Arte y astronomía

Miguel Querejeta graduated in Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2012, with the "Premio Extraordinario" distinction. In 2016, he completed his PhD at the University of Heidelberg with a thesis on galaxy dynamics, carried out at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. He was awarded the Spanish Astronomical Society Award for the best thesis of 2016. He also obtained a prestigious Fellowship at the European Southern Observatory in Munich, where he actively participated in the development of the interactive ESO Supernova Museum. Miguel has over 150 scientific publications. He currently works as a civil servant at the Royal Observatory of Madrid, where he combines research and outreach. He completed a degree in Spanish Language and Literature and is particularly interested in the connections between astronomy and the humanities. Together with an art historian, he has written a book on art and astronomy, which will be published in 2025. He has twice received the CAF-Elhuyar Award for scientific outreach in Basque. He also recently received the José María Savirón Award for his career in scientific outreach.

Graduated in Art History from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2023 and Master in Medieval Studies from the same university in 2024. During her Bachelor and Master studies she carried out an Erasmus+ stay at the Università degli Studi di Udine and was a beneficiary of the scholarship for collaboration in university departments, as well as the JAE-Intro of the CSIC. Her research interests have focused, on the one hand, on science in the Middle Ages, with special interest in astronomical knowledge. Along these lines, together with Miguel Querejeta, he has written the book Arte y Astronomía, due to be published by Akal at the end of 2025. On the other hand, her interest in the life of women during the medieval period led her to do a Master's thesis on the practice of caesarean section. She is currently the beneficiary of a pre-doctoral contract for the training of doctors (formerly FPI) linked to the INTERSECTIONS project.

Miguel Querejeta graduated in Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid in 2012, with the "Premio Extraordinario" distinction. In 2016, he completed his PhD at the University of Heidelberg with a thesis on galaxy dynamics, carried out at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. He was awarded the Spanish Astronomical Society Award for the best thesis of 2016. He also obtained a prestigious Fellowship at the European Southern Observatory in Munich, where he actively participated in the development of the interactive ESO Supernova Museum. Miguel has over 150 scientific publications. He currently works as a civil servant at the Royal Observatory of Madrid, where he combines research and outreach. He completed a degree in Spanish Language and Literature and is particularly interested in the connections between astronomy and the humanities. Together with an art historian, he has written a book on art and astronomy, which will be published in 2025. He has twice received the CAF-Elhuyar Award for scientific outreach in Basque. He also recently received the José María Savirón Award for his career in scientific outreach.