Biography
- Royal Society University Research Fellow, Imperial College London, October 2009-present
- Post-Doctoral Researcher, Imperial College London, 2007-2009
- PhD, Astrobiology, Leiden University (The Netherlands) 2003-January 2007
- MSc, Chemistry, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)/Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal) 1997-September 2002
Research Interests
- Meteorites and extraterrestrial organic matter
- Astrobiology
- Detection of organic matter in space missions (e.g. ExoMars mission)
Our work has appeared (among others) on:
Channel 4 News
The Cell (BBC Four)
NTV Broadcasting company (Russian TV News)
Programa Bairro Alto (Portuguese TV RTP2)
4 x Ciência (Portuguese TV RTPN)
Euronews
Mexican TV
Leading Edge (BBC Radio 4)
Pessoal... e Transmissível (Portuguese Radio TSF)
Science Update (AAAS Radio)
ScienceNOW
National Geographic News
Discover magazine (Top 100 Stories of 2008)
Scientific American
The Independent
The Telegraph
The Guardian
Diário de Notícias (Portuguese newspaper)
