The author

ÒSCAR AZNAR ALEMANY
Translator and doctor in environmental chemistry
en, pt > ca, es

Translator (UAB, 2008) and chemist (UB, 2009)

Doctor in Environmental Chemistry (UPC, 2017)
«Persistent and pseudo-persistent organic pollutants in the marine environment. Study on biota and seafood»

Postgraduate in science communication (UVic, 2020)

Master in correction (UAB) and in analytical chemistry (UB)
«La qualitat lingüística en els treballs de química analítica» (UAB, 2012)
«Development of a chromatographic method to analyse polyphenols in wine» (UB, 2011)
«Behaviour of pyrethroid insecticides in liver of striped dolphin from the Mediterranean Sea» (UB, 2014)

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

• Teacher at the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the UAB
• Environmental chemist at the IDAEA–CSIC (Barcelona) and the MECP (Toronto)
• Specialist and terminologist at the TERMCAT
• Science communication: articles, conferences, videos, shows, podcasts
• Translator for ICCIC, Escuela del Agua, subtitles for TED and YouTube
• Correction: PhD thesis, scientific articles, project proposals
• English and Spanish teacher at Institució Cultural del CIC, IQS

PUBLICATIONS

• «Temporal trends of halogenated and organophosphate contaminants in striped dolphins from the Mediterranean Sea» Science of the Total Environment, 2021.
• «Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation of Pyrethroid Insecticides in Wildlife and Humans» in The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry: Pyrethroid Insecticides, 2020.
• «Introduction to Pyrethroid Insecticides: Chemical Structures, Properties, Mode of Action and Use» in The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry: Pyrethroid Insecticides, 2020.
• «Food contamination on flame retardants» in Comprehensive Analytical chemistry: Emerging Halogenated Flame Retardants in the Environment, 2020.
• «Halogenated and organophosphorous flame retardants» in Current and Future Developments in Food Science: Advances in the Determination of Xenobiotics in Foods, 2019.
• «Fabra, enginyer químic, i la terminologia científica i tècnica» Fabra: Converses terminològiques: Espais Terminològics 2018, 2019.
• «Halogenated and organophosphorus flame retardants in cetaceans of the southwestern Indian Ocean» Chemosphere, 2019.
• «Occurrence of halogenated flame retardants in sediments and sea urchins (Paracentrotus lividus) from a North African Mediterranean coastal lagoon (Bizerte, Tunisia)» Science of the Total Environment, 2018.
• «Preliminary study of long-range transport of halogenated flame retardants using Antarctic marine mammals» Science of the Total Environment, 2018.
• «Assessing the effects of seawater temperature and pH on the bioaccumulation of emerging chemical contaminants in marine bivalves» Environmental Research, 2018.
• «Halogenated and organophosphorus flame retardants in European aquaculture samples» Science of the Total Environment, 2018.
• «Catalan names of the new chemical elements» Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, 2017.
• «Effect of pyrethroid treatment against sea lice in salmon farming regarding consumers’ health» Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017.
• «Insecticide pyrethroids in liver of striped dolphin from the Mediterranean Sea» Environmental Pollution, 2017.
• «Ocurrence of halogenated flame retardants in commercial seafood species available in European markets» Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017.
• «Preliminary assessment on the bioaccessibility of contaminants of emerging concern in raw and cooked seafood» Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017.
• «Nomenclatura de química analítica» La terminologia en les ciències de la vida, en la química i en el món educatiu, 2013.
• «Determination of polyphenols in wines by liquid chromatography with UV spectrophotometric detection» Journal of Separation Science, 2011.

CONFERENCES

• «Writing, submitting and defending your PhD thesis»
  La Caixa PhD – Vitae Training Programme (Apr 2019)
• «Fabra, enginyer químic: Assoliments i reptes en terminologia científica i tècnica»
  Espais Terminològics “Fabra: converses terminològiques” (Oct 2018)
• «Temporal trends of flame retardants and non-targeted analysis of halogenated contaminants in striped dolphins from the Mediterranean Sea»
  Dioxin 2018 – 38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (Aug 2018)
• «Halogenated and organophosphorus flame retardants in cetaceans from the Indian Ocean»
  Dioxin 2018 – 38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (Aug 2018)
• «Temporal trends (1990-2015) of halogenated contaminants in striped dolphins from the Mediterranean Sea»
  V Reunión Nacional de Dioxinas, Furanos y Compuestos Orgánicos Persistentes Relacionados (Jun 2017)
• «What about Environmental Quality Standards for PBDEs and HBCD in river fish?»
  BFR 2017 – 8th International Symposium on Flame Retardants (May 2017)
• «Flame retardants in seals of the Antarctica: Long-range transport of organic pollutants»
  52nd Annual Canadian Trace Organic Workshop (Apr 2017)
• «Occurrence of flame retardants in European seafood and consumer risk assessment»
  ECsafeSEAFOOD Final Conference (Jan 2017)
• «Intake and bioaccessibility of flame retardants through seafood consumption»
  10th Network Conference on Persistent Organic Pollutants (Apr 2016)
• «Pyrethroid bioaccumulation in Mediterranean dolphins»
  SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting (Apr 2015)
• «Pyrethroid accumulation in farmed salmon»
  Aquaculture Europe 2014 (Oct 2014)
• «La qualitat lingüística en els treballs de química analítica»
  II Jornada de Correcció i Assessorament Lingüístic (May 2013)
• «Nomenclatura de química analítica»
  VII Seminari de Terminologia: «La nomenclatura química de la IUPAC en català» (Nov 2012)

POSTERS

• «Antarctic marine mammals as indicators of long-range transport of emerging pollutants»
  Dioxin 2018 – 38th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (Aug. 2018)
• «Halogenated and organophosphorous flame retardants in aquaculture samples»
  SETAC Europe 27th Annual Meeting (May 2017)
• «Halogenated flame retardants in eggs of Spanish birds»
  SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting (May 2016)
• «Pyrethroid occurrence and distribution in Brazilian fish tissues»
  SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting (May 2016)
• «Effect of pyrethroid treatment against sea lice in farmed salmon»
  SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting (Apr 2015)
• «Insecticide pyrethroids in liver of striped dolphin from the Mediterranean Sea»
  Dioxin 2014 – 34th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (Sep 2014)
• «Desenvolupament d’un mètode cromatogràfic per a la determinació de polifenols en vi»
  Masterquímica VII (May 2011)

SCIENCE PERFORMANCES

«Pyrethroids – The new classic»
Musical (10 min) reimagining Disney songs, based on the work of the article «Effect of pyrethroid treatment against sea lice in salmon farming regarding consumers’ health» Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017.

• Science slam SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting (Apr 2015) – winner
• Summer school SEA-on-a-CHIP (Sep 2015)
• Cabaret Nowhere (Jul 2016) – abridged version (5 min)
• 52nd Annual Canadian Trace Organic Workshop (Apr 2017)
• Leisure-scientific party at CID-CSIC (Oct 2017) – Spanish version
• SciDF4Fun – After-lab with Science Comedy (Mar 2018)
• La Ká (Apr 2018) – abridged Spanish version in drag (3 min)
• Comedy Circus Dragstravaganza (Sep 2018) – drag queen version
• PLAYspiracy, BCNspiracy (Oct 2018) – Spanish version
• Science Queers Academy at La Federica (Oct 2019) – Spanish version in drag
• Pride in Sciences (Jul 2020) – Spanish version in drag
• De(s)generadas (May 2021) – Spanish version in drag

«Seafood tango»
Drag queen musical (10 min) reimagining Cell Block Tango from Chicago, based on the work of the article «Ocurrence of halogenated flame retardants in commercial seafood species available in European markets» Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017.

• Science slam ECsafeSEAFOOD Final Conference (Jan 2017)
• Science slam SETAC Europe 27th Annual Meeting (May 2017) – winner
• Queerbaret Nowhere (Jul 2017) – abridged version (6 min)
• SciDF4Fun – After-lab with Science Comedy (Mar 2018)
• Comedy Circus Dragstravaganza (Mar 2018)
• PLAYspiracy, BCNspiracy (Oct 2018)
• Fierce Queers Fair (Aug 2019)
• Campus Gutenberg-CosmoCaixa of Scienctific Communication and Culture (Sep 2019) – Spanish version
• Science Queers Academy at La Federica (Oct 2019) – Spanish version
• BCNspiracy (Nov 2019) – abridged version (6 min) in Spanish
• De(s)generadas (May 2021) – abridged version (6 min) in Spanish

«Polutants harsh discoveries. Sea life and mankind» aka «PhD slam»
Stand-up comedy (15 min) summarising my whole PhD.

• 3rd Meeting of Young Researchers from the IDAEA-CSIC (Oct 2017)
• PLAYspiracy, BCNspiracy (Oct 2018) – Catalan version
• Campus Gutenberg-CosmoCaixa of Scienctific Communication and Culture (Sep 2019) – Spanish version in drag

«Science Queers»
YouTube channel about science by a drag queen.