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INTA-CAB
The Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) is a very recently created research centre devoted to interdisciplinary research and a unique organisation in Europe. CAB is located in the grounds of the Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial - the state institution devoted to developing space mission technology. CAB has around 70 staff, one third non-Spanish. The Centre is organized into laboratories devoted to complementary areas of research: biology, microbiology, molecular biology, geology, paleontology, chemistry, physics, engineering and computer sciences. CAB is an associate member of the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) and is currently performing collaborative research projects with groups from different institutions associated to the NAI and ESA.
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Prof. Ricardo Amils is currently Professor of Microbiology in the Molecular Biology Department of Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He is also an Associate Senior Scientist at the Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC). His scientific experience is: Research Associate in the Biochemistry Department at Dartmouth Medical School, N.H. (1973-1975), Research Associate in the Chemistry Department at Columbia University, N.Y. (1975-1976), Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1977-1993), Full Professor of Microbiology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (1994-present), Senior Scientist, Centro de Astrobiología (1998-present). Main research activities: Functional evolution of ribosomes, bio-mining, bio-remediation, specific metal sequestering, microbial ecology of extremophilic habitats, molecular biology of extremophiles, astrobiology. Publications: ~200 papers in international journals and as book chapters.