About Dr. Alfredo Carpineti

About the Author

Dr Alfredo Carpineti (he/him) is an astrophysicist and communicator, passionate about science but also art, history, reading, cooking, and travelling. Alfredo mainly covers astronomy, physics, and technology stories but you’ll see his words pop up across all the categories as well appearing on some of the IFLScience videos. He is also the co-creator and co-host of IFLScience’s podcast The Big Questions. He is committed to fighting inequity in STEM and is the chair and founder of Pride in STEM the largest UK charity dedicated to supporting LGBTQ+ People in STEM. He’s an avid science communicator producing videos and podcasts under the moniker The Astroholic. He’s writing a book about all the astronomical discoveries done with light beyond what we can see called Invisible Rainbows.