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Jesús Martínez-Frías

Jesús Martínez-Frías

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Earth Science

D-Index
35
Citations
5849
World Ranking
7508
National Ranking
161

Overview

Jesús Martínez-Frías is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their primary field of research is Physics and Astronomy, with a strong focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. The scientist's work spans various subfields including Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Physiology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

The main topics addressed in their research include Planetary Science and Exploration, Astro and Planetary Science, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Space Exploration and Technology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Spaceflight effects on biology, and Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America.

Jesús Martínez-Frías has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include the Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Scientific Reports, Space Science Reviews, and Science.

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers, including:

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests (2020, Space Science Reviews)
  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description (2021, Space Science Reviews)
  • Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars (2021, Science)
  • Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars (2022, Science Advances)
  • In situ recording of Mars soundscape (2022, Nature)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martínez-Frías include E. A. Cloutis, Juan Manuel Madariaga, R. C. Wiens, A. J. Brown, and Gorka Arana, reflecting consistent partnership in planetary and space science research.

Best Publications

  • Volatile and organic compositions of sedimentary rocks in Yellowknife Bay, Gale crater, Mars.

    Douglas W. Ming;P. D. Archer;D. P. Glavin;J. L. Eigenbrode

  • Transient liquid water and water activity at Gale crater on Mars

    F. Javier Martín-Torres;F. Javier Martín-Torres;María Paz Zorzano;Patricia Valentín-Serrano;Ari Matti Harri

  • REMS: The Environmental Sensor Suite for the Mars Science Laboratory Rover

    J. Gómez-Elvira;C. Armiens;L. Castañer;M. Domínguez

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the NASA Mars 2020 Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests

    Roger C. Wiens;Sylvestre Maurice;Scott H. Robinson;Anthony E. Nelson

  • Vast fields of hydrocarbon-derived carbonate chimneys related to the accretionary wedge/olistostrome of the Gulf of Cádiz

    V. Dı́az-del-Rı́o;L. Somoza;J. Martı́nez-Frias;M.P. Mata

  • The SuperCam Instrument Suite on the Mars 2020 Rover: Science Objectives and Mast-Unit Description

    Sylvestre Maurice;R. Wiens;P. Bernardi;P. Caïs

  • Perseverance rover reveals an ancient delta-lake system and flood deposits at Jezero crater, Mars.

    N. Mangold;S. Gupta;O. Gasnault;G. Dromart

  • Compositionally and density stratified igneous terrain in Jezero crater, Mars

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  • Limits of Life and the Habitability of Mars : The ESA Space Experiment BIOMEX on the ISS

    Jean-Pierre De Vera;Mashal Alawi;Theresa Backhaus;Mickael Baque

  • Curiosity's rover environmental monitoring station: Overview of the first 100 sols

    Javier Gõmez-Elvira;Carlos Armiens;Isaías Carrasco;Maria Genzer

  • Survival of lichens and bacteria exposed to outer space conditions – Results of the Lithopanspermia experiments

    Rosa de la Torre;Leopoldo G. Sancho;Gerda Horneck;Asunción de los Ríos

  • Tectonic, volcanic, and hydrothermal event sequence on Deception Island (Antarctica)

    Jorge Rey;Luis Somoza;J. Martínez-Frías

  • TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission

    Athena Coustenis;Sushil K. Atreya;T. Balint;R.H. Brown

  • Comparative micro‐Raman study of the Nakhla and Vaca Muerta meteorites

    Fernando Rull;Fernando Rull;J. Martínez-Frías;J. Martínez-Frías;Antonio Sansano;Jesús Medina

  • Ferromanganese nodules and micro-hardgrounds associated with the Cadiz Contourite Channel (NE Atlantic): Palaeoenvironmental records of fluid venting and bottom currents

    Francisco Javier González;Luis Somoza;Ricardo León;Teresa Medialdea

  • Iron oxyhydroxide and sulphide mineralization in hydrocarbon seep-related carbonate submarine chimneys, Gulf of Cadiz (SW Iberian Peninsula)

    R. Merinero;R. Lunar;J. Martínez-Frías;L. Somoza

  • Active tectonics, fault patterns, and stress field of Deception Island: A response to oblique convergence between the Pacific and Antarctic plates

    Adolfo Maestro;Adolfo Maestro;Luis Somoza;Jorge Rey;J. Martínez-Frías

  • Evidence for hydrothermal venting and sediment volcanism discharged after recent short-lived volcanic eruptions at Deception Island, Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

    Luis Somoza;J. Martínez-Frías;J. L. Smellie;Jorge Rey

  • Observations and preliminary science results from the first 100 sols of MSL Rover Environmental Monitoring Station ground temperature sensor measurements at Gale Crater

    Victoria E. Hamilton;Ashwin R. Vasavada;Eduardo Sebastián;Manuel De La Torre Juárez

  • The resistance of the lichen Circinaria gyrosa (nom. provis.) towards simulated Mars conditions—a model test for the survival capacity of an eukaryotic extremophile

    F.J. Sánchez;E. Mateo-Martí;J. Raggio;J. Meeßen

  • The 2005 MARTE Robotic Drilling Experiment in Río Tinto, Spain: objectives, approach, and results of a simulated mission to search for life in the Martian subsurface.

    Carol R. Stoker;Howard N. Cannon;Stephen E. Dunagan;Lawrence G. Lemke

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis Somoza
Luis Somoza Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
Olivier Gasnault
Olivier Gasnault Paul Sabatier University
Samuel M. Clegg
Samuel M. Clegg Los Alamos National Laboratory
Olivier Beyssac
Olivier Beyssac Sorbonne University
Sylvestre Maurice
Sylvestre Maurice Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology
Jeffrey R. Johnson
Jeffrey R. Johnson Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Gilles Dromart
Gilles Dromart École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
John P. Grotzinger
John P. Grotzinger California Institute of Technology
Scott M. McLennan
Scott M. McLennan Stony Brook University
Franck Montmessin
Franck Montmessin University of Paris-Saclay

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