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Marta E. Torres Losilla<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Acad\u00e9mico de N\u00famero<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Catedr\u00e1tica Em\u00e9rita en el Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Mar y Atm\u00f3sfera, (CEOAS) en la Universidad Estatal de Oreg\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Bachiller en Qu\u00edmica, Universidad de Costa Rica (1976).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • MSc. en Oceanograf\u00eda Qu\u00edmica, Universidad Estatal de Oreg\u00f3n, EEUU (1983).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • PhD. en Geolog\u00eda Marina, Universidad Estatal de Oreg\u00f3n, EEUU (1988).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Postdoctorado en Oceanograf\u00eda, Texas A&M University (1987)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Marta E. Torres Losilla es una geoqu\u00edmica marina especializada en la utilizaci\u00f3n de an\u00e1lices qu\u00edmicos de sedimentos marinos y aguas intersticiales y sus aplicaciones al estudio de surgencias fr\u00edas en m\u00e1rgenes activos; mecanismos de transporte de fluidos a trav\u00e9s de estratos geol\u00f3gicos; procesos din\u00e1micos de formaci\u00f3n de hidratos de metano; formaci\u00f3n de minerales aut\u00edgenos, y en la influencia de comunidades microbiol\u00f3gicas en la alteraci\u00f3n de componentes sedimentarios. Para estos estudios ha recibido financiamiento en EEUU a trav\u00e9s de la Fundaci\u00f3n Nacional de Ciencia (NSF), del Departamento de Energ\u00eda y del Servicio Geol\u00f3gico de los Estados Unidos (USGS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Se ha desempe\u00f1ado como cient\u00edfica de apoyo de programa internacional de perforaciones marinas (IODP), donde tambi\u00e9n dirigi\u00f3 varios comit\u00e9s de evaluaci\u00f3n e implementaci\u00f3n de proyectos. Adem\u00e1s ha ocupado cargos como cient\u00edfica de investigaci\u00f3n en el Instituto GEOMAR de la Universidad de Kiel, Alemania (1991-1993), y como profesora de oceanograf\u00eda en la Universidad Estatal de Oreg\u00f3n desde 1994, de donde se pension\u00f3 como catedr\u00e1tica en 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ha participado en 25 expediciones marinas en los oc\u00e9anos Pac\u00edfico, Atl\u00e1ntico, Indico, y Ant\u00e1rtico. Estas incluyen 12 expediciones de perforaci\u00f3n en varias localidades del margen activo del Oc\u00e9ano Pac\u00edfico (Chile, Per\u00fa, Costa Rica, Oreg\u00f3n, Jap\u00f3n, Korea, Nueva Zelandia y Sumatra), 4 expediciones en le sumergible Alvin, y 5 expediciones utilizando sumergibles a control remoto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ha pertenecido a comit\u00e9s cient\u00edficos de varias organizaciones a nivel internacional. Fue designada como Instructora Distinguida por la Asociaci\u00f3n Nacional de Educadores de Ciencias Geol\u00f3gicas en EEUU en 2005. Recibi\u00f3 el premio Helios de la British Petroleum en 2007 por su participaci\u00f3n en el proyecto de perforaci\u00f3n de hidratos de metano en la costa norte de Alaska. Fue reconocida con el premio de Excelencia en Mentor\u00eda en el Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Mar y Atmosfera, (CEOAS) en la Universidad Estatal de Oreg\u00f3n en 2011. Fue reconocida con becas honor\u00edficas por el Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Instituto de Estudios Avanzados) en Alemania en 2014 y 2024.  Recibi\u00f3 el reconocimiento de \u201cFellow\u201d de la Sociedad Geol\u00f3gica de EUA en 2013 y de la Sociedad Geoqu\u00edmica Europea in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ha sido invitada como ponente a muchas conferencias en instituciones acad\u00e9micas en Estados Unidos, Europa, Korea e India. Ha sido autora en m\u00e1s de 130 publicaciones en revistas cient\u00edficas internacionales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Publicaciones representativas de los \u00faltimos 10 a\u00f1os:\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • Klasek, S.A., Torres, M.E., Loher, M., Bohrmann, G., Pape, T. and Colwell, F.S., 2019. Deep-sourced fluids from a convergent margin host distinct subseafloor microbial communities that change upon mud flow expulsion. Frontiers in Microbiology<\/em>, 10<\/em>, p.1436.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Riedinger, N., Torres, M.E., Screaton, E., Solomon, E.A., Kutterolf, S., Schindlbeck\u2010Belo, J., Formolo, M.J., Lyons, T.W. and Vannucchi, P., 2019. Interplay of subduction tectonics, sedimentation, and carbon cycling. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Screaton, E.J., Torres, M.E., Dugan, B., Heeschen, K.U., Mountjoy, J.J., Ayres, C., Rose, P.S., Pecher, I.A., Barnes, P.M. and LeVay, L.J., 2019. Sedimentation Controls on Methane\u2010Hydrate Dynamics Across Glacial\/Interglacial Stages: An Example From International Ocean Discovery Program Site U1517, Hikurangi Margin. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Klasek, S., Torres, M.E., Bartlett, D.H., Tyler, M., Hong, W.L. and Colwell, F., 2019. Microbial communities from Arctic marine sediments respond slowly to methane addition during ex situ enrichments. Environmental Microbiology<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Torres, M.E., Hong, W.L., Solomon, E.A., Milliken, K., Kim, J.H., Sample, J.C., Teichert, B.M. and Wallmann, K., 2020. Silicate weathering in anoxic marine sediment as a requirement for authigenic carbonate burial. Earth-Science Reviews<\/em>, 200<\/em>, p.102960.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Luo M, Torres ME, Hong WL, Pape T, Fronzek J, Kutterolf S, Mountjoy JJ, Orpin A, Henkel S, Huhn K, Chen D. Impact of iron release by volcanic ash alteration on carbon cycling in sediments of the northern Hikurangi margin. Earth and Planetary Science Letters<\/em>. 2020; 541:116288.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Luo M, Torres ME, Kasten S, Mountjoy JJ. Constraining the age and evolution of the Tuaheni Landslide Complex, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand using pore\u2010water geochemistry and numerical modeling. Geophysical Research Letters<\/em>. 2020:e2020GL087243.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Klasek, S.A., Hong, W.L., Torres, M.E., Ross, S., Hostetler, K., Portnov, A., Gr\u00fcndger, F. and Colwell, F.S., 2021. Distinct methane-dependent biogeochemical states in Arctic seafloor gas hydrate mounds. Nature communications<\/em>, 12<\/em>(1), pp.1-13.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Kim, J.H., Hong, W.L., Torres, M.E., Ryu, J.S., Kang, M.H., Han, D., Nam, S.I., Hur, J., Koh, D.C., Niessen, F. and Lee, D.H., 2021. A pulse of meteoric subsurface fluid discharging into the Chukchi Sea during the Early Holocene Thermal Maximum (EHTM). Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems<\/em>, 22<\/em>(8), p.e2021GC009750.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Seabrook, S., Torres, M.E., Baumberger, T., Butterfield, D., Roe, K., Cummings, M., Crawford, R. and Thurber, A.R., 2024. Ubiquitous but unique: Water depth and oceanographic attributes shape methane seep communities. Limnology and Oceanography<\/em>, 69(5), pp.1218-1232.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Luo, M., Yu, M., Torres, M.E., Solomon, E.A., Gieskes, J., You, C.F., Kong, L. and Chen, D., 2024. Volcanic ash alteration triggers active sedimentary lithium cycling: Insights from lithium isotopic compositions of pore fluids and sediments in the Hikurangi subduction zone. Earth and Planetary Science Letters<\/em>, 642<\/em>, p.118854.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Aylward, I., Solomon, E., Torres, M. and Harris, R., 2025. Geochemical and thermal constraints on the Hikurangi subduction zone hydrogeologic system and its role in slow slip. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems<\/em>, 26<\/em>(3), p.e2024GC011778.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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