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Along with her scientific research, Segura has worked for women's human rights. She has focused on academic spaces that have been masculinized, like the Institute of Nuclear Sciences. In 2016, Segura was the only female candidate competing for the direction of the Institute of Nuclear Sciences,⁣ and
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Segura's research is focused on the study of planetary atmospheres and the remote detection of signs of life. She also collaborates on a multidisciplinary project on the formation and conditions of the early solar system. She has determined possible sources of energy for the generation of
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stars reopened the debate about the habitability of planets that revolve around these types of stars, and have been used to argue in favor of astronomical observation programs to better understand the processes that generate the
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In 2022, Antígona Segura was awarded with the Hermila Galindo Medal "for promoting women's equal access to the labor force." Two hundred people signed a petition requesting that her advocacy for women's rights be recognized.
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Antígona Segura was hired by the UNAM Institute of Nuclear Sciences in 2006. Currently, she is the only female researcher working in the Plasma Physics and Interaction of Radiation with Matter Department.
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Antígona Segura was sanctioned by the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2018, after she advocated for a female student who was the victim of a sexual assault by a fellow student.
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Her research work has been developed at various institutions, such as the UNAM Institute of Nuclear Sciences, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
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of the M dwarfs. Some examples are: Habitable Zones and M Dwarf Activity Across Time (HAZMAT), the program of observations of
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Davenport, James R. A.; Kipping, David M.; Sasselov, Dimitar; Matthews, Jaymie M.; Cameron, Chris (2016).
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Honorable Mention in obtaining the degree of Doctor of Science in the area of spatial physics, UNAM
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She earned her doctorate in the Earth Sciences postgraduate program at UNAM with the thesis
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Sparks, William B.; White, Richard L.; Lupu, Roxana E.; Ford, Holland C. (2018).
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was the only candidate that proposed actions against gender inequality.
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around M dwarfs using echoes of light, and the MUSCLES Treasury Survey.
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Fijación de nitrógeno por relámpagos volcánicos en el Marte primitivo
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Fijación de nitrógeno por relámpagos volcánicos en el Marte primitivo
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Astrobiology and Cuatro Ciénegas Basin as an analog of early Earth
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Observations of Our Nearest Neighbor: Flares on Proxima Centauri"
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Alfonso Caso Medal given to the best postgraduate students, UNAM
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Academic staff of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
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Género, Coordinación para la Igualdad de (March 17, 2022).
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Souza, Valeria; Segura, Antígona; Foster, Jamie S. (2020).
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President of the Mexican Society of Astrobiology, 2011–2013
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Nitrogen Fixation by Volcanic Lightning on Primitive Mars
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from UNAM's General Directorate for Scientific Outreach.
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she actively advocates for the inclusion of women in the
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Tiempo de elegir sin miedo, Memorias de una astrobióloga
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Mexico City
Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí
BS
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
MS
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
PhD
Physics
Astrobiology
Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
astrobiologist
National Autonomous University of Mexico
NASA Astrobiology Institute
feminist
exact sciences
Congress of Mexico City
Theoretical Physics
Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí
Arcadio Poveda
UNAM Institute of Astronomy
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Science Communication
Rafael Navarro González
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
fixed nitrogen
primitive Mars

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