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ARGENTINIAN RESEARCH UNIT IN ASTROBIOLOGY
We are an interdisciplinary team of Argentinian researchers belonging to different institutions that work in joint collaboration aiming the development of scientific research in the field of astrobiology.
This joint work is also carried out in collaboration with researchers of other countries as Austria, Brazil and United Kingdom, among others.
Additionally, we carry out educational and outreach activities related to this field.
Members
DRA. XIMENA C. ABREVAYA
Director-coordinator of the Argentinian Research Unit in Astrobiology
Doctor in Biological Sciences, FCEyN – UBA. Senior Research Scientist – CONICET, Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio, UBA-CONICET. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Research field: Astrobiology, microbiology of extreme environments
DRA. MARÍA EUGENIA VARELA
Director of Instituto de Ciencias Astronómicas de la Tierra y el Espacio, UNSJ-CONICET, San Juan, Argentina.
Doctor in Geological Sciences, Senior Research Scientist CONICET, Instituto de Ciencias Astronómicas de la Tierra y el Espacio, UNSJ-CONICET, San Juan, Argentina.
Research areas: Cosmochemistry
PROF. DR. OSCAR J. OPPEZZO
Director of the Applied Environmental Microbiology group. Department of Radiobiology, National Atomic Energy Commission. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Doctor in Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires. Senior Researcher CNEA, Department of Radiobiology, National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA). Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Research area: photobiology, microbiology, environmental microbiology.
PROF. DRA. NANCY LÓPEZ
Head of Laboratory of environmental biotechnology and bacterial ecology, Dept. of Biological Chemistry- IQUBICEN, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Doctor in Sea sciences. Senior Research Scientist- CONICET. Dept. of Biological Chemistry- IQUBICEN, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Research Field: Bacterial ecology and environmental biotechnology
