Zita Martins (AB13-EFCF-3BCE)

Curriculum Vitae

Zita Martins

Zita Martins is an Astrobiologist, an Associate Professor and Vice-President for International Affairs at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal, and the Higher Education, Science, Innovation and Digital Transition Adviser to the President of Portugal. She works in the field of Astrobiology and Cosmochemistry, and her research interests include the detection of bio-signatures in space missions, and the potential contribution of organic compounds present in meteorites and comets to the origin of life on Earth. She has a 5-year undergraduate degree (Licenciatura) in Chemistry from IST (Portugal, 2002) and a PhD in Astrobiology from Leiden University (The Netherlands, 2007). She was an Invited Scientist at NASA Goddard (2005 and 2006), and an Invited Professor at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France) (2012). In 2009 she was awarded a Royal Society Research Fellowship worth 1 Million British Pounds, and she was a Royal Society University Research Fellow at Imperial College London (UK) until end of 2017. Since January 2018 she is an Associate Professor at IST (Portugal). From 2019 to 2023, she was the Co-Director of the MIT-Portugal Program. Zita Martins has been actively involved in space research, including participation in several space missions. From 2007 to 2009 she worked on the Urey Mars Organic and Oxidant detector, which was previously listed to fly to Mars on the ExoMars mission. She is a Co-Investigator of two European Space Agency (ESA) projects (OREOcube and EXOcube), which will be installed in the International Space Station. She is also a Community Scientist of the ARIEL space mission from ESA, a Member of the Japanese space mission Hayabusa2 from JAXA, and a Member in the class-F space mission Comet Interceptor from ESA. Zita Martins is the Chair of the Solar System Exploration Working Group (SSEWG) of ESA, the Portuguese Representative of the Executive Committee of the European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA), a Member of the European Space Sciences Committee. Until recently she was a is a Committee member of the Astrobiology Society of Britain (ASB), an Expert Member of ESA Life Sciences Working Group (LSWG), a Member of the Leonard Medal Committee and a Member of the Jessberger Award Committee, both from the Meteoritical Society. She has an active involvement with public outreach activities, including several international media interviews, and public talks at museums and Science festivals (more details https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/homepage/ist31684). She had the honour of having her portrait sketched (special commission) for the Royal Society exhibit about successful women in science. She was selected by the BBC as an Expert Women Scientist, and as one of "100 Women in Science" by the Portuguese Agency of Science and Technology Ciência Viva. In 2018 she received a Barbie Award 2018 on the International Girl Child Day for being an inspiration to girls. In 2015 Zita Martins was appointed Oficial da Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada (OSE) by the President of Portugal for exceptional and outstanding merits in science.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Zita Martins

Citation names

Martins, Zita

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: AB13-EFCF-3BCE
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5420-1081

Email addresses

zita.martins@tecnico.ulisboa.pt (Professional)

Addresses

Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Av. Rovisco Pais 1, 1049-001 , Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Professional)

Websites

https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/homepage/ist31684 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening
Portuguese	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian	Beginner (A1)	Advanced (C1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Russian	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)
Dutch	Beginner (A1)	Intermediate (B1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2007 Concluded	Astrobiology (Doctor of Philosophy) Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands "Chemical Analysis of Organic Molecules in Carbonaceous Meteorites" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	n/a
2002 Concluded	Licenciatura em Química (Licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal "Static and time-resolved studies of single and multiple light scattering" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)	15 valores

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2018/01/15 - Current	Associate Professor (University Teacher)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2024/01/03 - Current	Vice-President	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

2022 - Current	Higher Education, Science, Innovation and Digital Transition Advisor to the President of Portugal	Presidência da República Portuguesa, Portugal

2021 - 2022	Science, Innovation and Digital Transition Advisor to the President of Portugal	Presidência da República Portuguesa, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2009/10/01 - 2017/09/30	Royal Society University Research Fellow	Imperial College London, United Kingdom

2012/06/25 - 2012/07/21	Invited Professor	Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France

2007/05/14 - 2009/09/30	Post-Doctoral Research Associate	Imperial College London, United Kingdom

2003/01/27 - 2007/01/24	Graduate Student	Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands

2006/02/01 - 2006/03/01	Visiting Scientist	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

2005/08/01 - 2005/10/14	Visiting Scientist	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

2002/09/23 - 2003/01/24	Graduate Researcher	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

2002/02/04 - 2002/07/31	Undergraduate Researcher	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

2001/09/01 - 2002/01/31	Undergraduate Researcher	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2024/03 - 2027/02	Origin of life: from hydrothermal vents to protocells (ORIGINS), 250 000 EUR 2022.05284.PTDC Principal investigator	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021 - 2023	diStributed AI system for mArine plastic debris (SMART), AI Moonshot Challenge, Collaborator, 500 000 EUR - Researcher	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2021/09 - 2022/08	Spectroscopic detection of bio-signatures in natural ice samples as a proxy of icy moons, Co-PI, 49 907.60 EUR MIT-EXPL/SOE/0058/2019 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Química Estrutural, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2018/07/01 - 2021/06/30	Origem, composição, evolução e exploração de Phobos, Co-PI, 240 000 EUR PTDC/FIS-AST/29932/2017 Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2009/10 - 2017/09	Organic signatures of life and prebiotic chemistry in our Solar System, PI, £1,000,000 7608-1 Principal investigator	The Royal Society
2013 - 2017	Microbe-Mineral-Biomarker Interactions in Mars Analogues, Collaborator, 253 115 EUR ALW-GO/13-09 Researcher	Netherlands Space Office Concluded
2013 - 2015	The role of mineral matrices in the detection and stability of biomarkers, PI, £12,000 IE121318 Principal investigator	The Royal Society Concluded
2012 - 2012	Analysis of Amino Acid Enantiomers, PI, £3,000 IE111486 Principal investigator	The Royal Society Concluded
2003/01 - 2006/12	Chemical analysis of organic molecules in carbonaceous meteorites, PI, 90 000 EUR SFRH/BD/10518/2002 PhD Student Fellow	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Outputs

Publications

Book chapter

Zita Martins. "Detection of Organic Matter and Biosignatures in Space Missions". In Astrobiology: Current, Evolving, and Emerging Perspectives, 74. Caister Academic Press, 2020.
10.21775/9781912530304.03
Coelho L.F.; Martins Z.. "The Geochemistry of Icy Moons". In Encyclopedia of Geology: Volume 1-6, Second Edition, 216-216. Elsevier, 2020.
10.1016/b978-0-08-102908-4.00123-5
Mason, N; Capova,; Laine, P; Losiak, A; Martins, Zita; Noack, L; Smith, K. "Science and Research". In Astrobiology and Society in Europe Today, 41-46. Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Martins Z.. "Organic molecules in meteorites and their astrobiological significance". In Handbook of Astrobiology, 177-193. 2018.
Zita Martins. "Origin of the Genetic Code and Abiotic Synthesis of Organic Compounds". 2012.
10.1007/978-94-007-4966-5_16
Martins Z.; Sephton M.A.. "Extraterrestrial Amino Acids". In Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins in Organic Chemistry, 42-42. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2010.
10.1002/9783527631766.ch1

Journal article

Rianço-Silva, Rafael; Machado, Pedro; Martins, Zita; Lellouch, Emmanuel; Loison, Jean-Christophe; Dias, João A.; Ribeiro, José. "A study of very high resolution visible spectra of Titan: Line characterisation in visible CH4 bands and the search for C3". Planetary and Space Science 240 105836 (2024): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032063323002052.
Published
Bonal, L.; Quirico, E.; Montagnac, G.; Komatsu, M.; Kebukawa, Y.; Yabuta, H.; Amano, K.; et al. "The thermal history of Ryugu based on Raman characterization of Hayabusa2 samples". Icarus 408 (2024): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85173660288&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115826
Mousis O.; Bouquet A.; Langevin Y.; André N.; Boithias H.; Durry G.; Faye F.; et al. "Moonraker: Enceladus Multiple Flyby Mission". 3 12 (2023): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/o_e65JAoW0kmuFjk4stalSaG4If6cjrGu_iz.
10.3847/PSJ/AC9C03
Miranda C.; Patel M.; Berberan-Santos M.N.; Hormigo T.; Correia A.C.M.; Pedras B.; Martins Z.. "The importance of Phobos simulants: a review on our current knowledge". 10 (2023): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/VxhOjliplsZkFUUvGOw-AqGFUtDiffpJOeoo.
10.3389/fspas.2023.1130743
Calapez, Francisco; Dias, Rodrigo; Cesário, Rute; Gonçalves, Diogo; Pedras, Bruno; Canário, João; Martins, Zita. "Spectroscopic Detection of Biosignatures in Natural Ice Samples as a Proxy for Icy Moons". Life 13 2 (2023): 478. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life13020478.
10.3390/life13020478
Yabuta, Hikaru; Cody, George D.; Engrand, Cecile; Kebukawa, Yoko; De Gregorio, Bradley; Bonal, Lydie; Remusat, Laurent; et al. "Macromolecular organic matter in samples of the asteroid (162173) Ryugu". Science (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/56493393/.
10.1126/SCIENCE.ABN9057
Kebukawa, Yoko; Quirico, Eric; Dartois, Emmanuel; Yabuta, Hikaru; Bejach, Laure; Bonal, Lydie; Dazzi, Alexandre; et al. "Infrared absorption spectra from organic matter in the asteroid Ryugu samples: Some unique properties compared to unheated carbonaceous chondrites". Meteoritics & Planetary Science (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/62946336/.
10.1111/MAPS.14064
Ferus, Martin; Knizek, Antonin; Cassone, Giuseppe; Rimmer, Paul B.; Changela, Hitesh; Chatzitheodoridis, Elias; Uwarova, Inna; et al. "Simulating asteroid impacts and meteor events by high-power lasers: from the laboratory to spaceborne missions". Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences (2023): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/63774709/.
10.3389/FSPAS.2023.1186172
Quirico, E.; Bonal, L.; Kebukawa, Y.; Amano, K.; Yabuta, H.; Phan, V.T.H.; Beck, P.; et al. "Compositional heterogeneity of insoluble organic matter extracted from asteroid Ryugu samples". Meteoritics and Planetary Science (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85176935044&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.1111/maps.14097
Zita Martins. "Presolar Stardust in Asteroid Ryugu". 935 1 (2022): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/zlKwiw4RpYjx6zGtGbIczM1FIKNdX1REhFmV.
10.3847/2041-8213/AC83BD
Lígia F. Coelho; Marie-Amélie Blais; Alex Matveev; Tina Keller-Costa; Warwick F. Vincent; Rodrigo Costa; Zita Martins; João Canário. "Contamination analysis of Arctic ice samples as planetary field analogs and implications for future life-detection missions to Europa and Enceladus". 12 1 (2022): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/-jItI8QE8_0qDIq7CiUhfl1gzOb1Jfjq_FsV.
10.1038/s41598-022-16370-5
L'\igia Fonseca Coelho; Joana Fernandes Couceiro; Tina Keller-Costa; Sara Martinez Valente; Tiago Pereirinha Ramalho; Joana Carneiro; J'er\^ome Comte; et al. "Structural shifts in sea ice prokaryotic communities across a salinity gradient in the subarctic". 827 (2022): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/Wvw3pundAyVTJWFtT4bU5a4BH6g3MW6jW5bm.
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154286
Zita Martins; Canário J.. "Color Catalogue of Life in Ice: Surface Biosignatures on Icy Worlds". 22 3 (2022): 313-321. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/FWQZj5Z8hddIdfE-_EQXTOTRAW2eHO3I3ojf.
10.1089/ast.2021.0008
d'Ischia M.; Manini P.; Martins Z.; Remusat L.; Conel C.M.; Puzzarini C.; Barone V.; Saladino R.. "Insoluble organic matter in chondrites: Archetypal melanin-like PAH-based multifunctionality at the origin of life?". 37 (2021): 65-93. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/UsZQ7-_-h1xgxncTXJjQfWEL73cfL1_e7kIu.
10.1016/j.plrev.2021.03.002
Blanc, Michel; Prieto-Ballesteros, Olga; Andre, Nicolas; Gomez-Elvira, Javier; Jones, Geraint; Sterken, Veerle; Desprats, William; et al. "Joint Europa Mission (JEM): a multi-scale study of Europa to characterize its habitability and search for extant life". 193 (2020): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/sOqXkiG0ZYFRKH_hw069a9f_54fOCxdNiCFm.
10.1016/j.pss.2020.104960
Chan Q.H.S.; Stroud R.; Martins Z.; Yabuta H.. "Concerns of Organic Contamination for Sample Return Space Missions". 216 4 (2020): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/AXoJ4YpVHywn8Jb4nIREr_Fre5pRhmS-_-zi.
10.1007/s11214-020-00678-7
Martins Z.; Chan Q.H.S.; Bonal L.; King A.; Yabuta H.. "Organic Matter in the Solar System—Implications for Future on-Site and Sample Return Missions". 216 4 (2020): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/UNRmHa0jUvqXV8i-Xt9BBJ5AP0ATeT9r-f9e.
10.1007/s11214-020-00679-6
Martins, Zita. "Detection of organic matter and biosignatures in space missions". 38 (2020): 53-74. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/-9kQ3u8Dbn6GogB9P20CA78k6p7X41wHaRRf.
10.21775/cimb.038.053
Martins, Zita. "Detection of Organic Matter and Biosignatures in Space Missions". Current Issues in Molecular Biology (2020): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/36832792/.
10.21775/CIMB.038.053
Blanc, Michel; Prieto-Ballesteros, Olga; Andre, Nicolas; Gomez-Elvira, Javier; Jones, Geraint; Sterken, Veerle; Desprats, William; et al. "Joint Europa Mission (JEM): a multi-scale study of Europa to characterize its habitability and search for extant life". Planetary and Space Science (2020): https://publons.com/wos-op/publon/35801000/.
10.1016/J.PSS.2020.104960
Aerts, Joost W.; van Spanning, Rob J. M.; Flahaut, Jessica; Molenaar, Douwe; Bland, Phil A.; Genge, Matt J.; Ehrenfreund, Pascale; Martins, Zita. "Microbial communities in sediments from four mildly acidic ephemeral salt lakes in the yilgarn craton (Australia) – terrestrial analogs to ancient mars". 10 (2019): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/p5ZoR8PI-59lfQ7qXMEE-GsoltVVKTIWIjri.
10.3389/fmicb.2019.00779
Martins, Zita. "Effects of UV-organic interaction and Martian conditions on the survivability of organics". Icarus (2019):
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.01.020
Laurent, B.; Cousins, C.R.; Pereira, M.F.C.; Martins, Z.. "Effects of UV-organic interaction and martian conditions on the survivability of organics". Icarus 323 (2019): 33-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.01.020.
10.1016/j.icarus.2019.01.020
Modica P.; Martins Z.; Meinert C.; Zanda B.; D'Hendecourt L.L.S.. "The Amino Acid Distribution in Laboratory Analogs of Extraterrestrial Organic Matter: A Comparison to CM Chondrites". 865 1 (2018): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/ebe5WCq3IaK-ugejm2uRk2vl-OPY9GfU_mUe.
10.3847/1538-4357/aada8a
Martins Z.. "The Nitrogen Heterocycle Content of Meteorites and Their Significance for the Origin of Life". 8 3 (2018): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/2MbXTKuj5nZBUyUqTi6Vvte_g64hzXCGJz6j.
10.3390/life8030028
Mason, N.; Capova, K. A.; Laine, P.; Losiak, A.; Martins, Z.; Noack, L.; Smith, K.. "Science and Research". (2018): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/uysePzQ4DVKbbLttpl1QqNDhZPDDg184kIHG.
10.1007/978-3-319-96265-8_8
Cottin H.; Kotler J.M.; Billi D.; Cockell C.; Demets R.; Ehrenfreund P.; Elsaesser A.; et al. "Space as a Tool for Astrobiology: Review and Recommendations for Experimentations in Earth Orbit and Beyond". 209 1-4 (2017): 83-181. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/UiCFnNjdH7JYC_ytYuMhgwVA_3bqqf9dAEAQ.
10.1007/s11214-017-0365-5
Martins Z.; Cottin H.; Kotler J.M.; Carrasco N.; Cockell C.S.; delaTorreNoetzel R.; Demets R.; et al. "Earth as a Tool for Astrobiology—A European Perspective". 209 1-4 (2017): 43-81. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/MfLl40e6DEAPzWtNFdKzP8PyOtz83feeOUDQ.
10.1007/s11214-017-0369-1
Cottin H.; Kotler J.M.; Bartik K.; Cleaves H.J.; Cockell C.S.; de Vera J.P.P.; Ehrenfreund P.; et al. "Astrobiology and the Possibility of Life on Earth and Elsewhere…". 209 1-4 (2017): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/vOR-ICSZuv0g3TCDfTBnyog6j8is71P7rWx3.
10.1007/s11214-015-0196-1
Rimola A.; Trigo-Rodríguez J.M.; Martins Z.. "Interaction of organic compounds with chondritic silicate surfaces. Atomistic insights from quantum chemical periodic simulations". 19 28 (2017): 18217-18231. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/nqWg22NXvFktepVJocveE_XXndhI0s-nOQ5t.
10.1039/c7cp03504g
dos Santos R.; Patel M.; Cuadros J.; Martins Z.. "Influence of mineralogy on the preservation of amino acids under simulated Mars conditions". 277 (2016): 342-353. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/-AbI_EAEi1auKpORnofb05fdbcpMAdkfa9bO.
10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.029
Myrgorodska I.; Meinert C.; Martins Z.; Le Sergeant d'Hendecourt L.; Meierhenrich U.J.. "Quantitative enantioseparation of amino acids by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography applied to non-terrestrial samples". 1433 (2016): 131-136. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/fErRqPSZ95b7uu9u7Zdeqap8c4s7BNpzVOEs.
10.1016/j.chroma.2016.01.014
Martins Z.; Modica P.; Zanda B.; d'Hendecourt L.L.S.. "The amino acid and hydrocarbon contents of the paris meteorite: Insights into the most primitive cm chondrite". 50 5 (2015): 926-943. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/lvcNxeep3QJ_IYjUm6DVFhEYUuhidM9nBFlJ.
10.1111/maps.12442
Myrgorodska I.; Meinert C.; Martins Z.; Le Sergeant D'Hendecourt L.; Meierhenrich U.J.. "Molecular chirality in meteorites and interstellar ices, and the chirality experiment on board the ESA cometary rosetta mission". 54 5 (2015): 1402-1412. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/s2UsaylpqIhl6d5NyMPZa09XmnjWulaqkUHp.
10.1002/anie.201409354
Martins Z.. "Extraterrestrial organic molecules in meteorites: Clues to the early solar system". 36 6 (2014): 13-15. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/0BMGXU8UZ_-ubTdforfggFYi1lRqGPQVR-H9.
10.1042/bio03606013
Cockell, C.; Burchell, M.; Martins, Z.. "The fifth UK Astrobiology Conference (ASB5)". 13 2 (2014): 99-100. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/IRplOud2gla00OmXm0-OnVuUBXT-abUyxBiT.
10.1017/S1473550414000032
Martins Z.; Price M.; Goldman N.; Sephton M.; Burchell M.. "Shock synthesis of amino acids from impacting cometary and icy planet surface analogues". 6 12 (2013): 1045-1049. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/oOUqnua8IY_Ce3Zd4p03elBCTQtlxZH6VOm_.
10.1038/ngeo1930
Howard K.; Bailey M.; Berhanu D.; Bland P.; Cressey G.; Howard L.; Jeynes C.; et al. "Biomass preservation in impact melt ejecta". 6 12 (2013): 1018-1022. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/Cx-9DIn6FBEqNwKDt9T0ORZH2XqzRTWYOSoa.
10.1038/ngeo1996
Matthewman R.; Martins Z.; Sephton M.. "Type IV kerogens as analogues for organic macromolecular materials in aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrites". 13 4 (2013): 324-333. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/iXcRGX3WnpIpBiLmIjAbtb9JzCk85v3UWwyf.
10.1089/ast.2012.0820
Trigo-Rodríguez J.M.; Moyano-Cambero C.E.; Llorca J.; Fornasier S.; Barucci M.A.; Belskaya I.; Martins Z.; et al. "UV to far-IR reflectance spectra of carbonaceous chondrites - I. Implications for remote characterization of dark primitive asteroids targeted by sample-return missions". 437 1 (2013): 227-240. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/KjmbCSTRQKdN07r1qVoJ9a3AxjR1IFdSAft2.
10.1093/mnras/stt1873
Matthewman R.; Cotton L.; Martins Z.; Sephton M.. "Organic geochemistry of late Jurassic paleosols (Dirt Beds) of Dorset, UK". 37 1 (2012): 41-52. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/xKBiCJzDCZfNaMhB4CAPeEchM-HwUVj04xnu.
10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2012.05.009
Chan H.; Martins Z.; Sephton M.. "Amino acid analyses of type 3 chondrites Colony, Ornans, Chainpur, and Bishunpur". 47 9 (2012): 1502-1516. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/g6s0OUGdBwPiaAvIAuVGYa0tjSTUZrnigLQ7.
10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01413.x
Elsila, J.E.; Glavin, D.P.; Dworkin, J.P.; Martins, Z.; Bada, J.L.. "Inconclusive evidence for nonterrestrial isoleucine enantiomeric excesses in primitive meteorites". 109 48 (2012): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/lCVhrmpTo5dgWutHqmIXykJNRSAOBX7QIoox.
10.1073/pnas.1213261109
Chan, H.S.; Martins, Z.; Sephton, M.A.. "Fluorescence spectroscopy for the detection of life in the Salten Skov Mars regolith analogue". 68 1 (2012): 42-47. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/K1qrAAT0hpr62Noe-lXRzT7HZdDjiLmZuC-m.
10.1016/j.pss.2011.06.004
Chan, H.S.; Martins, Z.; Sephton, M.A.. "Spectrofluorometric analysis of amino acid mixtures: Implications for future space missions". 60 1 (2012): 336-341. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/UtZ10n4aOtDmE7WNNHZ5YDg-Rt2o8d9M_6Jo.
10.1016/j.pss.2011.10.011
Kotler J.; Quinn R.; Foing B.; Martins Z.; Ehrenfreund P.. "Analysis of mineral matrices of planetary soil analogues from the Utah Desert". 10 3 (2011): 221-229. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/cEBPM3LrjE2qJhDrTOo83jSpJlHSgDkglP1d.
10.1017/S1473550411000103
Ehrenfreund P.; Röling W.; Thiel C.; Quinn R.; Sephton M.; Stoker C.; Kotler J.; et al. "Astrobiology and habitability studies in preparation for future Mars missions: Trends from investigating minerals, organics and biota". 10 3 (2011): 239-253. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/H8qEuZY_NAFMkm-yYQkZFMN6GtC5xoScMBha.
10.1017/S1473550411000140
Foing B.H.; Stoker C.; Zavaleta J.; Ehrenfreund P.; Thiel C.; Sarrazin P.; Blake D.; et al. "Field astrobiology research in Moon-Mars analogue environments: Instruments and methods". 10 3 (2011): 141-160. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/wwgwUan5iPzdlRnCV00-B1jQx8qbLh8rlYqe.
10.1017/S1473550411000036
Martins Z.; Sephton M.; Foing B.; Ehrenfreund P.. "Extraction of amino acids from soils close to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), Utah". 10 3 (2011): 231-238. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/gUiWG9v0sZdLGV08WdEux0nMXrwNjQ-ui-Md.
10.1017/S1473550410000431
Martins Z.. "Organic chemistry of carbonaceous meteorites". 7 1 (2011): 35-40. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/68JXM2EnKB24IDrNJYyHHNNvvWsTWaOYU1K4.
10.2113/gselements.7.1.35
Marlow J.J.; Martins Z.; Sephton M.A.. "Organic host analogues and the search for life on Mars". 10 1 (2011): 31-44. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/OmCcsL8rYHNXdSM6trmAWL3s2t2-4yfwuTlv.
10.1017/S1473550410000303
Zita Martins. "In situ biomarkers and the Life Marker Chip". (2011): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/qLbWZ9T-vX0MF8csBOg3WFZwTfyznEbQufMa.
10.1111/J.1468-4004.2011.52134.X
Peeters Z.; Quinn R.; Martins Z.; Sephton M.A.; Becker L.; Van Loosdrecht M.C.M.; Brucato J.; Grunthaner F.; Ehrenfreund P.. "Habitability on planetary surfaces: Interdisciplinary preparation phase for future Mars missions". 8 4 (2009): 301-315. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/Mf8kgh0EXWgZpMz25b0fUOmvvoyFYKWIvC5q.
10.1017/S1473550409990140
Küppers M.; Keller H.U.; Kührt E.; A'Hearn M.F.; Altwegg K.; Bertrand R.; Busemann H.; et al. "Triple F-a comet nucleus sample return mission". 23 3 (2009): 809-847. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/6m54QPfJjvK_FpxFHcRMuv5ZV21Wc0pTpjCp.
10.1007/s10686-008-9115-8
Martins Z.; Botta O.; Fogel M.L.; Sephton M.A.; Glavin D.P.; Watson J.S.; Dworkin J.P.; Schwartz A.W.; Ehrenfreund P.. "Extraterrestrial nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite". 270 1-2 (2008): 130-136. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/3cHZfstgFVGYoPf_CI9a7lt4Kk3UvxX-bjrl.
10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.026
Botta O.; Martins Z.; Emmenegger C.; Dworkin J.P.; Glavini D.P.; Harvey R.P.; Zenobi R.; Bada J.L.; Ehrenfreund P.. "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and amino acids in meteorites and ice samples from LaPaz Icefield, Antarctica". 43 9 (2008): 1465-1480. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/eIXj-ZmSlOUrroj6l9KHaaacuKLWNWzQW_6V.
10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb01021.x
Marlow J.J.; Martins Z.; Sephton M.A.. "Mars on Earth: Soil analogues for future Mars missions". 49 2 (2008): 2.20-2.23. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/V6NZvMp5viQ-vVCd1yi5ZNgPbILPa9qDJuRo.
10.1111/j.1468-4004.2008.49220.x
Martins, Z.; Alexander, C. M. O'D.; Orzechowska, G. E.; Elsila, J. E.; Glavin, D. P.; Dworkin, J. P.; Sephton, M. A.; Ehrenfreund, P.. "Amino acid composition of primitive CR2 chondrites". 43 7 (2008): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/mBfyWOGeFFQD1CF5engOhcEYcnj2UFWKhwwh.
Ehrenfreund P.; Ruiterkamp R.; Peeters Z.; Foing B.; Salama F.; Martins Z.. "The ORGANICS experiment on BIOPAN V: UV and space exposure of aromatic compounds". 55 4 (2007): 383-400. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/I3YBvN2QWoq9V3YqxlZC-ibAYTCULkLSoB9S.
10.1016/j.pss.2006.07.001
Martins Z.; Alexander C.M.O.D.; Orzechowska G.E.; Fogel M.L.; Ehrenfreund P.. "Indigenous amino acids in primitive CR meteorites". 42 12 (2007): 2125-2136. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/iuboqsJHpzysci5r1wi07VuXwwxN8Xal0tqb.
10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01013.x
Martins Z.; Hofmann B.A.; Gnos E.; Greenwood R.C.; Verchovsky A.; Franchi I.A.; Jull A.J.T.; et al. "Amino acid composition, petrology, geochemistry,¹⁴C terrestrial age and oxygen isotopes of the Shisr 033 CR chondrite". 42 9 (2007): 1581-1595. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/EI3UDH2bLI0dTJrQQi7gzfqUD-EncLhqe1rt.
10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00592.x
Botta O.; Martins Z.; Ehrenfreund P.. "Amino acids in Antarctic CM1 meteorites and their relationship to other carbonaceous chondrites". 42 1 (2007): 81-92. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/lyrRthLVq1r5SnnOFP1TIeOL3MjlNi3YE3Br.
10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00219.x
Martins Z.; Watson J.; Sephton M.; Botta O.; Ehrenfreund P.; Gilmour I.. "Free dicarboxylic and aromatic acids in the carbonaceous chondrites Murchison and Orgueil". 41 7 (2006): 1073-1080. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/Dk0XPf_sxvVnvzZmN7XJBlGKlAmlxNn56OTQ.
10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00505.x
Glavin D.; Dworkin J.; Aubrey A.; Botta O.; Doty J.; Martins Z.; Bada J.. "Amino acid analyses of Antarctic CM2 meteorites using liquid chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry". 41 6 (2006): 889-902. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/rlxLhV0hAqnC574o8fLXBMufAt42PYzOVwI5.
10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00493.x
Garry J.; Loes ten Kate I.; Martins Z.; Nørnberg P.; Ehrenfreund P.. "Analysis and survival of amino acids in Martian regolith analogs". 41 3 (2006): 391-405. https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/UDnE6m6M8o4VlJouCNmdLbRQFFNys9Snn7F1.
10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00470.x
Martins Z.; Botta O.; Sephton M.; Ehrenfreund P.. "Purines and pyrimidines in carbonaceous chondrites: A re-analysis". 39 SUPPL. (2004): https://scholar.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/records/kA-BJpZ3qa7FX2sKlEki57TrluO4ShLu96mb.

Other

Other output

Presolar stardust in asteroid Ryugu. 2022. Barosch, J.; Nittler, L.R.; Wang, J.; O'D. Alexander, C.M.; De Gregorio, B.T.; Engrand, C.; Kebukawa, Y.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85136109569&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.48550/arXiv.2208.07976
Moonraker – Enceladus Multiple Flyby Mission. 2022. Mousis, O.; Bouquet, A.; Langevin, Y.; André, N.; Boithias, H.; Durry, G.; Faye, F.; et al. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85142335182&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
10.48550/arXiv.2211.00721

Activities

Oral presentation

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2021/03/24	The Arctic as a planetary analogue for the detection of signatures of life on icy moons of our solar system; keynote talk	Arctic Science Summit Week 2021 (ASSW) (Portugal)
2020/10	Exogenous delivery of organic matter in the solar system - comets and primitive carbonaceous meteorites; invited talk	Prebiotic Chemistry and Early Earth Environments (PCE3) workshop NASA Research Coordination Network (United States)
2019/08/21	Influence of mineralogy on the preservation of biosignatures under simulated Mars conditions; invited talk	Goldschmidt Conference (session 11f), Barcelona, Spain (Spain)
2019/07/23	The origin and evolution of organic matter in the solar system - interstellar ices, comets and primitive carbonaceous meteorites; keynote talk	XXVI Meeting of the Portuguese Chemical Society (SPQ) (Portugal)
2019/04	The origin and evolution of organic matter in the solar system: from interstellar ices to primitive carbonaceous chondrite; keynote talk	Symposium on the Environments of terrestrial planets under the young sun: seeds of biomolecules NASA Goddard (United States)
2019/03	Influence of mineralogy on the preservation of biosignatures under simulated planetary conditions; invited talk	Wilhelm und Else Heraeus Seminar on "Prebiotic Molecules in Space and Origins of Life on Earth" (Germany)
2018/01	Organic composition of primitive small bodies - their early solar system origin; invited talk	ISSI-Beijing Forum on "Sample Return from Small Bodies" (China)
2018	The organic content of interstellar ices and primitive carbonaceous meteorites: a contribution towards future sample return missions; invited talk	International Space Science Institute (ISSI) workshop on "The Role of Sample Return in Addressing Major Outstanding Questions in Planetary Sciences" (Switzerland)
2017/12	The origin and evolution of organic matter in the solar system: the amino acid content of interstellar ices and the primitive carbonaceous chondrite Paris; invited talk	Hayabusa Symposium (Japan)
2017/07	The degree of aqueous alteration of carbonaceous chondrites and its influence on the soluble organic content; invited talk	XVIII International Conference on the Origin of Life (United States)
2017	The influence of aqueous alteration in carbonaceous meteorites on its soluble organic content; invited talk	JpGU - AGU Joint Meeting (Japan)
2015	Carbonaceous Material in Extra-terrestrial Matter; invited talk	XXIX International Astronomical Union (IAU) Conference (United States)
2015	Organic Molecules in Meteorites; invited talk	XXIX International Astronomical Union (IAU) Conference (United States)
2014	Exogenous contribution of comets, asteroids, and meteorites for the origin of life; invited talk	American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting (United States)
2012	Biomarkers and Detection of Life in our Solar System; invited talk	Gordon Research Conference (The Origin of Life) (United States)
2010	The organic inventory of primitive meteorites; invited talk	COSPAR International Conference, Germany (Germany)

Supervision

	Thesis Title Role	Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2024 - Current	SONO-GRAVITY: Sonographic Needle Guidance for Intracranial Pressure Evaluation in microgravity. Supervisor
2023/09 - Current	Origin of life: from hydrothermal vents to protocells Supervisor
2023 - Current	Origin of life: from hydrothermal vents to protocells (sensor of ammonia) Supervisor
2023 - Current	Origin of life: from hydrothermal vents to protocells (fieldtrip and analysis - Ionic species and trace metals) Supervisor
2023 - Current	Origin of life: from hydrothermal vents to protocells (fieldtrip and analysis - Ionic species and trace metals) Supervisor
2021/12 - Current	Detection of Extra-Terrestrial Life on the Surface and Subsurface of Titan Supervisor of Diogo Gonçalves	Química (PhD) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - Current	Astrobiology analyses of icy biomes as a proxy for extra-terrestrial life in icy moons Supervisor of Lígia Coelho	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023 - 2023	A tale of ice and fire: cryovolcanism on icy moons of the solar system and the search for life Supervisor
2022 - 2023	Spectroscopic detection of biosignatures in arctic ice samples as a proxy of icy moons Supervisor
2022 - 2023	Exploring Titan’s Atmosphere Composition and Temporal Evolution using High-Resolution Spectroscopy, and its Interaction with the Surface using Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations Co-supervisor
2021/01 - 2021/11	Global assessment of Phobos' composition through spectroscopic analyses of Phobos analogues Supervisor of Catarina Miranda	Química (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021 - 2021	Detection of Extra-Terrestrial Life on the Surface and Subsurface of Titan Supervisor of Diogo Gonçalves	Química (Master) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 - 2020	Analysis and distribution of trace elements in meteorites Supervisor of Francisco Xavier	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - 2020	Bioengineering systems to support microorganism culture on extreme conditions: envisaging life under Mars conditions Supervisor of Manuel Almeida	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Astrobiology analysis of terrestrial analogues of icy moons Supervisor of Tiago Ramalho	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019 - 2019	Global assessment of Phobos' composition through spectroscopic analyses of carbonaceous chondrites and Phobos analogues Supervisor of Catarina Miranda
2012 - 2017	The organic signatures of life on Mars Supervisor	Imperial College London, United Kingdom
2008 - 2012	The use of amino acids for life detection in the solar system Supervisor of Hoi Shan Chan (Queenie Chan),	Imperial College London, United Kingdom
2011 - 2011	Fluorescence detection of organic molecules at low temperature Supervisor of Benedict Turner	Imperial College London, United Kingdom
2008 - 2011	Hydrocarbons as recorders of cosmic environments Co-supervisor of Richard Matthewman	Imperial College London, United Kingdom
2007 - 2009	The Pursuit of Life on Mars through the Study of Organic Host Mars Analogues and Urey Instrument Development Co-supervisor of Jeff Marlow	Imperial College London, United Kingdom
2005 - 2005	Project in Astrobiology Co-supervisor of Joyce Westmaas	Universiteit Leiden Leids Instituut voor Chemisch Onderzoek, Netherlands
2004 - 2004	Project in Astrobiology Co-supervisor of Sabine Van Rijt	Universiteit Leiden Leids Instituut voor Chemisch Onderzoek, Netherlands
2003 - 2003	Project in Astrobiology Co-supervisor of Sandy Mattijssen	Universiteit Leiden Leids Instituut voor Chemisch Onderzoek, Netherlands

Event organisation

	Event name Type of event (Role)	Institution / Organization
2019 - 2019	Commissioner of Ciência 2019, the annual meeting of Portuguese researchers (more than 4000 participants). (2019/07/08 - 2019/07/10) Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
2017 - 2017	Session Convener, Goldschmidt conference, France (more than 4,000 participants) (2017 - 2017) Conference (Other)
2016 - 2016	Session Convener, Goldschmidt conference, Japan (more than 4,000 participants) (2016 - 2016) Conference (Other)
2015 - 2015	Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) of the ASB6 conference, UK (~100 participants) (2015 - 2015) Conference (Member of the Scientific Committee)
2015 - 2015	Session Convener, AbSciCon conference, Chicago, USA (~2,500 participants) (2015 - 2015)
2015 - 2015	Session Convener, EGU conference, Vienna, Austria (more than 12,000 participants) (2015 - 2015)
2014 - 2014	Session Convener, Goldschmidt conference, USA (more than 4,000 participants) (2014 - 2014)
2014 - 2014	Co-Chair of the scientific organising committee of the UK-Brazil-Chile Frontiers of Science (2014 - 2014)
2012 - 2012	Session Convener, AbSciCon conference, USA (~2,500 participants) (2012 - 2012)
2011 - 2011	Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC) of the MetSoc conference, UK (~500 participants) (2011 - 2011)
2011 - 2011	Session Convener, EPSC-DPS conference, France (~1,000 participants) (2011 - 2011)
2011 - 2011	Session Convener, EPSC conference, Italy (~1,000 participants) (2011 - 2011)
2009 - 2009	Session Convener, Goldschmidt Conference, Switzerland (more than 4,000 participants) (2009 - 2009)

Committee member

	Activity description Role	Institution / Organization
2021 - Current	Community Scientist of the Ariel Space mission Other	European Space Agency, France
2021 - Current	Member of ESA Solar System and Exploration Working Group (SSEWG) Member	European Space Agency, France
2020 - Current	Member of the European Space Sciences Committee (ESSC) Member
2019/06/22 - Current	Team Member of the Comet Interceptor, which has been selected as ESA's new F-class space mission in its Cosmic Vision Programme (PIs Geraint Jones and Colin Snodgrass). http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/ESA_s_new_mission_to_intercept_a_comet?fbclid=IwAR2_kZ9W-AQqcpEecY5D9xdJ5FV8NSEjnSXry4esn5_EMPGvt0uvbw4yWtA Member
2019/05/10 - Current	Member of the Leonard Medal Committee of the Meteoritical Society. Member
2019/03/01 - Current	Co-Director of the MIT-Portugal Program Director	MIT-Portugal Program, Portugal
2019/01/01 - Current	Expert Member of the Life Sciences Working Group (LSWG) of ESA Member
2019 - Current	Sub-Director of the College of Polar and Extreme Environments (POLAR2E)
2018/06/01 - Current	Member of the Portuguese Consortium of the ARIEL space mission from ESA Member
2018/01/01 - Current	Team Member of the "Organic macromolecules" sub-team of the Japanese space mission Hayabusa2 (JAXA)
2017 - Current	Portuguese Representative of the Executive Committee of the European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA) Member
2014 - 2018	Member of Working Group 2 of the EU-Framework 7 Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) action TD1308 ORIGINS Member
2011 - 2018	ESA Topical Team Member Future Astrobiology Experiments in Earth orbit and beyond Member	European Space Agency, France
2015 - 2017	Member of the Phobos Sample Return Science Study Team, European Space Agency (ESA) Member	European Space Agency, France
2015 - 2017	Member of Space Environments Working Group (SEWG), UK Space Agency (UKSA), UK Member	UK Space Agency, United Kingdom
2015 - 2015	Member of the Lunar Sample Return Science Definition Team (LPSR SDT), ESA Member	European Space Agency, France
2014 - 2015	ESA Topical Team Member Lunar Exploitation of local planetary materials (ELPM) Member	European Space Agency, France

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2021 - Current	Teacher and Coordinator, Extreme Environments on Earth and Space, Minor, IST, Portugal	(Mestrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021 - Current	Teacher and Coordinator, Astrobiology, MSci, IST, Portugal		Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - Current	Teacher, Sampling and Environmental Methods of Analysis, Year 3 of MEAmbi, IST, Portugal	Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018 - Current	Teacher and Co-coordinator, Chemical Analysis, Years 2 and 3 of MEQ and MEBiol, IST, Portugal	(Mestrado integrado)	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2016 - 2017	Guest lecturer/teacher, Space Physiology & Health MSc, King's College London, UK
2015 - 2017	Coordinator, Module 4.41 "Environmental Seminars", Year 3, Imperial College, UK		Imperial College London, United Kingdom
2015 - 2017	Teacher and Coordinator, Module 2.03 "Dynamic Earth I", Year 1, Imperial College, UK		Imperial College London, United Kingdom
2010 - 2015	Academic tutorial teacher, Module 3.12 "Projects and tutorials 2", Year 2, Imperial College, UK	(Bachelor)	Imperial College London, United Kingdom
2014 - 2014	Contribution to Module 5.29 "Earth Science", Year 4, Imperial College, UK		Imperial College London, United Kingdom
2010 - 2010	Contribution to Module 4.18 "Earth science synthesis 1", Year 3, Imperial College, UK	(Bachelor)	Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Evaluation committee

	Activity description Role	Funding entity
2019 - Current	Scientific Advisory Board Member of the Portugal-UK Bilateral Research Fund (BRF). https://en.parsuk.pt/cc Evaluator	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2021 - 2021	Panel of evaluators of the Portugal Space PhD Scholarship Contest - Space Sciences and Exploration	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2015 - 2021	Member of the Newton International Fellowship Panel Evaluator	The Royal Society
2018 - 2020	Member of the Research Grants board 15K Physical Sciences Evaluator	The Royal Society
2014 - 2014	Group Chief of Proposal Review panel, Emerging Worlds Program, NASA Evaluator	NASA Science Mission Directorate
2012 - 2012	Group Chief of Proposal Review panel, NASA Astrobiology Institute Cycle 6 CAN, NASA Evaluator	NASA Science Mission Directorate

Interview (tv / radio show)

	Program	Topic
2008 - Current	Full list of interview: https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/homepage/ist31684/media-and-public-outreach

Journal scientific committee

	Journal title (ISSN)	Publisher
2019/06/21 - Current	Astrobiology (1557-8070)	Mary Ann Liebert
2019 - Current	International Journal of Astrobiology (1574-3006)	Cambridge University Press
2012 - 2016	International Journal of Astrobiology (1574-3006)	Cambridge University Press

Distinctions

Award

2023	Outstanding Teaching Award - Pedagogical Council of IST (school year 2022/2023)
2022	Outstanding Teaching Award - Pedagogical Council of IST (school year 2021/2022)
2021	Outstanding Teaching Award - Pedagogical Council of IST (school year 2020/2021) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020	Outstanding Teaching Award - Pedagogical Council of IST (school year 2019/2020) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2019	Outstanding Teaching Award - Pedagogical Council of IST (school year 2018/2019) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2018	Outstanding Teaching Award - Pedagogical Council of IST (school year 2017/2018) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Title

2015	Oficial da Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada

Other distinction

2018	Selected as one of the "8 Women in STEM who are changing the space game" by American magazine Bustle.
2018	Received a Barbie Award 2018 on the International Girl Child Day for being an inspiration to girls. This is part of a worldwide project by Mattel that aims to identify women who can be role models for future women.
2016	Selected as one of "100 Women in Science" Ciência Viva, Portugal
2015	Selected as one of "11 Portuguese out of time"
2013	BBC Expert Women Scientist
2013	Portrait sketched (special commission) for the Royal Society exhibit about successful women in science