Zita Martins
Portuguese astrobiologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zita Carla Torrão Pinto Martins FRS (born 1979),[1][4] OSE, is a Portuguese astrobiologist, and an associate professor at Instituto Superior Técnico.[5] She was a Royal Society University Research Fellow (URF)[2] at Imperial College London.[6] Her research explores how life may have begun on Earth by looking for organic compounds in meteorite samples.[7][8][9][10]
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Born | (1979-03-19) March 19, 1979 (age 45)[1] |
Nationality | Portuguese |
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Known for | Astrobiology, Meteorites and extraterrestrial organic matter, science communication |
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Thesis | Chemical analysis of organic molecules in carbonaceous meteorites (2007) |
Doctoral advisor | Pascale Ehrenfreund |
Website | fenix |
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