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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 2003	Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
since 2000	M.S., Condensed Matter (Physics), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
since 1999	B.S., Physics, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
Work Experience
since 10/2014	Professor for Mineralogy, WWU Münster, Germany
01/2014 - 09/2014	Visiting scientist ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2007 - 2013	Assistant Professor for Experimental Geochemistry & Mineral Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
2004 - 2006	Post-doctoral researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA
2000 - 2003	Doctoral Fellow, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
2000 - 2003	Teaching assistant, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France
Functions and Memberships
since 10/2016	Specialty Chief Editor Frontiers in Earth Science Earth and Planetary Materials
2014 - 2016	Associate Editor in Frontiers in Earth Sciences
2010 - 2016	Review panel PRC3 (Matter and material properties) at synchrotron Soleil, France
2014 - 2015	Guest editor in Chemical Geology
2011 - 2014	XAS review panel at synchrotron Swiss Light Source (SLS), Switzerland

Publications

Preferential mobilisation of oxidised iron by slab-derived hydrous silicate melts Tiraboschi, C; McCammon, C; Rohrbach, A; Klemme, S; Berndt, J; Sanchez-Valle, C (2023) In: Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 24 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Pressure Dependence of Intra- and Interlayer Excitons in 2H-MoS2 Bilayers Steeger, Paul; Graalmann, Jan-Hauke; Schmidt, Robert; Kupenko, Ilya; Sanchez-Valle, Carmen; Marauhn, Philipp; Deilmann, Thorsten; de Vasconcellos, Steffen Michaelis; Rohlfing, Michael; Bratschitsch, Rudolf (2023) In: Nano Letters, 23(19) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Iron mobility in slab-derived hydrous silicate melts at sub-arc conditions Tiraboschi C, Rohrbach A, Klemme S, Berndt J, Sanchez-Valle C (2022) In: (eds.), . (no publisher available). Type of Publication: Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
Textures induced by the coesite-stishovite transition and implications for the visibility of the X-discontinuity Krug M, Saki M, Ledoux E, Gay JP, Chantel J, Pakhomova A, Husband R, Rohrbach A, Klemme S, Thomas C, Merkel S, Sanchez-Valle C (2022) In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23(10) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Non-Arrhenian temperature-dependent viscosity of alkali(ne) carbonate melts at mantle pressures Ritter, X., Guillot, B., Sator, N., Desmaele, E., Massuyeau, M., and Sanchez-Valle, C. (2021) In: Frontiers in Earth Science, 9 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)

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Projects

Experimental studies of H20-CH4 ices in mini-Neptune exoplanets at EuXFEL Duration: 01/04/2021 - 31/03/2025 Funded by: The Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron - A Research Centre of the Helmholtz Association Type of project: Individual project
FOR 2440: Matter Under Planetary Interior Conditions - High pressure, Planetary, and Plasma Physics - SP 9: Experimental study of planetary ices at high… (SP9 DiaStem) Duration: 01/10/2020 - 31/12/2023 \| 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Research Unit Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster
Mobility of Volatiles in the Earth’s Mantle by Experimental and Numerical Technics (MoVEMENT) Duration: 01/02/2020 - 31/01/2022 Funded by: EC H2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - Individual Fellowship Type of project: EU-project hosted at University of Münster
Mobility of carbon-rich melts in the upper mantle: a combined experimental and theoretical study of carbonatite melts densities Duration: 01/11/2018 - 31/10/2019 \| 1st Funding period Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project
Phase transitions, Microstructures and their seismic signals from the Earth's mantle Duration: 01/03/2018 - 28/02/2021 Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme Type of project: Individual project

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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
The role of methanol on the evolution of icy bodies: experimental and numerical approaches Candidate: Yao, Chloe \| Supervisors: Sanchez-Valle, Carmen Period of time: 01/10/2010 - 10/10/2014 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at another university (NOT University of Münster)
Mass transfer and recycling in subduction zones: experimental constraints on the mobility of major and trace elements upon slab dehydration Candidate: Tsay, Alexandra \| Supervisors: Sanchez-Valle, Carmen Period of time: 01/01/2010 - 13/08/2014 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at another university (NOT University of Münster)
Compressibility of volatile-bearing magmatic liquids Candidate: Seifert, Rita \| Supervisors: Sanchez-Valle, Carmen Period of time: 01/11/2009 - 24/10/2013 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at another university (NOT University of Münster)
Elasticity and preferred orientations of ultra-high pressure hydrous phases: implications for seismic anisotropy and deep water recycling in subduction zones Candidate: Rosa, Angelika D. \| Supervisors: Sanchez-Valle, Carmen Period of time: 15/12/2008 - 09/11/2012 Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at another university (NOT University of Münster)

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