviour, from the perspective of a person suffering from autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The book was a finalist for the Royal Society Insight Investment Best Scientific Book Award 2020.

Last updated: October 2021

Neurologist and Assistant Professor of Neurology at Yale University School of Medicine, USA. He is the editor of Science-Based Medicine, a website dedicated to exploring science issues in medicine.

Last updated: November 2023

Journalist and science editor at the «Público» newspaper.

He is a researcher at the University of Lisbon, where he returned after a long career by universities in Spain, France, Germany and the United Kingdom. He was responsible for the creation of the Coa Archaeological Park and its classification as World Heritage, and for the discovery of the «Lapedo Child». He was founder and director of the Portuguese Institute of Archaeology. The humanised image we have of neanderthals today is largely due to the results of the research that he conducted or fostered in deposits in Portugal, Spain and Romania.

She is a writer, teacher, literary critic and communicator. She has worked in the dissemination of Books and Literature in the press and on television for 30 years, at dissemination events and writing workshops and tutoring.
Currently, she is editor of «Ler» magazine, she writes literary criticism in the «Sol» newspaper, coordinates and teaches a post-graduate degree in fiction writing at Universidade Lusófona, she is responsible for the communication of Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos essays and portraits, part of the communication office of ULS Médio Tejo, coordinates the Dom Luis I Foundation programme of International Writing Residences and is on the Cultural Council of the Eça de Queiroz Foundation.
She is the author of the novel «This Is My Body», translated into seven languages, of the reportage book «The Last Sailors» (FFMS) and of a «Sentimental Dictionary of Adultery».

Last updated: May 2024

He is a journalist. He directed the «Meios & Publicidade» newspaper and the news office at the Impala group. He was coordinator at the «24 horas» and «Sol» newspapers. He worked at the Lusa press agency, the «Expresso» newspaper and «Sábado», «Superjovem», «Pais & Filhos» magazines, among others. He has published several books.

Last updated: January 2024

He is a member of the Luso-Brazilian Philosophy Institute, and of the Centre for Research and Studies in Fine Arts (CIEBA) at the University of Lisbon School Fine Arts, where he is an assistant professor. He teaches Aesthetics, History of Contemporary Art, Theory and History of Sculpture and Theory of Contemporary Art. He has written several books.

Last updated: November 2023

He has a PhD in Economics from the University of Rochester, USA, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Portugal. He taught at the University of Pennsylvania. He is an associate professor at the Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, where he has devoted himself to teaching and research in the areas of public economy, social policies and health economics, seeking to create theories of practical application.

Last updated: May 2023

Professor of Digital Media at the Nova School of Social and Human Sciences, where he founded and coordinates INOVA Media Lab, a research and development laboratory working in the areas of immersive and interactive narrative, the social impact of Artificial Intelligence, web platforms and social media, innovation and digital transformation, information visualisation and science communication. He coordinates the Master’s degree in New Media and Web Practices and is part of the Council of Europe's group of experts on Artificial Intelligence and Education. He is the author of several scientific articles and book chapters published internationally. He was awarded the German Marshall Fund of the United States Fellowship (2016) and the Calouste Gulbenkian – Knowledge Award (2019), for co-coordinating the scientific dissemination programme 90 Seconds of Science.