Supervisor: Celia Blanco

Marina Fernández graduated in Physics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and subsequently completed a Master’s degree in Condensed Matter Physics and Biological Systems at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. During her Master’s thesis, she carried out a research stay at the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) under the supervision of Jacobo Aguirre, funded by a CSIC JAE Intro ICU fellowship. Her research focused on modeling the early evolution of life within the framework of complexity theory, with particular emphasis on the chemistry of simple phosphorus-bearing molecules in the interstellar medium. Through this work, she collaborated with several research groups at CAB and presented her research at various scientific conferences.

As a predoctoral researcher at CAB, she worked under the supervision of Jacobo Aguirre and Marta Ruiz Bermejo, developing her PhD thesis on modeling the origin of life as a complex and emergent phenomenon. The thesis investigates interstellar phosphorus chemistry and the dynamics of more complex molecules of prebiotic relevance. Its main objective is to theoretically explore the formation of the molecular building blocks of life and the emergence of life-like properties from the perspective of complex systems.

As a predoctoral researcher at CAB, she worked under the supervision of Jacobo Aguirre and Marta Ruiz Bermejo, developing her PhD thesis on modeling the origin of life as a complex and emergent phenomenon. The thesis investigates interstellar phosphorus chemistry and the dynamics of more complex molecules of prebiotic relevance. Its main objective is to theoretically explore the formation of the molecular building blocks of life and the emergence of life-like properties from the perspective of complex systems.

Jacobo Aguirre’s Group Page: https://complexityweb.com/people.html