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Amelia Ortiz Gil

PhD in Physics from the University of Valencia. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at research institutions in Germany, the United States, Australia, and Italy, where she specialized in the study of the intergalactic medium and galaxy clusters. She is currently a member of the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Valencia.

Her professional activity focuses on communicating astronomy to audiences of all kinds, with a particular emphasis on making science accessible to people with disabilities. She is a member of the Women and Astronomy and Cultural Astronomy commissions of the Spanish Astronomical Society. She has served as coordinator of the Equity and Inclusion Working Group of the International Astronomical Union and as the Spanish coordinator of the International Astronomical Union’s Office for Astronomy Outreach.

She received the 9 d’Octubre Award for Science from the Alberic City Council in 2018, the Europlanet Prize for Public Engagement with Planetary Science in 2019 for the development of tactile planetary models for blind and visually impaired people, and the 10th José María Savirón National Award for Excellence in Science Communication in 2022.

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