Sergi Cortiñas Rovira is a tenured professor in the Department of Communication at Universitat Pomeu Fabra (UPF). He coordinates the Scientific Communication Research Group (GRECC).

Doctor Cortiñas holds PhD in Social Communication from UPF, a BA in Chemical Sciences from University of Barcelona (UB) and another one in Journalism from UPF; he is a researcher within the field of scientific communication and dissemination. He has published works as the book Història de la divulgació científica (Eumo, 2009), and many apers in scientific journals.