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Mónica
Sánchez-Román
Scientific
Interests
- Sedimentary geochemistry of
carbonate minerals
- Biomineralization and mineral-microbe
interactions
- Isotope tracers in biological
and inorganic systems
Education
November 2002 - October 2006: PhD
ETH Zurich - "Calibration of Microbial and Geochemical Signals Related
to Dolomite Formation by Aerobic Moderately Halophilic Bacteria: Significance
and Implications of Dolomite in the Geologic Record"
September 2001 - October 2002: Master Thesis - "The Influence of
Moderately Halophilic Bacteria in the Precipitation of Carbonates and
Phosphates". Pharmacy Faculty, University of Granada (Spain).
1996 - 2001: Licenciada (Graduated) - Geology, Sciences Faculty, University
of Granada. Including one year exchange program (Erasmus) at ETH Zurich,
Switzerland
Professional
Experience
January 2008 - present: Postdoctoral
researcher, SREL (University of Georgia), Aiken SC
November 2006 - December 2007: Postdoctoral researcher, ETH-Zürich
November 2002 - October 2006: PhD student - research assistant, ETH-Zürich
September 2001 - October 2002: Laboratory assistant of Microbiology, Pharmacy
Faculty, University of Granada (Spain)
Selected publications
Sánchez-Román M,
Rivadeneyra MA, Vasconcelos C, and McKenzie JA (2007) Carbonate
and phosphate precipitation by halophilic bacteria: influence of Ca2+
and Mg2+ ions, FEMS Microbiology Ecology 61(2): 273-284.
Sánchez-Román M, Vasconcelos C, Warthmann R, Rivadeneyra
M, and McKenzie JA (in press) Microbial Dolomite Precipitation
under Aerobic Conditions: Results from Brejo do Espinho Lagoon (Brazil)
and Culture Experiments, IAS Spec Publ, No 41.
Current
Project
Geobiological Mechanisms that Control
the Chemistry of Low Temperature Carbonates Formation
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