Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Yasmina M Martos Martin

(ASSISTANT RESEARCH SCIENTIST)

 yasminamagdalena.martosmartin@nasa.gov

 301.614.5456

Org Code: 695

NASA/GSFC
 Mail Code: 695
 Greenbelt, MD 20771

Employer: UNIV OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK

Research Interests

Planetary magnetic fields, Jovian decametric radio emission, Earth’s magnetic and gravity fields, Geodynamics, Geophysics, Geothermal heat flux, Mantle dynamics, Dynamic and Structure of the lithosphere, Tectonics, Gateways, Antarctica, Greenland, ice dynamics

Solar System: Magnetospheres

Positions/Employment

Associate Research Scientist

NASA GSFC/University of Maryland College Park - Greenbelt, MD, USA

August 2023 - Present

Juno magnetometer and Jupiter’s magnetic field

Assistant Research Scientist

NASA GSFC/University of Maryland College Park - Greenbelt, MD, USA

August 2019 - July 2023

Juno magnetometer and Jupiter’s magnetic field

Visiting Assistant Research Scientist

NASA GSFC/University of Maryland College Park - Greenbelt, MD, USA

October 2017 - July 2019

Juno magnetometer and Jupiter’s magnetic field

Marie Curie Fellow

European Commission/British Antarctic Survey - Cambridge, UK

June 2015 - June 2017

REVEAL Project - Peering through the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to reveal geology, crustal architecture and tectonic influences on ice sheet dynamics

Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP)/Texas A&M University - College Station, TX, USA

2015 - 2015

Education

2014 Ph.D. in Earth Sciences by the University of Granada, Spain. PhD title: “Geodynamic evolution of the Scotia Sea (Antarctica), palaeoceanographic implications and global change”.

2009 M.Sc. in Geophysics and Meteorology by the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Master thesis: “Crustal Structure of Deception Island region (Antarctica) from geophysical data”.

2008  B.Sc. degree in Physics by the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. Concentration in Physics of the Earth. 5-year degree. 

Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union

2015 - Present

Geological Society of Washington

2018 - Present

Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS)

2010 - Present

Selected Public Outreach

NASA’s Juno Tunes into Jovian Radio Triggered by Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon Io

2021 - 2021

Interview for Conversations with Goddard “Dr. Yasmina Martos Leads a Double Scientific Life"

2020 - 2020

Feature for the Hispanic Heritage Month

NASA 50th anniversary of the Earth Day (2020)

2020 - 2020

NASA en español

Geothermal heat flux reveals the Iceland hotspot track underneath Greenland

2018 - 2018

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