Senior professor in the Department of Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2006 on science journalism. He graduated in Chemistry at Universitat de Barcelona and in Journalism at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Cortiñas has worked also in several mass media as reporter (press, radio and Internet) and has participated in different research on the media in Spain. His present research focuses on science journalism and popularisation of science.

Research lines

- Science Journalism; 
- Popularisation of science; 
- Writing news; 
- Sports Journalism.