Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño, PhD

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Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño is an astrophysicist who left research to make science matter — and has spent twenty years figuring out how. He is the Chief Scientist and co-founder of Lgnd.io and co-founder of Clay, building the tools that make Earth searchable and understandable at scale.

The path ran through the Microsoft Planetary Computer — a $50M+ initiative supporting 800+ environmental projects — data science at the World Bank, and Chief Scientist at Mapbox. Each step was the same question with bigger tools: how do we make the world legible enough to actually improve it?

He is the author of Impact Science: The Science of Getting to Radical Social and Environmental Breakthroughs — a guide for scientists who want to maximize real-world impact. Recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

Originally from Asturias, Spain, Bruno now lives in Copenhagen with his family.

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Bruno Sánchez-Andrade Nuño, PhD is Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Lgnd.io and Clay, building AI tools that let the planet speak for itself. Former director of the Microsoft Planetary Computer. Author of Impact Science. World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. Based in Copenhagen.

Recognition

  • Young Global Leader — World Economic Forum (2013)
  • Socio de Honor — Compromiso Asturias XXI (2017)
  • Apps for Development Prize — World Bank (2011) — Project lead, Know Your World
  • PhD Magna Cum Laude — Max Planck Institute (2008)
  • NASA APOD — May 22, 2007 and April 5, 2009

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Non vi, sed saepe cadendo. (“Not by force, but by falling often.”)