Javier Santaolalla
Javier Santaolalla is a Spanish particle physicist, author and science creator who shares the universe through Date un Vlog, books and live shows that mix physics, humour and music.
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Known for
- Date un Vlog: Lo que van Gogh vio2026 · Creator and presenter
YouTube - El Club de la Tusa2025 · Creator and director
Live show - La Esfera de los LibrosEl bosón de Higgs no te va a hacer la cama2016 · Author; 2025 paperback edition
- La última frontera2021 · Presenter
RTVE Play - PlayzWhaat!? Tú cómo lo ves2021 · Co-presenter with Rocío Vidal
Overview
- From
- Born in Burgos, Spain; moved to Gran Canaria at nine.
- Training
- Telecommunications engineering and a doctorate in particle physics.
- Research
- Worked on the CMS experiment at CERN, part of the Higgs boson discovery.
- Known online as
- The creator behind Date un Vlog and Date un Voltio.
Mini bio
How it started.
Javier was born in Burgos and moved to Gran Canaria when he was nine. He studied telecommunications engineering at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and physics at the Complutense University of Madrid. His research took him to the French space agency CNES and then CERN, where he worked on CMS, one of the experiments behind the Higgs boson discovery.
Finding his voice.
He told Xataka that popular science books changed his idea of physics, opening up a world beyond school exercises. His first science communication work was giving guided tours at CERN, followed by scientific comedy monologues. He wanted to make the material he wished he could have found as a curious teenager.
From monologues to millions.
As a cofounder of Big Van, he brought science to the stage through comedy. Date un Voltio and Date un Vlog carried that approach online. By the time of his 2019 Xataka interview, his three YouTube channels together had more than a million subscribers. Books, television and talks gave fans more ways to follow his questions about the universe.
Science with a piano.
El Club de la Tusa brings his interests together on stage: physics, history, poetry, philosophy and piano. He created and directed the show, using heartbreak as a starting point for questions about human experience. Alongside his online work, he has also presented La última frontera and co-presented Whaat!? with Rocío Vidal.
Creditschronological, newest first
Online video
- 2026Lo que van Gogh vio (y nadie más lo hizo)Creator and presenter, Date un Vlog
- 2026¿Las máquinas pueden sentir?Creator and presenter, Date un Vlog
Live shows
- 2025El Club de la TusaCreator and director
Television
- 2021La última fronteraPresenter
- 2021Whaat!? Tú cómo lo vesCo-presenter with Rocío Vidal
Books
Awards
- Premio a la Alfabetización Mediática e Informativa2026 · Premios Alejandro Echevarría, for helping audiences become critical consumers of information through new media.
- Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio2025 · Encomienda con Placa, presented at La Moncloa on October 15.
- Premio Aquae al Monólogo de Ciencia2015 · First prize for “Como agua para el hielo”, a comedy monologue about water and its states.
Quotes
Si me dijeran que mañana soy millonario y no tengo que hacer nada, me levantaría y me pondría a estudiar.Javier Santaolalla, Efecto Folelé
In his October 2026 interview, he explained that curiosity drives his work and his own continued studies.
Trivia
- He worked on the Galileo project during a stay at CNES in Toulouse.
- His move into science communication began with guided tours at CERN.
- He plays piano live as part of El Club de la Tusa.
- On Efecto Folelé, he recalled being elected class representative on his first day at his new school in the Canary Islands.
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