
Max Bautista Perpinyà, Curriculum Vitae 'Aspirant' Doctoral Fellow of the Belgian National Science Fund (FNRS, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique). E-mail: max dot bautista @ uclouvain dot be \| Personal site: www.oliviodare.com max.bautista@uclouvain.be \| Personal site: www.oliviodare.com Currently I am a PhD candidate in the History and Philosophy of Science based at UCLouvain, in Belgium. I am interested in the historicity of 'biodiversity', which appears both as a technical tool in conservation and nature management projects and as a fertile concept able to mobilise great social and political efforts. My project is set in the Spanish context, based on three case studies in the last third of the twentieth century. I study how three different expert groups understood and valued diversity, and how they envisioned the relationship between science, nature, and society. I look at the cases of 1- state forest engineers, 2- regional nature conservation activists, and 3- biologists at a seed cryopreservation station. Education `2021-now` PhD History and Philosophy of Science, Université catolique de Louvain (BE) FNRS (Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique) ‘Aspirant’ Fellow `2018-2020` MSc History and Philosophy of Science, Utrecht University (NL) Graduated Cum Laude. `2014-2016` MSc Neuroscience, Université de Strasbourg (FR) & Universität Freiburg (DE) Graduated with High Honours (Mention Bien). `2011-2014` BSc Maastricht Science Programme, Maastricht University (NL) Graduated with Honours. Selected research experience `Sep 2019-Dec 2020` Researcher, Master Thesis @ Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Utrecht University (NL) Thesis: ‘To be a molecular scientist. The negotiation of epistemic and social virtues in 1970s Nature’s marketplace.’ http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/400784. Prof. Dr. Bert Theunissen. `Sep 2016-Jun 2017` Research Assistant @ Rare Diseases Research Centre, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES) Study of a rodent model of rare epileptic disease (Lafora disease) Personal tasks: animal experimentation (behavioural testing, electrode implantation surgery, brain extraction), molecular research (analysis of neuroimaging data and histology). Dr. Marina Sánchez, Dr. MD José Serratosa. `Sep 2015-Jun 2016` Researcher, Master Thesis @ Biological and Personality Psychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg (DE) Thesis: ‘Limbic morphology and emotion in Borderline Personality Disorder.’ Prof. Dr. Gregor Domes, Dr. Bastian Schiller. Editorial experience `2018-2022` Co-founder, Creative Director @ Journal of Trial and Error Academic interdisciplinary publishing initiative providing a space for reports on and reflection upon productive failure in scientific practice. https://journal.trialanderror.org/. Now a Diamond OA journal. Personal tasks: developing working concepts and editorial policy, conference talks, institutional contact, and design coordination. Awards and Fellowships `2022-ongoing` ‘Aspirant’ Doctoral Fellow of the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (BE) BIODIVKNOVAL: ‘Biodiversity and conservation science in Spain, 1970-present: knowledge and values in transition.’ Fully-funded 2-year Fellowship, extensible to an additional 2 years. `May 2022` Vicent Peset Llorca Fellowship 2021-22, Inter-university Institute López Piñero for the History of Medicine and Science, Universitat de València (ES) ‘Empirical ground: first round of archive-based enquiries for a historical project on the concept of biodiversidad in the Spanish conservation movement and the work of ICONA’s ‘ingenieros de montes’ (1970-2000)’ Publications Devine S, Bautista Perpinyà M, Delrue V, Gaillard S, Jorna T, van der Meer M, Millet L, Pozzebon C, Visser J. ‘Science Fails. Let’s Publish.’ Journal of Trial and Error. https://doi.org/10.36850/ed1. Burgos DF, Cussó L, Sánchez-Elexpuru G, Calle D, Perpinyà MB, Desco M, Serratosa JM, Sánchez MP. ‘Structural and Functional Brain Abnormalities in Mouse Models of Lafora Disease.’ International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020; 21(20):7771. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21207771. Book reviews Bautista Perpinyà, M. & Pence, C. H. (2023): ‘David Sepkoski’s Catastrophic Thinking’, BJPS Review of Books. https://www.thebsps.org/reviewofbooks/perpinya-pence-on-sepkoski/. Selected talks and events `October 20-21, 2023` Co-organiser, Integrating the History and Philosophy of Biodiversity. Narratives of Diversity, Extinction, Conflict and Value, Brussels Co-organised with Charles H. Pence. Hosted at the Museum of Natural Sciences. https://pencelab.be/events/biodiversity-2023/ `April 20-21, 2023` Speaker, 9th PhD Conference in History of Science and Humanities, Soeterbeeck Abbey (NL) “Scientific forestry in post-Franco Spain: making “better” trees at a national network of experimental stations.” `September 9, 2022` Speaker, 10th Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, September 7-10 Talk: ‘Straight trunks” and “original biocenosis”: production and conservation aims of Spanish foresters during the last third of the twentieth century at the Instituto Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza.’ Session: ‘Sustainability and Biodiversity.’ `May 13, 2022` Speaker, III Congreso de la Red España de Historia Ambiental de España, May 11-13 Talk: ‘Descentralizando la historia de la biodiversidad: el conocimiento científico y su co-construcción con políticas nacionales ambientales en el ICONA.’ `Jul 13, 2021` Speaker, British Society for the History of Science Lightning Session: ‘Patrons, Publics, and Profiteers: Selling Science in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.’ Talk: ‘”If You Need a New Microscope – Why Purchase an Old One?” Scientific Advertisements in Nature and Their Role in the Printed Forum of the Laboratory Research Community.’ `Oct 22, 2020` Invited speaker, IV Conveción Científica Internacional (Universidad Técnica de Manabí) Roundtable: ‘Sistemas latinoamericanos de indexación: ética o estética.’ Talk: ‘Ciencia Abierta: Globalidad y Localidad.’ `Feb 21, 2020` Invited speaker and panellist, University of Bern Talk: ‘The Journal of Trial and Error meets the Early-Career Swiss Society for Neuroscience.’ `Jul 12, 2019` Invited speaker, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge University Talk: ‘The Journal of Trial and Error. Publishing science in the making: trying and erring in the age of open science.’ Teaching / Mentoring `Mar-Sep 2021` Internship Coordinator, Journal of Trial and Error & Utrecht University (NL) Support of 1 MSc HPS student from Utrecht University as an intern at the journal. Design of internship goals and assessment of milestones. `Academic years 2020-21, 2021-22` Workshop speaker, Utrecht University (NL) ‘Community Research Ethics and Publication Ethics’, ‘Publication Possibilities, Scientific Outreach and Open Science.’ Life Science Faculty Introductory days for 500+ new master students. `2016` Student supervisor, Biological & Personality Psychology Laboratory, Universität Freiburg (DE) Daily management of several undergraduates. Teaching a neuroimaging sectioning manual technique to the students. Languages Spanish: Native, Catalan: Native, English: Full Professional, French: Intermediate. — Last Update January 2023

Max Bautista Perpinyà, Curriculum Vitae

'Aspirant' Doctoral Fellow of the Belgian National Science Fund (FNRS, Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique).

E-mail: max dot bautista @ uclouvain dot be | Personal site: www.oliviodare.com

max.bautista@uclouvain.be | Personal site: www.oliviodare.com

Currently

I am a PhD candidate in the History and Philosophy of Science based at UCLouvain, in Belgium. I am interested in the historicity of 'biodiversity', which appears both as a technical tool in conservation and nature management projects and as a fertile concept able to mobilise great social and political efforts. My project is set in the Spanish context, based on three case studies in the last third of the twentieth century. I study how three different expert groups understood and valued diversity, and how they envisioned the relationship between science, nature, and society. I look at the cases of 1- state forest engineers, 2- regional nature conservation activists, and 3- biologists at a seed cryopreservation station.

Education

2021-now PhD History and Philosophy of Science, Université catolique de Louvain (BE)

FNRS (Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique) ‘Aspirant’ Fellow

2018-2020 MSc History and Philosophy of Science, Utrecht University (NL)

Graduated Cum Laude.

2014-2016 MSc Neuroscience, Université de Strasbourg (FR) & Universität Freiburg (DE)

Graduated with High Honours (Mention Bien).

2011-2014 BSc Maastricht Science Programme, Maastricht University (NL)

Graduated with Honours.

Selected research experience

Sep 2019-Dec 2020 Researcher, Master Thesis @ Descartes Centre for the History and Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Utrecht University (NL)

Thesis: ‘To be a molecular scientist. The negotiation of epistemic and social virtues in 1970s Nature’s marketplace.’ http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/400784.
Prof. Dr. Bert Theunissen.

Sep 2016-Jun 2017 Research Assistant @ Rare Diseases Research Centre, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (ES)

Study of a rodent model of rare epileptic disease (Lafora disease)
Personal tasks: animal experimentation (behavioural testing, electrode implantation surgery, brain extraction), molecular research (analysis of neuroimaging data and histology).
Dr. Marina Sánchez, Dr. MD José Serratosa.

Sep 2015-Jun 2016 Researcher, Master Thesis @ Biological and Personality Psychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg (DE)

Thesis: ‘Limbic morphology and emotion in Borderline Personality Disorder.’
Prof. Dr. Gregor Domes, Dr. Bastian Schiller.

Editorial experience

2018-2022 Co-founder, Creative Director @ Journal of Trial and Error

Academic interdisciplinary publishing initiative providing a space for reports on and reflection upon productive failure in scientific practice. https://journal.trialanderror.org/. Now a Diamond OA journal.
Personal tasks: developing working concepts and editorial policy, conference talks, institutional contact, and design coordination.

Awards and Fellowships

2022-ongoing ‘Aspirant’ Doctoral Fellow of the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (BE)

BIODIVKNOVAL: ‘Biodiversity and conservation science in Spain, 1970-present: knowledge and values in transition.’
Fully-funded 2-year Fellowship, extensible to an additional 2 years.

May 2022 Vicent Peset Llorca Fellowship 2021-22, Inter-university Institute López Piñero for the History of Medicine and Science, Universitat de València (ES)

‘Empirical ground: first round of archive-based enquiries for a historical project on the concept of biodiversidad in the Spanish conservation movement and the work of ICONA’s ‘ingenieros de montes’ (1970-2000)’

Publications

Devine S, Bautista Perpinyà M, Delrue V, Gaillard S, Jorna T, van der Meer M, Millet L, Pozzebon C, Visser J. ‘Science Fails. Let’s Publish.’ Journal of Trial and Error. https://doi.org/10.36850/ed1.

Burgos DF, Cussó L, Sánchez-Elexpuru G, Calle D, Perpinyà MB, Desco M, Serratosa JM, Sánchez MP. ‘Structural and Functional Brain Abnormalities in Mouse Models of Lafora Disease.’ International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020; 21(20):7771. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21207771.

Book reviews

Bautista Perpinyà, M. & Pence, C. H. (2023): ‘David Sepkoski’s Catastrophic Thinking’, BJPS Review of Books. https://www.thebsps.org/reviewofbooks/perpinya-pence-on-sepkoski/.

Selected talks and events

October 20-21, 2023 Co-organiser, Integrating the History and Philosophy of Biodiversity. Narratives of Diversity, Extinction, Conflict and Value, Brussels

Co-organised with Charles H. Pence. Hosted at the Museum of Natural Sciences.
https://pencelab.be/events/biodiversity-2023/

April 20-21, 2023 Speaker, 9th PhD Conference in History of Science and Humanities, Soeterbeeck Abbey (NL)

“Scientific forestry in post-Franco Spain: making “better” trees at a national network of experimental stations.”

September 9, 2022 Speaker, 10th Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, September 7-10

Talk: ‘Straight trunks” and “original biocenosis”: production and conservation aims of Spanish foresters during the last third of the twentieth century at the Instituto Nacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza.’
Session: ‘Sustainability and Biodiversity.’

May 13, 2022 Speaker, III Congreso de la Red España de Historia Ambiental de España, May 11-13

Talk: ‘Descentralizando la historia de la biodiversidad: el conocimiento científico y su co-construcción con políticas nacionales ambientales en el ICONA.’

Jul 13, 2021 Speaker, British Society for the History of Science

Lightning Session: ‘Patrons, Publics, and Profiteers: Selling Science in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.’
Talk: ‘”If You Need a New Microscope – Why Purchase an Old One?” Scientific Advertisements in Nature and Their Role in the Printed Forum of the Laboratory Research Community.’

Oct 22, 2020 Invited speaker, IV Conveción Científica Internacional (Universidad Técnica de Manabí)

Roundtable: ‘Sistemas latinoamericanos de indexación: ética o estética.’
Talk: ‘Ciencia Abierta: Globalidad y Localidad.’

Feb 21, 2020 Invited speaker and panellist, University of Bern

Talk: ‘The Journal of Trial and Error meets the Early-Career Swiss Society for Neuroscience.’

Jul 12, 2019 Invited speaker, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge University

Talk: ‘The Journal of Trial and Error. Publishing science in the making: trying and erring in the age of open science.’

Teaching / Mentoring

Mar-Sep 2021 Internship Coordinator, Journal of Trial and Error & Utrecht University (NL)

Support of 1 MSc HPS student from Utrecht University as an intern at the journal.
Design of internship goals and assessment of milestones.

Academic years 2020-21, 2021-22 Workshop speaker, Utrecht University (NL)

‘Community Research Ethics and Publication Ethics’, ‘Publication Possibilities, Scientific Outreach and Open Science.’
Life Science Faculty Introductory days for 500+ new master students.

2016 Student supervisor, Biological & Personality Psychology Laboratory, Universität Freiburg (DE)

Daily management of several undergraduates. Teaching a neuroimaging sectioning manual technique to the students.

Languages

Spanish: Native, Catalan: Native, English: Full Professional, French: Intermediate.

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Last Update

January 2023