Seán Jordan was born in Dublin, Ireland. He obtained his BSc in Environmental Science from Dublin City University in 2009. After a short time in Australia, he returned to DCU to complete his PhD in Biogeochemistry under the supervision of Dr. Brian Kelleher in 2016. That same year he accepted a position as Postdoctoral Research Associate at University College London, working with Prof. Nick Lane investigating the first cell membranes at the origin of life. He is fascinated by the transition from geochemistry to biochemistry eventually leading to the origin and evolution of life, and how we can trace these events through a combination of experimentation and advanced analytical techniques. In 2021 he secured a “la Caixa” Foundation Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowship (Marie Curie COFUND) to work with Prof. Zita Martins at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, Portugal. His current research is focused on pushing the boundaries of membrane formation at the origin of life, investigating how the resulting structures may be preserved in the rock record, and the potential effects this may have on our interpretation of biosignatures from the early Earth and elsewhere in our Solar System.
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