José Manuel ABAD LIÑÁN

Born in Granada (Spain) July 12, 1975 · Spanish national abadlinan@gmail.com

Tel.: +34 649 25 90 71

Address: Eduardo Vicente, 5, 2 izq · E28028 Madrid (Spain) Member of both the Spanish and the Catalan Associations of Science Communication [World Federation of Science Journalism]

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Jan 2009 TO DATE BBVA FOUNDATION · Head of Projects and Analysis · Project manager for the Frontiers of Knowledge Awards · Coordination of Science Communication Projects with Televisión Española, national public television broadcaster in Spain. Madrid (Spain).

Feb 2008-Dec 2008 POPULAR SCIENCE Magazine · Editor-in-Chief, Spanish edition. Madrid (Spain).

JAN 2006· Feb 2008 SPANISH FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (SECRETARY OF STATE FOR UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH) · Advisor to the Secretary of State in communication · Head of Communication of the International Polar Year 2007 (including TV pre-production work for Televisión Española and La Sexta, broadcast commercial television, in the Arctic and Antarctica) · SPANISH FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHONOLOGY (FECYT): Communication project manager · Creator of a science news service named Servicio de Información y Noticias Científicas (SINC) · Representative for Spain at AlphaGalileo, Europe’s source of research news. Madrid (Spain) / London (UK).

July 2007 TO DATE CADENA SER (SER Network, Spain's premier radio network in terms of both seniority and audience share)

· Hoy por hoy program (most listened-to radio program in Spain with an average of about three million listeners). Freelance contributor for science news. Madrid (Spain).

Nov 2005 TO DATE EL PAÍS (National daily newspaper, widest selling non-sports newspaper in Spain) · Freelance contributor for science and environmental-related news. Madrid (Spain) / Brussels (Belgium).

2007 INTERNATIONAL BIOMEDICINE CONFERENCES: The European Cancer Congress 2013, 14th European Conference of Cancer, 24th Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, 7th European Breast Cancer Conference, ESTRO31 (European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology) · Press officer for the Spanish-speaking media. Barcelona (Spain) / Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

Sep 2004 · Dec 2005 INSTITUTE FOR ASTROPHYSICS OF ANDALUSIA (IAA) · Press officer · Co-director of science audiovisual Science in Style · Co-organizer of the 5th Science Week in cooperation with ESTACIÓN EXPERIMENTAL DEL ZAIDÍN (research centre for biology and agriculture) · Editor of research news · Head of communication at the European Conference of Astronomy JENAM · Science Magazine Editor. Granada (Spain).

Sep 2002 · Aug 2004 UNIVERSITY LUMIÈRE LYON 2 · Lecturer in media analysis and Spanish language assistant. Lyon (France).

FURTHER EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING: Master in Journalism, Communication, Technology and Environment (University Carlos III, Madrid, Spain, 2009·2010) · Master in Corporate Communication (Pontifical University of Salamanca, 2012·2013) · Communication studies (Business Confederation of Andalusia · GDT Business Advising, Seville, Spain, 2005) · Seminar on Communication Departments and Seminar on cinema and TV for secondary education (Center for Teacher Training · Andalusian Government. Granada, Spain (1998/2002) · Intern student. (Department of Communication. University of Seville, Spain (1996).

Jan 2001 · Jan 2002 RED CROSS · Press officer for international relief missions. Madrid (Spain).

Jan 2000 · Dec 2000 INSTITUTE FOR ASTROPHYSICS OF THE CANARIES · Head of communication of the Gran Telescopio Canarias (one of the world's largest single-aperture optical telescopes), Tenerife (Spain) · Conference "Science with the GTC's" organization committee (Feb 2002).

July 1999 · Dec 1999 EFE NEWS AGENCY (World's premier multimedia news agency in Spanish). Scholar (CSIC-EFE scholarship for Science Journalism) at the Science, Education and Environment department. Madrid (Spain).

Jan 1999 · June 1999 SPANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (CSIC) · Scholar (CSIC-EFE scholarship for Science Journalism) at the Communication department, Madrid (Spain)· Press Officer at the Center of Environmental Sciences, Madrid · Head of communication at the 1st Science Social Communication Congress (Parque de las Ciencias, Andalusian science museum). Granada (Spain).

May 1998 · Dec 1998 CONSORTIUM FOR THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF EAST GRANADA (within the

framework of the EUROPEAN UNION LEADER II PROGRAM) · Head of Communication. Consorcio para el Desarrollo Rural del Poniente Granadino (Consortium for the Rural Development of East Granada) · Editor of LEADER II magazine. Granada (Spain).

FURTHER EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNICATION AND SCIENCE OUTREACH: Media and environment conference, European Environment Agency, Lisbon (Portugal), 2009 · Third Conference on Innovation Journalism. University of Stanford (USA), 2006 · 7th Latin American Conference of Science Journalism. Buenos Aires (Argentina), 2000 · 9th Conference of the Spanish Society of Dermopharmacy, Granada (Spain), 1998 · 2nd Trade Fair of Agriculture, Ranching and Ecological Industries, Granada (Spain), 1998.

May 1998 · Nov 1998 VOCENTO GROUP (Spain's main regional newspapers group), Ideal regional newspaper. Correspondent

· Intern journalist (June 1994· Aug 1994 & June 1995· Aug 1995) · Interviewer (1995). Granada (Spain).

Jan 1997 · June 1999 GULNARA MAGAZINE. Editor-in-Chief. Science & Arts magazine. Print and electronic editions. Granada.

FURTHER EXPERIENCE AS AN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Errante literature magazine (School of Science Sciences, Seville, Spain), 1996 · Environmental bulletins Neara & Vía Libre. Granada, Spain (1998·1993) · Culture and ecology magazines Gaia & Nueva Era. Granada, Spain (1990 · 1991).

EDUCATION

Bachelor's Degree in Journalism University of Seville (Spain), 1993 · 1998

Module in Communication Studies (Science Journalism, Intercultural Communication) University of Roskilde (Denmark), 1997 (Education and research project in English)

Postgraduate Studies in Science Journalism Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Madrid (Spain), 1999 European Master in Foreign Languages and Cultures

University Lumière Lyon 2 (France), 2003 · 2004 (Education and research project in French)

LANGUAGES

Spanish · Mother tongue

English · Fluent (C2. TOEFL 263/300 points)

French · Fluent (C1-C2. 2 years as a teacher in France) Italian · Intermediate (B2 – Istituto Italiano di Cultura) Danish · Elementary (Univ. of Roskilde)

FURTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (FREELANCE CONTRIBUTIONS)

Apr 2005 · May 2006 TELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA, 24 Horas News Channel · A Ciencia Cierta, sci&tech programme.

IN 2005 HACHETTE-FILIPACCHI Group, Ábaco magazine · Articles on Astronomy.

IN 2004 GRUPO JOLY, Granada Hoy journal · Supplement coordinator in Astrophysics · Editor of outreach article series A Journey through the Cosmos · Diario Málaga Hoy · Freelance contributions in Science. Malaga/Granada (Spain).

IN 2000 NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO (UNAM) · Science magazine ¿Cómo ves?.

Mexico City (Mexico).

OTHER FREELANCE CONTRIBUTIONS: El País Semanal magazine, Madrid · Mecalux News magazine (logistics and transportation). Barcelona, 2005 · The Tertulia magazine Univ. of Santa Cruz (California), 2002 · Registradores magazine, culture section. Madrid, 2000·2001 · Empresas por Granada, weekly mag., Granada, 1998 · Extramuros literature mag., Granada, 1998 · Nueva Comunicación, Univ. of Seville, 1996.

IN 2000 COLPISA NEWS AGENCY. Articles on science. Madrid/Tenerife (Spain).

Nov 1997 · May 1998 ONDA CERO. Contributor to cultural magazines. Granada (Spain).

Jan 1997 · June 1997 RADIO ROSKILDE and UNIVERSITY OF ROSKILDE · Documentary on immigration, directed by Prof.

Dave Dunaway (Univ. of New Mexico, USA).

Sep 1995 · June 1996 RADIO GUADALQUIVIR · Editor and broadcaster. Seville (Spain).

July 1994 · Sep 1994 RADIO ECCA, Radio for Adult Education · Editor and broadcaster. Granada (Spain).

FREELANCE INTERNET CONTRIBUTIONS: Publication of articles at science and scientific outreach websites: Conec.es · Caos y Ciencia · Recol Networks · Ciencia Digital · Sevilla Cultural · Planeta X, México

Research project assessment Co-chair of the Strategic Plan for the Spanish National Institute for Aerospace Technology (2010 · 2011) · Scientific evaluation of the communication area of the Strategic Plan 2010- 2015 for the Spanish National Research Council (2009) · Scientific evaluator for the National Evaluation and Foresight Agency (ANEP) (SINCE 2009) · Project analyst for the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)’s Science Culture National Call for Proposals (SINCE 2009).

Key skills Project (time, people, resources) management Strategic, organizational and creative thinking Analytical, risk taking

Intercultural, verbal and corporate communication Decision making, problem solving, negotiating Accountability, resourcefulness, reliability

Multi-tasking, quick learning. Coaching

Technical skills Windows & Macintosh OS · Microsoft Office · Animation (Macromedia Director) · Graphic design and layout software (InDesign, QuarkXPress, PageMaker, Adobe Photoshop CS, Freehand) · Internet (Dreamweaver) · Audio and video edition · Photojournalism.