Bartolo Luque

(Barcelona, 1966)

Teacher. Doctor in Physical Sciences from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Professor of the Department of Mathematics Applied to Aerospace Engineering of the Higher Technical School of Aeronautical and Space Engineers of the Polytechnic University of Madrid.

He has given more than a hundred popular science talks in all types of forums, from universities, colleges and computer campuses to science museums, art centers, bookstores and even cafes. Author of books dedicated to disseminating fields such as astrobiology, space exploration, the laws of probability or statistics, and more than 100 press articles in newspapers such as 'La Vanguardia', 'El Heraldo de Aragón' and the magazine 'Investigación y Science', where since 2013 he has been responsible for the 'Mathematical Games' column. His informative work has also been reflected on the radio through the program 'It's not an ordinary day', on RNE, where he participated in more than 100 programs with the 'Sounds of Science' section.

He has participated in MediaLab Madrid in the course “Art, Science and Science Fiction Meeting” (November 14, 2005 to June 21, 2006). Course taught in collaboration with the Complutense University and the University
Polytechnic of Madrid. During this course a transdisciplinary seminar experiment was carried out. Some of the classes of two freely configurable subjects offered at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Complutense University and at the School of Aeronautical Engineers of the Polytechnic University of Madrid respectively, were taught jointly at medialabmadrid. As a final course project, it was proposed to carry out and present collaborative projects between students from both groups in the field that connects science, art and science fiction.