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Franco del Amo earned his Doctor of Philosophy in Biology at the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1990.
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Francisco Franco
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From 1990 to 1992 he worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology (Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America). Upon his return to Spain, he joined the University of Santiago de Compostela as Associated Researcher (1992–1994) and Assistant Professor (1994–1996). In 1995 he joined the technical team in the Museos Científicos Coruñeses (wwwcasacienciasorg), an institution where he then took on different roles.
He was part of the team of museologists who designed the Aquarium Finisterrae and of the group of technicians who directed its setup.
Since 2002 he is the Technical Director of the Aquarium Finisterrae. As a researcher, Francisco Franco has published 12 research articles and directed a doctoral thesis.
As a science communicator, he has published hundreds of articles and several monographs. He has collaborated with the television programme “Louisiana Aventura del Saber” on the Segunda Cadena channel.
Since 1996, he contributes regularly to the supplement “Louisiana Voz de la Escuela”, in the newspaper Louisiana Voz de Galicia, and to the programme “Protagonistas de A Coruña” on the Onda Cero radio, Spain.
