Esther Izquierdo Llavall
Postdoctoral researcher at the Universitat de Barcelona
Esther Izquierdo graduated with honors in Geology from the Universidad de Zaragoza in 2009. Afterwards, she studied a master in the University of Geology in Granada, where she undertook her master thesis, focused on the study of magnetic fabrics in igneous rocks from the Pyrenees. In 2010, she started her PhD entitled “Along-strike variations in the structure of the Pyrenean Axial Zone: Insights from magnetic fabrics, paleomagnetism, paleothermometry and analogue modelling”. Since 2014, Esther has been postdoctoral researcher in the Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, where she worked on cross section construction for a CO2 storage project (2014-2015), and in the Geomodels Research Institute (from February 2015). Her latter work is focused on seismic interpretation and analogue modelling applied to the Kuqa basin, in NW China.
My research lines are mainly focused:
✓Structural geology and tectonics
✓Magnetic fabrics and paleomagnetism
✓Analogue modelling
Studies
2009 Degree in Geology by the Universidad de Zaragoza
2010 Master in Geology from the Universidad de Granada
2014 PhD in Geology by the Universidad de Zaragoza
Grants
2008. “Beca de Colaboración” in the Earth Sciences Department of the Universidad de Zaragoza, MECD.
2009-2010. La Caixa Grant for Master’s studies
2010-2014. Pre-doctoral grant “Formación de Profesorado Universitario” from the MECD
2012. Research Grant from the Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses
2014-2015. Research assistant in the Instituto Geológico y Minero de España
2015-present. Postdoctoral Researcher at the Universitat de Barcelona
Others
Stages Abroad:
2011. Università degli studi di Camerino, Italy, (2 months), supervised by Chiara Invernizzi
2011. Academic Laboratory of Basin Analysis in the Università degli studi di Roma Tre, Roma, Italy (1 month), supervised by Luca Aldega and Sveva Corrado
2012. Gams Paleomagnetic Laboratory, University of Leoben, Austria (3 months), supervised by Robert Scholger
2012. Laboratory of Experimental Tectonics (LET) in the Università degli studi di Roma Tre, Roma, Italy (4 months), supervised by Francesca Funiciello and Claudio Faccenna
2013. Pacific Northwest Paleomagnetic Laboratory in the Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA (2 months), supervised by Bernard Housen
Scientific surveys abroad:
September 2008: ZEE-2008 (Characterization of the Galician Continental Margin) on board of the Hespérides
Mentions
2009. Premio extraordinario de fin de carrera
2011. Primer premio Nacional a la Excelencia en el rendimiento académico Universitario
