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 Terrestrial analogs and Planetary exploration
 Meteorites and Impact Events
 Megacryometeors (Extreme atmospheric events)
 Geoethics (in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Astrobiology)

Head, Department of Planetology and Habitability, Centro de Astrobiologia (CSIC-INTA)

Chair, IUGS Commission on Geoscience Education, Training and Technology Transfer

President, International Association for Geoethics (IAGETH)

Regional Coordinator in Spain, TPS-Spain, The Planetary Society

Goodwill Ambassador of the Geological Society of Africa

Founder/Head (CSIC) of the Associate Unit (CSIC-UVA) "Raman and IR Spectroscopy in Cosmogeochemistry and Astrobiology"

Former Head of the Planetary Geology Laboratory, CAB ( CSIC/INTA), associated to the NASA Astrobiology Institute

Ex-Vice Chairman of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD).

Durer's polyhedron

In Memoriam

Tribute to Einstein

Tribute to Sagan