Pere Estupinyà

Pere Estupinyà Giné (born 17 October 1974) is a Spanish biochemist known for his work in popular science in books, conferences and TV shows.

Biography Born in Tortosa (Spain), he studied at the University of Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, where he majored in biochemistry; he holds a master's in nutrition and metabolism as well and started a PhD in genetics, but gave up to work in popular science.

He has worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).

He wrote his first book – – in 2010, and has since published several other popular science books. He started on TV in 2014 presenting a documentary for TV3 called ('Investment for the future'), and later he made a TV documentary based on his first book , released in 2013. In 2015 he produced and presented 13 episodes of the show , and the following year he developed, in collaboration with Minifilms, , for the Spanish national broadcaster TVE, which he also directed and presented. Since September 2016 he has participated in the radio weekend show on Cadena SER.

Awards

2024- CSIC-BBVA Foundation Prize for Scientific Communication for introducing “new ways of bringing science to all audiences, through television, radio and books, whilst maintaining rigour and achieving a significant impact”. 2025- Catalan Research Foundation Award, Joan Guinovart National Award for Scientific Communication “for his 24-year career in science journalism in Catalonia and internationally, across a wide range of fields and media outlets”.

Books (Debate, 2010) (Debate, 2012) (Debate, 2013) (Debate, 2013) (Debate, 2016) (Debate, 2020)

Mitos y ciencia ( in collaboration with Blanca Torres) (La Galera, 2022) La ciencia del sexo (abridged and updated version) (Debate, 2023) ¿Qué quieres ser de mayor?: Cómo convertir la madurez en la mejor etapa de tu vida (Debate, 2026).