El Zoominario
El Zoominario is a seminar series to disseminate science among general audiences. All videos are recorded and posted on YouTube.
This seminar series has two seasons:
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El Zoominario (English edition) which ran from October 2020 to May 2025 with 40 scientific short talks (in English) to share the Latinx experience in STEM. This seminar is no longer running, but you can watch all recorded talks in the YouTube channel.
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El Zoominario (Spanish edition) which will start in September 2025 with STEAM talks in Spanish. Anyone can present in this seminar and talks will also be recorded and available in the YouTube channel.
FAQ
What is the format of the talks? The talks are 15-30 minutes long of a STEAM topic explained in accessible terms to a broad audience.
How can I watch? Anybody can watch the recorded talks in the YouTube channel for El Zoominario English and the YouTube channel for El Zoominario Spanish.
I am at UW-Madison, can I watch the talks live? We are not organizing live talks right now, but you can join the UW google group “el-zoominario” to be added to the mailing list in order to receive news.
Why are the youtube comments disabled? Currently, we do not have the time to guarantee that all comments will be polite, respectful and family-friendly. Since we want to make these talks accessible to any audience, we prefer to block comments for now.
I want to give a talk or nominate someone to give a talk? Great! Please fill out this google form. El Zoominario is open to anyone!
Meet the organizers
Originally from Mexico City, Claudia Solís-Lemus is an associate professor at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Born and raised in Mexico City, Daniel Pimentel-Alarcon is an assistant professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.
