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The first years of my professional career were dedicated to obtain my PhD in Science from the University of the Basque Country. This enabled to strongly deepen my knowledge in Science, as well as to notably improved analytical, communications and presentation skills, as well as social competences. After that, I moved abroad for six years and worked as postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich and TNO Utrecht, where I got plenty of writing funding application experience, travel experience and business mindset working with highly competent colleagues. The latter was determinative and very significant in my career development. In 2016, I decided to move back to Spain and switched my scientific career towards a business-oriented career in which I could make fully use of my professional skills and refine them.
Now, I am seeking a position within Innovation and Technology that will benefit from my international experience, skills, and work ethics that I have used through my professional career.
University of the Basque Country
September 2005 - August 2010
Bilbao
ETH Zurich
September 2010 - August 2014
Zurich
TNO Utrecht, Oil and Gas Department
January 2015 - June 2016
Utrecht
Nordic Innovators
August 2017 - February 2018
Málaga
University of the Basque Country
January 2005 - January 2009
Science (Geology)
University of the Basque Country
January 1998 - January 2004
Geology
University of Malaga
January 2016 - January 2017
Teaching
Fundación Española de Ciencia y Tecnología (FECYT)
August 2010
Geofluids VII International Conference. Paris, France.
April 2012
International Association of Sedimentologists (IAS)
February 2009
Millan et al.
Three dolomite phases in the burial dolomitization system of the Nisku Formation in central Alberta (Canada) were measured for carbonate clumped isotopes. Independent temperature constraints using fluid inclusions and traditional oxygen isotope geothermometry allow us to test the application of this method using a new calibration curve extrapolated to higher temperatures. These three phases of dolomite correspond to three diagenetic stages in the burial history. The oldest phase is replacive gray matrix dolomite formed during relatively shallow burial depths at average clumped-isotope temperatures (Δ47T) of +80 ±7°C. Previous temperature estimates from standard oxygen isotope geothermometry ranged from 50 to 80°C. A calculated δ18O(H2O) of 3 ± 1.4‰ VSMOW points to precipitation from Devonian seawater modified by evaporation and/or water–rock interaction. The first phase of saddle dolomite cement formed by pressure-solution during intermediate burial depths yielded average Δ47T of 96 ±4°C (previously calculated at ~80°C) and δ18O(H2O) of 4 ± 1‰ VSMOW. A second phase of saddle dolomite formed in association with thermochemical sulphate reduction during deep burial records average Δ47T of 151 ±5°C, comparable to fluid inclusion temperatures ranging from 125 to 145°C. The average δ18O(H2O) of the fluid that formed this saddle dolomite phase is calculated as 8 ± 1‰ VSMOW, suggesting much more advanced water–rock interaction. Δ47T are consistent with previous temperature estimates from a combination of geological data conventional O-isotope and fluid-inclusion thermometry. Another important finding is that the Δ47 signatures are preserved even after reaching deeper burial and/or during uplift and cooling, which points to a closure temperature in dolomites in excess of 180°C. Thus, dolomite appears to be a better phase for clumped-isotope analysis than calcite for rocks that have been exposed to higher temperatures upon further burial. This study demonstrates the power of the clumped-isotope thermometer to reconstruct complex diagenetic histories in burial diagenetic environments where multiple generations of diagenetic cements can be analyzed individually.