Main visiting appointment

• April–June 2007. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Socorro, New Mexico, USA. Collaboration with geomicrobiologists P. Boston and D. Northup.

Other

• Associate Editor of Sedimentology (2020–)
• Manuscript reviewer: International Journal of Speleology (2011), Estudios Geológicos (2011–2014), Geogaceta (2012–2017), Acta Carsologica (2015–2018), Sedimentary Geology (2017), Sedimentology (2020) and Marine and Petroleum Geology (2021).
• Member of the International Association of Sedimentologists (2007–present), the Spanish Geological Society (2014-present) and the European Association of Geochemisrtry (2018-present).
• 2020-2021: Co-convener of the session “Microbial imprint on the sediment record: from organomineralization to global biogeochemical cycling” on the 35^th IAS meeting of Sedimentology
• 05/2017: Organizer of the postgraduate short course “Advanced Methods in Sedimentary Petrography”, by L. González Acebrón. Erasmus+ program and ZRC SAZU Postgraduate School, Ljubljana.
• 09/2016: Co-convener of the symposium “Continental carbonates: a multidisciplinary approach” during the 9^th Geological Congress of Spain.
• Special PhD award “Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado”, for the best 2011–2012 thesis defended at the Faculty of Geology UCM.
• 2003–2013. Scientific advisor in projects of the management of the Castañar Cave Natural Monument and its visitor centre.
• Collaborator in the project “Geopark Villuercas-Ibores-Jara” of the European Geoparks Network by UNESCO in 2011.
• Organiser of geological field trips for the general public during “Geolodía” (2012) and “Madrid Week of Science” (2009 and 2010).

Selected publications

• Martín-Pérez, , La Iglesia, Á., Almendros, G., González-Pérez, J.A., Alonso-Zarza, A.M., 2021: Precipitation of kerolite and sepiolite associated with Mg-rich carbonates in a cave environment. – Sedimentary Geology, 411: 105793.
• Lipar, M., Martín-Pérez, A., Tičar, J., Pavšek, M., Gabrovec, M., Hrvatin, M., Komac, B., Zorn, M., Zupan Hajna, N., Zhao, J.X., Drysdale, R.N., Ferk, M. 2021: Subglacial carbonate deposits as a potential proxy for a glacier’s former presence. – The Cryosphere, 15, 17–30.
• Alonso-Zarza, A.M., Rodríguez-Berriguete, Á., Martín-Pérez, A., Martín-García, R., Menéndez, I., Mangas J. 2020: Unravelling calcrete environmental controls in volcanic islands, Gran Canaria Island, Spain. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 554: 109797.
• Huerta, P., Martín-Pérez, A., Martín-García, R., Rodríguez-Berriguete, Á., La Iglesia Fernández, Á., Alonso-Zarza, A.M. 2019: Gypsum speleothems in lava tubes from Lanzarote (Canary Islands): ion sources and pathways. – Sedimentary Geology, 383,136–147.
• Martín-Pérez, A., Košir, A., Otoničar, B., 2015. Dolomite in speleothems of Snežna Jama, Slovenia. – Acta Carsologica, 44/1, 81–100.
• Huerta, P., Rodríguez-Berriguete, Á., Martín-García, R., Martín-Pérez, A., La Iglesia Fernández, Á., Alonso-Zarza, A.M., 2015. The role of climate and aeolian dust input in calcrete formation in volcanic islands (Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, Spain). – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 417, 66–79.
• Alonso-Zarza, A.M., Meléndez, A., Martín-García, R., Herrero, M.J., Martín-Pérez, A., 2012. Discriminating between tectonism and climate signatures in palustrine deposits: Lessons from the Miocene of the Teruel Graben, NE Spain. – Earth-Science Reviews, 113/3–4, 141–160.
• Martín-Pérez, A., Martín-García, R., Alonso-Zarza, A.M., 2012. Diagenesis of a drapery speleothem from Castañar Cave: from dissolution to dolomitization. – International Journal of Speleology, 41/2, 251–266.
• Alonso-Zarza, A.M., Martín-Pérez, A., Martín-García, R., Gil-Peña, I., Meléndez, A., Martínez-Flores, E., Hellstrom, J., Muñoz-Barco, P., 2011. Structural and host rock controls on the distribution, morphology and mineralogy of speleothems in the Castañar Cave (Spain). – Geological Magazine, 148/2, 211–225.
• Herrero, M.J., Martín-Pérez, A., Alonso-Zarza, A.M., Gil-Peña, I., Meléndez, A., Martín-García, R. 2011: Petrography and geochemistry of the magnesites and dolostones of the Ediacaran Ibor Group (635 to 542 Ma), Western Spain: Evidences of their hydrothermal origin. – Sedimentary Geology, 240, 71-84.
• Martín-García, R., Alonso-Zarza, A.M., Martín-Pérez, A. 2009: Loss of primary texture and geochemical signatures in speleothems due to diagenesis: Evidences from Castañar Cave, Spain. – Sedimentary Geology, 221/1–4, 141–149.
• Alonso-Zarza, A.M., Zhao, Z., Song, C.H., Li, J.J., Zhang, J., Martín-Pérez, A., Martín-García, R., Wang, X.X., Zhang, Y., Zhang, M.H. 2009: Mudflat/distal fan and shallow lake sedimentation (upper Vallesian-Turolian) in the Tianshui Basin, Central China: Evidence against the late Miocene eolian loess. – Sedimentary Geology, 222, 42-51.
• Alonso-Zarza, A.M., Martín-Pérez, A. 2008: Dolomite in caves: Recent dolomite formation in oxic, non-sulfate environments. Castañar Cave, Spain. – Sedimentary Geology, 205/3–4, 160–164.
• Alonso-Zarza, A.M., Genise, J.F., Cabrera, M.C., Mangas, J., Martín-Pérez, A., Valdeolmillos, A., Dorado-Valiño, M. 2008: Megarhizoliths in Pleistocene aeolian deposits from Gran Canaria (Spain): Ichnological and palaeoenvironmental significance. – Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 265/1–2, 39–51.