ARGENTINIAN RESEARCH UNIT IN ASTROBIOLOGY

Photo: Dante Raúl Apaza

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

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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

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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

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PROF. DR. G. JUAN M. LUNA

Doctor in astronomic sciences. Senior Research Scientist– CONICET, Institute of Astronomy and Space Physics, UBA-CONICET. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Research Field: emission in high energies of stellar accreting systems

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PROF. DR. OSCAR J. OPPEZZO

Director of the Applied Environmental Microbiology group. Department of Radiobiology, National Atomic Energy Commission. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Doctor in Cs. Chemical CNEA researcher, Department of Radiobiology, National Atomic Energy Commission. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Research area: photobiology, microbiology, environmental microbiology.

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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

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DRA. ANA F. FORTE GIACOBONE

Doctor in Biological Sciences, UBA. Senior research Scientist-CNEA, National Atomic Energy Commission. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Research area: microbiological corrosion.

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DRA. PAULA TRIBELLI

Doctor in Biological Sciences. Senior Research Scientist– CONICET, Depto de Química Biológica- IQUBICEN, UBA-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Research area: Bacterial ecology and environmental biotechnology

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