{"id":2238,"date":"2026-03-25T14:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/?p=2238"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:28:47","slug":"saul-perez-montano-el-teson-y-la-fuerza-astrobiologica-de-un-arequipeno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/index.php\/saul-perez-montano-el-teson-y-la-fuerza-astrobiologica-de-un-arequipeno\/","title":{"rendered":"Sa\u00fal P\u00e9rez Monta\u00f1o: el tes\u00f3n y la fuerza astrobiol\u00f3gica de un arequipe\u00f1o"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Desde Espa\u00f1a \u2013concretamente desde la Red Espa\u00f1ola de Planetolog\u00eda y Astrobiolog\u00eda (REDESPA), nos ha parecido apropiado lanzar una iniciativa para resaltar la labor de investigadores y profesores, del \u00e1mbito iberoamericano, que han destacado \u2013y lo siguen haciendo- por sus aportaciones a la astrobiolog\u00eda en el \u00e1mbito nacional, regional e internacional.<\/p>\n<p>Hace a\u00f1os, ya escrib\u00ed sobre el Prof. Rafael Navarro Gonz\u00e1lez, un pionero de la astrobiolog\u00eda en M\u00e9xico, hoy tristemente fallecido, como fundador del primer laboratorio dedicado a las ciencias planetarias y a la astrobiolog\u00eda en el Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares de la UNAM (M\u00e9xico). Le conoc\u00ed hace ya bastantes a\u00f1os y coincid\u00ed con \u00e9l en M\u00e9xico, impartiendo una conferencia invitada en su Instituto y posteriormente en Pasadena (EEUU) ya que ambos form\u00e1bamos parte de la misi\u00f3n del rover Curiosity de la NASA; incluso compartimos la coautor\u00eda de algunos art\u00edculos cient\u00edficos sobre Marte. Es importante destacar que el Prof. Navarro Gonz\u00e1lez era <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/index.php\/comite-cientifico-internacional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">miembro del comit\u00e9 internacional de REDESPA<\/a> y que <a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/resource\/rafael-navarro-mountain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">una monta\u00f1a en Marte lleva su nombre \u201cRafael Navarro Mountain\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Creo que, entre nosotros, los cient\u00edficos y profesores que nos movemos en el \u201c\u00e1mbito hispano\/hispanoameriacano\u201d tenemos una cierta responsabilidad acad\u00e9mica, cient\u00edfica y tambi\u00e9n \u00e9tica de, no solo \u00a0expresar que existimos, sino subrayar que, en ocasiones (por razones a las que habr\u00eda que dedicar otro art\u00edculo), somos m\u00e1s conocidos (y reconocidos), fuera que dentro de nuestros propios pa\u00edses. Tal vez, sea algo de nuestra propia idiosincrasia, es una barrera que debemos ser capaces de franquear. Por eso, es mi intenci\u00f3n, abrir al mundo la existencia de otros investigadores (e investigadoras), que est\u00e1n siendo cruciales en el desarrollo de la astrobiolog\u00eda desde distintas perspectivas. Este es el caso del cient\u00edfico y profesor arequipe\u00f1o, Sa\u00fal P\u00e9rez Monta\u00f1o.<\/p>\n<p>Conozco personalmente a Sa\u00fal P\u00e9rez Monta\u00f1o desde hace m\u00e1s de 15 a\u00f1os. Est\u00e1 ligado a REDESPA \u00a0como miembro del comit\u00e9 internacional y tambi\u00e9n a la Asociaci\u00f3n Internacional de Geo\u00e9tica (IAGETH) como cap\u00edtulo nacional en Per\u00fa. A pesar de su juventud, su labor docente e investigadora, promoviendo iniciativas astrobiol\u00f3gicas es verdaderamente tit\u00e1nica y ha contribuido al desarrollo de colaboraciones cient\u00edficas y de divulgaci\u00f3n con Espa\u00f1a (REDESPA) y EEUU, cooperando activamente en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icog.es\/TyT\/index.php\/2024\/04\/el-desierto-de-la-joya-arequipa-peru-un-laboratorio-natural-para-la-exploracion-geologica-y-astrobiologica-de-marte\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">art\u00edculos cient\u00edficos y de divulgaci\u00f3n<\/a> y <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/es\/la-nasa-estudia-desierto-peruano-por-su-parecido-a-marte\/a-40677864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campa\u00f1as de campo<\/a> sobre an\u00e1logos terrestres (ej. Desierto de la Joya, volc\u00e1n Pichu Pichu, Per\u00fa), en los que he tenido el honor de participar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Imagen1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2239 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Imagen1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Imagen1-200x187.png 200w, https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Imagen1-400x375.png 400w, https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Imagen1.png 515w, https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Imagen1-600x563.png 600w, https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Imagen1-768x721.png 768w, https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Imagen1-800x751.png 800w, https:\/\/www.icog.es\/redespa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Imagen1-1200x1127.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/a>Cuando conoc\u00ed a Sa\u00fal era coordinador (filial Arequipa) de la Sociedad Cient\u00edfica de Astrobiolog\u00eda del Per\u00fa, aunque ha dado un importante paso adelante, con la fundaci\u00f3n y el establecimiento del Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Arrhenius, en dicha localidad. A trav\u00e9s de esta instituci\u00f3n, est\u00e1 suscitando el inter\u00e9s cient\u00edfico y social por la astrobiolog\u00eda (y otras tem\u00e1ticas) y promoviendo notables iniciativas que se complementan con las llevadas a cabo desde Per\u00fa por otros colegas de la Asociaci\u00f3n Peruana de Astrobiolog\u00eda (y que ser\u00e1n abordadas en una futura contribuci\u00f3n).<\/p>\n<p>Sin \u00e1nimo de ser exhaustivo, Sa\u00fal P\u00e9rez Monta\u00f1o es director, CEO e Investigador principal del Instituto de investigaciones Arrhenius (ARI). Qu\u00edmico graduado en la Universidad Nacional de San Agust\u00edn Arequipa (UNSA). En el 2007 fue seleccionado por el programa NASA\/PBI (Planetary Biology Internship) para participar en la Investigaci\u00f3n sobre or\u00edgenes de la vida en SIO-UCSD. Realizo sus estudios de maestr\u00eda en Qu\u00edmica, con \u00e9nfasis en F\u00edsico-Qu\u00edmica, donde se evalu\u00f3 la formaci\u00f3n de aerosoles \u00e1cidos en la alta troposfera\/baja estratosfera en San Jose State University-USA: un proyecto de investigaci\u00f3n financiado por NASA-Ames. Es miembro del grupo de materiales biomimeticos y biofuncionales de la Facultad de F\u00edsica Universidad de Sevilla y miembro fundador del Instituto de Bioingenier\u00eda Aplicada de la Universidad Nacional de San Agust\u00edn de Arequipa. Ha sido docente e investigador en la Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de San Pablo, docente de postgrado en la Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Formales en la Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad en Cusco y Universidad Nacional de Huancav\u00e9lica. Es miembro del comit\u00e9 internacional de REDESPA y coordinador del cap\u00edtulo nacional de la International Association for Geoethics (IAGETH).<\/p>\n<p>Investigador invitado en Arizona State University, afiliaci\u00f3n que mantiene vigente, y con una trayectoria previa como investigador asociado en Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO\u2011UCSD), donde ha colaborado en estudios sobre el or\u00edgenes de la vida en rocas sedimentarias de 3.8- 2.8 G.a. y NASA Ames en conexi\u00f3n con la investigaci\u00f3n de desiertos hiperaridos an\u00e1logos de Marte. Tambi\u00e9n ha sido investigador visitante en Caltech y Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory y colaborador de investigadores del Instituto SETI, como consultor externo. Concretamente, en ARI viene desarrollando la labor de direcci\u00f3n y coordinaci\u00f3n cient\u00edfica e investigaciones sobre las propiedades mec\u00e1nicas y pl\u00e1sticas de pol\u00edmeros formados a partir de residuos org\u00e1nicos y como principal impulsor del Desierto de la Joya, como an\u00e1logo para la investigaci\u00f3n de Marte.<\/p>\n<p>Todo ello, permite configurar el perfil de una figura cient\u00edfica y acad\u00e9mica cuyo talento,\u00a0 contribuciones y valores merecen ser destacados en el contexto hispanoamericano, tambi\u00e9n por su componente en el \u00e1mbito de la geo\u00e9tica. Desde REDESPA, esperamos contribuir a su merecida visibilizaci\u00f3n como uno de los pioneros de la astrobiolog\u00eda en Per\u00fa, concretamente desde la ciudad de Arequipa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Jes\u00fas Mart\u00ednez-Fr\u00edas<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Presidente, Red Espa\u00f1ola de Planetolog\u00eda y Astrobiolog\u00eda<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desde Espa\u00f1a \u2013concretamente desde la Red Espa\u00f1ola de Planetolog\u00eda y Astrobiolog\u00eda (REDESPA), nos ha parecido apropiado lanzar una iniciativa para resaltar la labor de investigadores y profesores, del \u00e1mbito iberoamericano, que han destacado \u2013y lo  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