Arola Moreras Marti
researcher
Earth and Environmental Sciences
university of st andrews
United Kingdom
Biography
She work with Dr. Claire Cousins and Dr. Aubrey Zerkle using a combination of geochemistry and microbiology experiments to understand the potential for past microbial life on Mars.
Research Interest
doing a combination of laboratory culturing, analyses of hydrothermal fluids and minerals, and stable isotope geochemistry. Her aim is to understand what kind of microbial life can be sustained in the hydrothermal pools of Kverkfjoll and identify their resulting biosignatures to aid our future search for life on Mars.