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Prof. Dr. Maria del Carmen Sanchez Valle

Current affiliations

  • Professorship for Mineralogy (Prof. Sanchez-Valle)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Fluid-rock interactions & mass transfer in subduction zones
  • Physics of melts & magmatic processes
  • Water in the Earth’s interior
  • Fate of subducted slabs; Planetology- icy moons

Academic Education

since 2003Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
since 2000M.S., Condensed Matter (Physics), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
since 1999B.S., Physics, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain

Work Experience

since 10/2014Professor for Mineralogy, WWU Münster, Germany
01/2014 - 09/2014Visiting scientist ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2007 - 2013Assistant Professor for Experimental Geochemistry & Mineral Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2004 - 2006Post-doctoral researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA
2000 - 2003Doctoral Fellow, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
2000 - 2003Teaching assistant, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France

Functions and Memberships

since 10/2016Specialty Chief Editor Frontiers in Earth Science Earth and Planetary Materials
2014 - 2016Associate Editor in Frontiers in Earth Sciences
2010 - 2016Review panel PRC3 (Matter and material properties) at synchrotron Soleil, France
2014 - 2015Guest editor in Chemical Geology
2011 - 2014XAS review panel at synchrotron Swiss Light Source (SLS), Switzerland

Publications

Simopoulou, M; Baziotis, I; Ferrière, L; Hu, J; Sanchez-Valle, C; Gamaletsos, P; Palles, D; Berndt, J; Ma, C; Klemme, S; Asimow, P (2025)
In: Journal of Raman Spectroscopy56(1329-1344).
Research article (journal)
Kolesnikov, E; Li, X; Müller, S; Rohrbach, A; Klemme, S; Berndt, J; Liermann H-P; Sanchez-Valle, C; Kupenko, I (2025)
In: Nature Communications1610986.
Research article (journal)
Diagileva, D.; Louvel, M.; Chatelin, T.; Haupt, C. P.; Hazemann, J.-L.; Sanchez-Valle, C. (2025)
In:  (eds.), Goldschmidt 2025 AbstractGoldschmidt 2025PragCzech RepublicGoldschmidt 2025 Abstract.
Abstract in digital collection (conference)
Valsera Moreno, P.; Louvel, M; Koppetz-Mitra, H.; Diagileva, D.; Rosa, A.D.; Sanchez-Valle, C. (2025)
In:  (eds.), Goldschmidt 2025 AbstractGoldschmidt 2025PragCzech RepublicGoldschmidt 2025 Abstract.
Abstract in digital collection (conference)
Diagileva, D.; Valsera Moreno, P.; Louvel, M.; Haupt, C.; Chatelin, T.; Hazemann, J.-L.; Sanchez-Valle, C. (2025)
In: 19th Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry (EMPG) conferenceOrléansFranceResearchgate:sciencesconf.org:empg2025:628271.
Abstract in digital collection (conference)
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Projects

Duration: 01/11/2025 - 31/10/2028 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 01/02/2025 - 31/08/2028 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Duration: 30/09/2024 - 11/10/2024
Funded by: Université franco-allemande | Deutsch-Französische Hochschule
Type of project: Scientific Event
Duration: 01/06/2024 - 31/05/2026 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Priority Programme
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster
Duration: 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2026 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Priority Programme
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster
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Doctorates

[Working title] Mobilization of tin in lower crustal magmatic-hydrothermal settings: In-situ investigation of fluid composition and metal complexation
Candidate: Valsera Moreno, Pilar | Supervisors: Sanchez Valle, Maria del Carmen; Louvel, Marion
Period of time: 01/05/2023 - today
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Electronic, magnetic and structural transitions in iron oxides at high pressures
Candidate: Xiang Li | Supervisors: Carmen Sanchez-Valle; Ilya Kupenko | Reviewers: Carmen Sanchez-Valle; Björn Winkler; Ilya Kupenko; Stephan Klemme
Period of time: 01/07/2021 - 25/04/2025
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
A study of Cadmium capture from solution through coupled dissolution-precipitation reactions with calcium carbonate minerals
Candidate: Maude Julia | Supervisors: Carmen Sanchez-Valle; Christine V. Putnis | Reviewers: Carmen Sanchez-Valle; Christine V. Putnis; Encarnacion Ruiz-Agudo; Helen King; Damian Daval
Period of time: 01/06/2021 - 15/04/2025
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Effect of Si, C, H on the deformation of iron alloys and compounds at the conditions of solid planetary cores
Candidate: Kolesnikov, Efim | Supervisors: Sanchez-Valle, Carmen | Reviewers: Sanchez-Valle, Carmen; Marquardt, Hauke; Kupenko, Ilya; Klemme, Stephane
Period of time: 01/09/2020 - 05/11/2024
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Compressibility and reactivity of ices in the ammonia-water system at extreme conditions
Candidate: Mondal, Anshuman | Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Carmen Sanchez-Valle | Reviewers: Sanchez-Valle, Carmen; Ninet, Sandra; Gundlag, Bastian; Liermann, Hanns-Peter
Period of time: 01/12/2020 - 07/05/2024
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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