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EDUCATION:
Ph. D., University of London.
CURRENT ACADEMIC DUTIES:
Current administrative activities in the Applied Physics Scientific Section of The Abdus Salam ICTP.
PREVIOUS ACADEMIC DUTIES:
Previous administrative activities in the organization of academic events.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Astrobiology (origin, evolution, distribution and destiny of life in the universe).
Astrobiology and human culture (ethics, philosophy and theology).
PUBLICATIONS:
RECENT PAPERS
Chela-Flores, J. (2007). Testing the universality of biology. International Journal of Astrobiology, 6 (3), 241-248. (copyright holder: Cambridge University Press).
Smith, A., Crawford, I. A., Gowen, R. A., Ball, A. J., Barber, S. J., Church, P., Coates, A. J., Gao, Y., Griffiths, A. D., Hagermann, A., Phipps, A., Pike, W. T., Scott, R., Sheridan, S., Sweeting, M., Talboys, D., Tong, V., Wells, N., Biele, J., Chela-Flores, J., Dabrowski, B., Flannagan, J, Grande, M., Grygorczuk, J., Kargl, G., Khavroshkin, O. B., Klingelhoefer, G., Knapmeyer, M., Marczewski, W., McKenna-Lawlor, S., Richter, L., Rothery, D. A., Seweryn, K., Ulamec, S., Wawrzaszek, R., Wieczorek, M. and Wright, I. P. (2008). LunarEX-A proposal to Cosmic Vision, Experimental Astronomy 10.1007/s10686-008-9109-6 (August 21, 2008).
Chela-Flores, J. and Kumar, N. (2008). Returning to Europa: Can traces of surficial life be detected? International Journal of Astrobiology, 7(3), pp. 263-269 (copyright holder: Cambridge University Press).
Blanc, M.et al, and LAPLACE Team Members (2009). LAPLACE: a mission to Europa and the Jupiter System for ESA's Cosmic Vision Programme, Experimental Astronomy, Volume 23, Issue 3, pp.849-892.
Messerotti, M. and Chela-Flores, J. (2009). Solar activity and life. A Review. Acta Geophysica 57 (1), 64-74.
Chela-Flores, J. (2010). Instrumentation for the search of habitable ecosystems in the future exploration of Europa and Ganymede. International Journal of Astrobiology, in press.
RECENT TALKS, CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION AND COLLABORATIONS