Jessica brings a diverse skill set and deep-sea sampling experience to the expedition team. With a Master of Science in Biological Oceanography from the Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel in Germany, her research focuses on microbial communities in extreme environments. Previously, Jessica contributed to research cruises, data analysis, and publications as a Research … Continued
Amber Wu is an incoming PhD student in the Department of Chemistry at Pennsylvania State University, USA. Her current research focuses on complex coacervate droplet formation as a primitive form of cellular compartmentalization. Amber received her BMSc in Medical Biophysics and Biochemistry from Western University, Canada, with a thesis on computational statistical mechanics modeling of … Continued
Guillermo Guzman is a marine biologist of the Arturo Prat University with a Doctorate in Sciences from Sao Paulo University, Brazil. Guillermo Guzman’s career is marked by extensive research on the marine biodiversity of Chile. His papers, which include records of species from the North of Chile and studies on the associated pelagic fauna in … Continued
Isabel Herreros obtained her degree in Astrophysics at Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) in 1999. In 2003, she obtained her Ph.D. degree in Computational Fluid Dynamics at the Faculty of Physics of the same University. From 2003 to 2019, Dr. Herreros served as a researcher and Program Director at Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de … Continued
Mara is currently pursuing her Ph.D. at the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) in Spain. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and an M.Sc. in Evolutionary Biology from Complutense University of Madrid, as well as an M.Ed. in Teacher Training for Secondary Education from Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid. She began her academic journey … Continued
Antonio is a scientist at Mars Planetology in the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB, CSIC-INTA). He specializes in studying early Mars using remote sensing techniques. Antonio has been involved in various Mars missions, such as the ESA’s ExoMars Rosalind Franklin, where he is currently part of the geologic Macro and RLS Raman instrument teams. He has … Continued
Miguel obtained a BSc in Biochemistry at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), followed by a MSc in Microbiology at the same institution. He has participated in research projects in several institutions. He benefited from an internship at the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences of the University of Copenhagen, and carried out his BSc … Continued
Karolina Rivera-Osorio is an aspiring American astronaut and former NASA intern of Space Psychology and sustainable agriculture. Honing an Honors Associates Degree in Math and Sciences and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology with a minor in Film Acting—Karolina has facilitated various projects for NASA as a Lead researcher and Human Factors Engineer in projects such … Continued
Oscar Ercilla is a predoctoral researcher at the Center for Astrobiology (CAB). His research is based on the dielectrical properties of icy moons analogs for radar exploration. Previously he has worked in laboratory and research tasks in Spain on construction materials and in Chile doing metallogenic mapping and the study of salt flats in the … Continued
Daniel is a research scientist in the Laboratory of Biogeochemistry in Extreme Environments in the Centre of Astrobiology (CAB), in Madrid, Spain. Between (2007 and 2016), he had five post-doctoral contracts in different research centers (Australia, Sweden, Portugal, Spain and Ireland). He has a multidisciplinary background (biogeochemistry, analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, atmospheric chemistry) with extensive … Continued
