Mrs. Ana de Dios Cubillas, Geochemistry, Young Scientist Award

Professional Profile

Ana de Dios Cubillas is a geologist Ph.D. student at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, specializing in Planetary Geology and Habitability at Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain. Her research focuses on the role of minerals in the (bio)-geochemical cycles of ocean worlds in the Solar System. She conducts extensive petrographic and geochemical analyses, laboratory simulation experiments, and planetary surface mapping. Ana has published several articles and presented her findings at international conferences.

Ph.D. in Science: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), CSIC-INTA, 11/2019 - 09/2024
- Thesis: The role of minerals in the (bio)-geochemical cycles of ocean worlds in the Solar System
Master's Degree: Environmental Change and Human Impact in the Quaternary Period, University of Basque Country, 2019
- Thesis: Study of mineralogy and structures of cold seeps and their astrobiological implications on Europa
Bachelor's Degree: Geology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2018
- Thesis: Morphometric analysis of Ceratostreon flabellatum valves from the Late Cenomanian to Early Turonian

Paper Title: SEM/Raman spectroscopy of clathrites as analogs of authigenic carbonates in ocean worlds
- Authors: H. Leroux, N. Bolfan-Casanova, D. Neuville, M. Guignard, M. Devouard
- Journal: American Mineralogist
- Volume: 96
- Issue: 5-6
- Pages: 760-768
- Year: 2011
Paper Title: Interpreting Molecular and Isotopic Biosignatures in Methane-Derived Authigenic Carbonates in the Light of a Potential Carbon Cycle in the Icy Moons
- Authors: C. D. O'D. Alexander, T. D. Robinson, K. L. French, L. R. Nittler, M. H. Thiemens
- Journal: Astrobiology
- Volume: 20
- Issue: 5
- Pages: 571-590
- Year: 2020