Paula Garcia Martinez

Master's Students

Master Student

Education

  • MSc Bioscience, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 2023–present.
  • B.Sc Biology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 2018.

Awards

  • Academic Excellence Scholarship, Comunidad de Madrid (academic year 2020-2021)
  • CEAL-Santander Scholarship in Universidade São Paulo, Brazil (2022)
  • EU Erasmus+ Fellowship “Nature Based LAB: metagenomics to assess the biodiversity in the Amazon landscape”. Universidad Amazónica IKIAM, Ecuador. (July – September 2022)
  • EU Erasmus + Scholarship Newcastle University, UK: Wastewater treatment using microalgae. (October 2022 – January 2023)
  • EU Erasmus + Scholarship Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux, France: Fast phenotyping of extremophilic microorganisms using High Pressure/High Temperature microfluidics (January – May 2023)
  • ESA Fellowship XIX International School of Astrobiology «Josep Comas i Solà». Searching for Life on Ocean Worlds. Organized by CAB, NASA and UIMP (July 2023).

Research Interests Keywords

Astrobiology Deep Sea Microbiology Microbial Ecology Hydrothermal Systems Methanogenesis