About

Hi, I’m Amanda Martinez, Chief Creative Officer and head of brand at Prometheus, an energy company that uses solar and wind power to turn CO2 from the air into carbon neutral e-fuels. Backed by Maersk, BMW, and Y Combinator, we make the only e-fuels that can compete with fossil fuels on price and are the world's first e-fuels unicorn startup, valued at $1.5B. Our mission could not be bolder. Using advances in electrochemistry and nanotechnology, we’ve created a new source of limitless, affordable, carbon neutral energy. Our goal is to introduce it to the world. We love our machines, our cars and planes, our bikes and jetpacks, and we can’t wait to power them with fuel that doesn’t harm the planet. As Prometheus CCO, I'm head of brand and communications, responsible for creating the look, feel, and voice of Prometheus' identity. If you’d like to explore Prometheus and my work there, check us out here.

This site is devoted to my work as a writer.

Before joining Prometheus, I was a freelance science journalist. I published work with The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Scientific American, PRI’s Living on Earth, and Science News for Kids, among others. In my quest for stories, I reported on five continents. I stalked marine iguanas in the Galápagos with conservation biologists, hunted the aurora borealis, investigated the fate of plastic trash in the ocean, witnessed my brain “on nostalgia” triggered by music in an MRI machine, and had the privilege of talking to people in over 40 cities around the world about the nostalgic memories that shaped and defined their identities. Before that, I was the environment and music editor for a weekly paper in Santa Cruz, California. It was an amazing gig that, by day, found me shadowing scientists as they probed one the most stunning and varied ecosystems on the planet, and, by night, had me holed up in some corner of a local biker bar or blues club, reviewing a homegrown legend or touring musician as they made their way up the coast.

I’m also a playwright. My work tends to focus on science and how it intersects with the human condition. I’ve written about robots, prehistoric humans, memory, and the psychology of cherished places. My plays have been produced or developed by Yale University, The Samuel French Short Play Festival, The Goodman Theatre, The Chicago Dramatists, The Skeleton Rep, and Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts in New York City. My screenplays have won more than a dozen awards at competitions in the U.S., Germany, and the Netherlands.

I hold an M.S. in Science Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Playwriting from Yale University. The best way to reach me is via LinkedIn.

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