I'm a writer, research, formerly based in Brazil.
Ignacio Amigo is a science writer and strategic communications expert. A biochemist by training, he holds a PhD in molecular biology and a degree in science journalism. He is interested in climate change, the environment, urban studies and scientific research in general. He has lived and worked in Spain, Portugal and Brazil, and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English. His work has been featured in Science, Nature, Discover, The Guardian, El País and many other outlets.
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How These Bull-Shaped Billboards Became Spanish Icons
Until the 1990s, when billboards were banned in Spain, these bulls were painted with the name of Veterano Osborne brandy. The company removed the words and successfully fought to have the enormous bulls considered art. Ken Welsh/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images In This Story Destination Guide Spain.The landscape of the Spanish countryside is distinctive. Roads are surrounded by fields…
‘Gold library’ helps Brazil crack down on Amazon’s illegal mining
Launched in 2019, the Ouro Alvo program is creating a gold database with samples obtained from different parts of Brazil. The information is allowing the Federal Police to create a chemical fingerprint of each sample, which they can then use to cross-reference the origin of seized or suspicious gold. This strategy could be complemented with other methods, including physically tagging the gold and…
Farming bill threatens Spain’s most important wetland, scientists say
A plan to expand irrigated farming around one of Europe’s most important wetlands has alarmed conservation scientists and European officials. They fear the proposal, advanced earlier this month by conservative legislators in Spain’s autonomous region of Andalusia, will undermine efforts to preserve species-rich marshes in Doñana National Park that are already threatened by drought and extensive…
Shades of blue
Refoxos, Spain—When the researcher arrives, Herminia is already waiting for him, calmly seated on a chair in her courtyard, a leafy shelter providing protection from the unseasonably hot Sun. She wears a simple dark blue dress and her hands rest on her lap. She smiles at the visitors but doesn’t stand up—she fell a few days ago and has a sore leg. Nothing too serious, but when you are 101 years…
How a biologist turned amateur sleuth to solve a century-old art riddle
Nineteenth-century psychiatrists believed a patient’s condition could be diagnosed by analysing their face. Théodore Géricault, master of French romanticism, was commissioned to paint 10 portraits but five went missing … On a hot summer night in 2018, Javier Burgos stayed up late on his computer. His wife and daughters were already asleep when he decided to do another round of Google searches.…
Equilibrios complejos
Este artículo es el ganador del Concurso de divulgación Ciencia Jot Down con la temática «orden y caos» en la modalidad de ensayo. El 16 de noviembre de 2001, Michael Lasseter acudió al aeropuerto de Atlanta para tomar un vuelo hacia Memphis. Viajaba con su hijo de seis años y su cuñado para asistir a un partido de fútbol americano universitario en el que su equipo, el Georgia, se enfrentaría al…
Journal
Shades of blue
When you are alone for days or weeks at a time, you eventually become drawn to people. Talking to randos is the norm. I’ll never forget the conversation with the aquarium fisherman, forest ranger, and women at the Thai market. It’s refreshing to compare notes on life with people from vastly…
How a biologist turned amateur sleuth to solve a century-old art riddle
Last year I wrote about why booking too far in advance can be dangerous for your business, and this concept of margin so eloquently captures what I had recognized had been my problem: I was so booked up with clients that I wasn’t leaving any margin for error, growth, planning, or reflection.
Professor of History at State University Colorado.
Ever since I was little, I enjoyed watching people walk down a street and imagining they had an incredible life story.
General Sociology
Courses on the history of psychology generally begin with the subject's ancient philosophical origins.
Methodology Research
Cognitive psychology involves the study of internal mental processes all of the things that go on.
Cognitive Psychology
While course requirements may vary from one school to the next, most experimental psychology.
Social Psychology
Introduction to the history of psychology and the scientific study of the human mind.
General Pedagogy
A course in physiological psychology serves as a good introduction to the field of neuropsychology.
History of Humanities
It may seem overwhelming at first, due to the sheer volume of information you'll learn
EXPERIENCIA
Climate Impacts Senior Associate
Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC) · Jornada completaMadrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Media Specialist
Climate Tracker · Jornada completa
FORMACIÓN
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Science Journalism2018 - 2019
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular BiologyDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biology2006 - 2013Nota: Cum Laudem
USP – Universidade de Sao Paulo
Postdoc, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology2013 – 2016
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Bachelor’s Degree, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology1999 – 2005
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