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Juan Martin de Blas

(Postdoctoral Research Associate)

Juan Martin de Blas's Contact Card & Information.
Email: juanignacio.martindeblas@nasa.gov
Org Code: 695
Address:
NASA/GSFC
 Mail Code 695
 Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK

Research Interests

Planetary magnetic fields

Solar System: Magnetospheres

Plate kinematics in the past and present

Earth Science: Theory & Modeling

Geodynamics

GNSS data

Tectonics and seismotectonics

Positions/Employment

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Copenhagen - Denmark

August 2021 - August 2024

Postdoctoral Research Associate

NASA Goddard - Greenbelt, MD

September 2024 - Present

Teaching Experience

Lecturer • BSc course "Quantitative Problem-Solving in Geosciences" • University of Copenhagen, Denmark • 2023-2024


Lecturer • Summer course on "Plate Kinematics & Dynamics" • Universidad de Concepción, Chile.


Teaching Assistant in the following courses at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark:

• MSc course "Geodynamics" • 2023–2024.

• BSc course "Quantitative Problem-Solving in Geosciences" • 2022–2023.

• BSc course "Applied Geophysics in Geoscience" • 2021–2022.

• BSc course "Introduction to Solid Earth Geophysics" • 2018–2021.

Education

PhD in Geology-Geoscience.

University of Copenhagen, Denmark • 2017–2021.

PhD thesis: "Linking microplate dynamics to the seismic cycle of crustal faults".


MSc degree in Geophysics and Meteorology.

University of Granada, Spain • 2015–2016 • GPA: 9.87/10.

Master's thesis: "Deep structure of the Caribbean: lithospheric roots and asthenospheric currents".


BEng degree in Geological Engineering.

Complutense University of Madrid, Spain • 2011–2015 • GPA: 9.15/10.

Awards

"laCaixa" Foundation Scholarship, Graduate Studies in Europe • 2017

Extraordinary Award, BEng in Geological Engineering • Complutense University of Madrid, Spain • 2016

  • Awarded to the top student in the graduating class.

Four Academic Excellence Scholarships • Comunidad de Madrid, Spain • 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.


Selected Publications

Refereed

2024. "MYRIAM: Open‐Source Software to Estimate Torque Variations Associated With Plate‐Motion Temporal Changes." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 25 (2): [10.1029/2023gc011095] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Feedback between megathrust earthquake cycle and plate convergence." Scientific Reports 13 (1): 18623 [10.1038/s41598-023-45753-5] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Have the 1999 Izmit–Düzce earthquakes influenced the motion and seismicity of the Anatolian microplate?." Geophysical Journal International 229 (3): 1754-1769 [10.1093/gji/ggac020] [Journal Article/Letter]

Talks, Presentations and Posters

Invited

Interplay between plate kinematics and the seismic cycle: evidence from GNSS data collected in the Nazca and South American plates

10, 2024

Talk at the AGU Fall Meeting 2024 in Washington DC.

Authors: J. Martin de Blas, G. Iaffaldano, V. Espinoza, A. Tassara & D. Melnick.

Changes in the motion of tectonic plates to the scale from decades to million years and associated geodynamic forces

February 12, 2023

Invited talk at the University of Concepcion, Chile.

Authors: J. Martin de Blas & V. Espinoza.

Other

Magnetic signature of La Corona lava tube (Lanzarote, Canary Islands) as a planetary analog

May 29, 2025

Talk at the EGU General Assembly 2025 in Vienna, Austria.

Authors: J. Martin de Blas, Y. M. Martos, J. Espley, J. Richardson, D. Sheppard & J. Connerney.

Linking the Nazca plate rigid motions to the megathrust earthquakes occurring along the Chilean subduction zone

June 24, 2022

Talk at the EGU General Assembly 2022 in Vienna, Austria.

Authors: J. Martin de Blas, G. Iaffaldano, A. Tassara, D. Melnick & M. Moreno.

Have the 1999 Izmit-Düzce earthquakes influenced the motion and seismicity of the Anatolian microplate?

June 24, 2022

Talk at the EGU General Assembly 2022 in Vienna, Austria.

Authors: J. Martin de Blas, G. Iaffaldano & E. Calais.

A synthetic study on the feasibility of using geodetic estimates of rigid microplate motions to assess the seismic hazard of crustal faults

May 10, 2019

Talk at the EGU General Assembly 2019 in Vienna, Austria.

Authors: J. Martin de Blas & G. Iaffaldano.

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