Astrobiology, Meteorites and extraterrestrial organic matter, science communication
Awards
Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2009-2017)[1]
Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword (2015)
Scientific career
Fields
Astrobiology
Cosmochemistry
Planetary science[2]
Institutions
Instituto Superior Técnico
Imperial College London
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
Goddard Space Flight Center
Thesis
Chemical analysis of organic molecules in carbonaceous meteorites(2007)
Doctoral advisor
Pascale Ehrenfreund
Website
fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/homepage/ist31684
Zita Carla Torrão Pinto MartinsFRS (born 1979),[3][4] OSE, is a Portuguese astrobiologist, and an associate professor at Instituto Superior Técnico.[5] She was a Royal Society University Research Fellow (URF)[1] at Imperial College London.[6] Her research explores how life may have begun on Earth by looking for organic compounds in meteorite samples.[7][8][9][10]
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^"Zita Martins, astrobiologist and Royal Society research fellow". The Valentina Project. 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
^Women's Business (12 August 2013). "Meteoric career rise: Meet the female space scientist who's trying to discover the origin of life". Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-08-10. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^"Interview with Zita Martins". The Scientific 23. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
^Martins, Zita; Botta, Oliver; Fogel, Marilyn L.; Sephton, Mark A.; Glavin, Daniel P.; Watson, Jonathan S.; Dworkin, Jason P.; Schwartz, Alan W.; Ehrenfreund, Pascale (2008). "Extraterrestrial nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite". Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 270 (1–2): 130–136. arXiv:0806.2286. Bibcode:2008E&PSL.270..130M. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.026. ISSN 0012-821X. S2CID 14309508.
^Glavin, Daniel P.; Dworkin, Jason P.; Aubrey, Andrew; Botta, Oliver; Doty, James H.; Martins, Zita; Bada, Jeffrey L. (2006). "Amino acid analyses of Antarctic CM2 meteorites using liquid chromatography-time of flight-mass spectrometry". Meteoritics & Planetary Science. 41 (6): 889–902. Bibcode:2006M&PS...41..889G. doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00493.x. ISSN 1086-9379. S2CID 53385419.
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College London Andrew P. Mackenzie (1993–2001) University of Birmingham ZitaMartins (2014–2017), Imperial College London Shahn Majid (1993-2003),[where?]...
Ehrenfreunda; Richard Ruiterkampa; Zan Peters; Bernard Foing; Farid Salama; ZitaMartins. (March 2007). "The ORGANICS experiment on BIOPAN V: UV and space exposure...
February 2022. Woodacre, Elena; Dean, Lucinda H. S.; Jones, Chris; Rohr, Zita; Martin, Russell (12 June 2019). The Routledge History of Monarchy. Routledge...
Wiseman's Beginners Guide to... Astrobiology" with Imperial College's Dr ZitaMartins. "Richard Wiseman's Beginners Guide to... the Earth" with earth scientist...
Tsikhanouskaya of Belarus". The White House. Retrieved 14 December 2023. Zíta, Martin (14 August 2020). "PM Babiš calls for repeat presidential election in...
illustrator. He is most well known for his series of middle grade graphic novels Zita the Spacegirl. His work is notable for its focus on strong female characters...
Jacquelyn Zita is an American born philosopher, active in environmental justice issues and how they impact gender and racial justice considerations. A...
blows Dogs away". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 2 September 2020. Zita, David (30 July 2020). "'Dusty, you are a freak!': Outrageous goal puts AFL...
I and IV, the last emperor of Austria and king of Hungary, and his wife, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Otto was born as Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl...
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appeared in the famous opening sequence of Orson Welles's Touch of Evil as Zita, the dancer who dies in a car explosion at the end of the extended tracking...
(now the Blessed Charles of Austria, 1887–1922) and his consort Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma (now a Servant of God, 1892–1989) are in the family crypt...
Historical Commission for the beatification of Empress Zita of Austria. With Étienne Martin and Bruno Martin: Saints et Bienheureux de l’Ordre de Malte, 2014...