Zita Martins By ceciliapereira Mar 19, 1979 Birth 1983 1983 a 1992 - Did ballet 1993 1993 a 1996 - She learned Russian at the school of the Portuguese Association of Friendship and Cooperation Iuri Gagarin 1997 1997 a 2002 - 5-years Undergraduate Degree (Licenciatura), Chemistry, Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal) 2002 2002 - Graduate Researcher, Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal) 2003 2003 a 2007 - PhD, Astrobiology, Leiden University (The Netherlands), 2005 2005 a 2006 - Visiting Scientist, NASA Goddard (USA) 2007 2007 a 2009 - Post-Doc Associate Researcher, Imperial College London (UK), 2009 2009 a 2017 - Royal Society University Research Fellow, Imperial College London (UK), 2012 2012 - Invited Professor, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France) Jun 10, 2015 Appointed Officer of the Order of Saint James of the Sword by the President of Portugal for exceptional and outstanding merits in science. 2017 2017 - Researcher, Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal), 2018 2018-present - Associate Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal),