Dr Javier Cuadros

Dr Javier Cuadros

Senior Researcher

Department: Earth Sciences
Division: ES Mineral and Planetary Sciences Division
Specialisms: Clay mineralogy and geochemistry.
Contact: email
Phone: +44 20 7942 5543 5543

Summary

I investigate clay geochemistry and processes in all environments. Particular aspects of my research are: Clay on Mars, clay-life interaction, past environments as recorded by clays, mechanisms of clay processes, crystal-chemistry of clays.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • PhD, University of Granada, Spain
  • Graduate in Chemistry, University of Malaga, Spain

Employment history

    Academic

  • Researcher, Natural History Museum, London, Earth Sciences, United Kingdom, 2000 - ongoing
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC), Granada, Spain, 1996 - 2000
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaing, Geology, United States, 1994 - 1996

Grants

Hydro-Mars—A possible hydrothermal origin of Martian phyllosilicates
Role: Principal investigator
Co-investigator: Michalski J
Funding: FP7 - People
Total value £258,985.27 (to Museum £258,985.27)
Dates: 2011 - 2013

Gene-environment studies in podoconiosis
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: Wellcome Trust
Total value £550,000 (to Museum £49,601.25)
Dates: 2011 - 2013

Bio-clays from several water media
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: FP7 - People
Total value £238,015.39 (to Museum £238,015.39)
Dates: 2009 - 2011

Exploiting the multifunctional potential of belowground biodiversity in horticultural farming
Role: Principal investigatorJungblut A
Role: Co-investigator
Funding: H2020 Societal Challenges
Total value £5,596,086 (to Museum £726,128)
Dates: 2019 - 2024

Committees

Member, Editorial Board of the journal Clay Minerals., 2010 - on going.

Member, Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland., 2001 - 2011.

Editorships

Associate editor, Journal: Clay Minerals, 2016 - on going.

Events

Conference Attendance

Chair, Fe-rich phyllosilicates and Fe oxy-hydroxides in terrestrial, marine and extraterrestrial environments, (Conference), 2008 - 2017.

Chair, Clay-living organisms interactions., (Conference), 2009 - 2009.

Chair, Clays in Earth-life evolution. 2nd International Conference on Clays,, (Conference), 2013 - 2013.

Chair, Unraveling Mars: insights from mineralogy and geochemistry, (Conference), 2015 - 2015.

Chair, Clays in gydrothermal and ore-forming processes., (Conference), 2016 - 2017.

Chair, Out of this world! – Clays as decoders of extraterrestrial environments., (Conference), 2017 - 2017.

Chair, Mineral-life mutual interaction, (Conference), 2017 - 2017.

Organisation

Organiser, New Developments in the Study of Clay Minerals and Fine-Grained Materials, (Conference),

Publications

Cuadros J, Mavris C, Michalski JR (2022) Possible widespread occurrence of vermiculite on Mars. Applied Clay Science, 228 : 106643 - 106643. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2022.106643

Baumgartner RJ, Cuadros J, Michalski J, Pejcic B, Laukamp C, Hu S, Bourdet J (2022) Chemistry-dependent Raman spectral features of glauconite and nontronite: Implications for mineral identification and provenance analysis. American Mineralogist, 107 (6) : 1080 - 1090. doi: 10.2138/am-2022-8044

Andrade GRP, Cuadros J, Barbosa JMP, Vidal-Torrado P (2022) Clay minerals control rare earth elements (REE) fractionation in Brazilian mangrove soils. CATENA, 209 : 105855 - 105855. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105855

Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Bishop JL, Mavris C, Fiore S, Dekov V (2022) Mars-rover cameras evaluation of laboratory spectra of Fe-bearing Mars analog samples. Icarus, 371 : 114704 - 114704. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114704

Pinzari F, Cuadros J, Jungblut AD, Najorka J, Humphreys-Williams E (2022) Fungal strategies of potassium extraction from silicates of different resistance as manifested in differential weathering and gene expression. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 316 : 168 - 200. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.10.010

Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Dyar MD (2021) Controls on tetrahedral Fe(III) abundance in 2:1 phyllosilicates—Reply. American Mineralogist, 106 (9) : 1536 - 1536. doi: 10.2138/am-2021-8107

Bristow TF, Grotzinger JP, Rampe EB, Cuadros J, Chipera SJ, Downs GW, Fedo CM, Frydenvang J, McAdam AC, Morris RV, Achilles CN, Blake DF, Castle N, Craig P, Des Marais DJ, Downs RT, Hazen RM, Ming DW, Morrison SM, Thorpe MT, Treiman AH, Tu V, Vaniman DT, Yen AS, Gellert R, Mahaffy PR, Wiens RC, Bryk AB, Bennett KA, Fox VK, Millken RE, Fraeman AA, Vasavada AR (2021) Brine-driven destruction of clay minerals in Gale crater, Mars. Science, 373 (6551) : 198 - 204. doi: 10.1126/science.abg5449

Michalski JR, Niles PB, Glotch TD, Cuadros J (2021) Infrared Spectral Evidence for K‐Metasomatism of Volcanic Rocks on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (10) : doi: 10.1029/2021gl093882

Pinzari F, Cuadros J (null) Unusual Perforations in Phlogopite Crystals from Caldara di Manziana (Italy) Caused by Sulphuric Acid Generated by Microbial Oxidation of H2S Emanations. Minerals, 11 (5) : 547 - 547. doi: 10.3390/min11050547

Liu J-C, He H-P, Michalski J, Cuadros J, Yao Y-Z, Tan W, Qin X-R, Li S-Y, Wei G-J (2021) Reflectance spectroscopy applied to clay mineralogy and alteration intensity of a thick basaltic weathering sequence in Hainan Island, South China. Applied Clay Science, 201 : 105923 - 105923. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2020.105923

Cuadros J, Sánchez-Marañón M, Mavris C, Fiore S, Bishop JL, Melgosa M (2020) Color analysis and detection of Fe minerals in multi-mineral mixtures from acid-alteration environments. Applied Clay Science, 193 : 105677 - 105677. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2020.105677

Gebregiorgis D, Deocampo DM, Longstaffe FJ, Simpson A, Ashley GM, Beverly EJ, Delaney JS, Cuadros J (2020) Oxygen Isotopes in Authigenic Clay Minerals: Toward Building a Reliable Salinity Proxy. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (3) : doi: 10.1029/2019gl085576

Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Dyar MD, Dekov V (2019) Controls on tetrahedral Fe(III) abundance in 2:1 phyllosilicates. American Mineralogist, 104 (11) : 1608 - 1619. doi: 10.2138/am-2019-7036

Cuadros J, Mavris C, Michalski JR, Nieto JM, Bishop JL, Fiore S (2019) Abundance and composition of kaolinite on Mars: Information from NIR spectra of rocks from acid-alteration environments, Riotinto, SE Spain. Icarus, 330 : 30 - 41. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.04.027

Michalski JR, Glotch TD, Rogers AD, Niles PB, Cuadros J, Ashley JW, Johnson SS (2019) The Geology and Astrobiology of McLaughlin Crater, Mars: An Ancient Lacustrine Basin Containing Turbidites, Mudstones, and Serpentinites. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124 (4) : 910 - 940. doi: 10.1029/2018je005796

Cuadros J, Schweigstillová J (2018) Rock fabric and origin of the expandable phyllosilicates in the sands of the Ashdown Formation, East Sussex, UK. Applied Clay Science, 166 : 185 - 199. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2018.08.002

Mavris C, Cuadros J, Nieto JM, Bishop JL, Michalski JR (2018) Diverse mineral assemblages of acidic alteration in the Rio Tinto area (southwest Spain): Implications for Mars. American Mineralogist, 103 (12) : 1877 - 1890. doi: 10.2138/am-2018-6330

Sánchez-Marañón M, Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Melgosa M, Dekov V (2018) Identification of iron in Earth analogues of Martian phyllosilicates using visible reflectance spectroscopy: Spectral derivatives and color parameters. Applied Clay Science, 165 : 264 - 276. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2018.08.016

Pinzari F, Cuadros J, Migliore M, Napoli R, Najorka J (2018) Manganese translocation and concentration on Quercus cerris decomposing leaf and wood litter by an ascomycetous fungus: an active process with ecosystem consequences?. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94 (8) : doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiy111

Andrade GRP, Cuadros J, Partiti CSM, Cohen R, Vidal-Torrado P (2018) Sequential mineral transformation from kaolinite to Fe-illite in two Brazilian mangrove soils. Geoderma, 309 : 84 - 99. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.08.042

Cuadros J, Šegvić B, Dekov V, Michalski JR, Baussà Bardají D (2018) Electron microscopy investigation of the genetic link between Fe oxides/oxyhydroxides and nontronite in submarine hydrothermal fields. Marine Geology, 395 : 247 - 259. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2017.10.011

Cuadros J, Cesarano M, Dubbin W, Smith SW, Davey A, Spiro B, Burton RGO, Jungblut AD (2018) Slow weathering of a sandstone-derived Podzol (Falkland Islands) resulting in high content of a non-crystalline silicate. American Mineralogist, 103 (1) : 109 - 124. doi: 10.2138/am-2018-6230

Michalski JR, Dobrea EZN, Niles PB, Cuadros J (null) Ancient hydrothermal seafloor deposits in Eridania basin on Mars. Nature Communications, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1038/ncomms15978

Le Blond JS, Baxter PJ, Bello D, Raftis J, Molla YB, Cuadros J, Davey G (null) Haemolytic activity of soil from areas of varying podoconiosis endemicity in Ethiopia. PLOS ONE, 12 (5) : e0177219 - e0177219. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177219

Cuadros J (2017) Clay minerals interaction with microorganisms: a review. Clay Minerals, 52 (2) : 235 - 261. doi: 10.1180/claymin.2017.052.2.05

Kenney JPL, Kirby ME, Cuadros J, Weiss DJ (null) A conceptual model to predict uranium removal from aqueous solutions in water–rock systems associated with low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste disposal. RSC Advances, 7 (13) : 7876 - 7884. doi: 10.1039/c6ra26773d

Cuadros J, Andrade G, Ferreira TO, de Moya Partiti CS, Cohen R, Vidal-Torrado P (2017) The mangrove reactor: Fast clay transformation and potassium sink. Applied Clay Science, 140 : 50 - 58. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2017.01.022

Mitchell RL, Cuadros J, Duckett JG, Pressel S, Mavris C, Sykes D, Najorka J, Edgecombe GD, Kenrick P (2016) Mineral weathering and soil development in the earliest land plant ecosystems. Geology, 44 (12) : 1007 - 1010. doi: 10.1130/g38449.1

Huggett J, Cuadros J, Gale AS, Wray D, Adetunji J (2016) Low temperature, authigenic illite and carbonates in a mixed dolomite-clastic lagoonal and pedogenic setting, Spanish Central System, Spain. Applied Clay Science, 132-133 : 296 - 312. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2016.06.016

Mitchell RL, Cuadros J, Pressel S, Duckett JG, Mavris C, Sykes D, Najorka J, Edgecombe GD, Kenrick P (2016) LEAVING THEIR MARK: BIOLOGICALLY-INDUCED MINERAL WEATHERING AND SOIL DEVELOPMENT IN ANCIENT LAND-PLANT ECOSYSTEMS. GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Geological Society of America : doi: 10.1130/abs/2016am-282635

Pinzari F, Cuadros J, Napoli R, Canfora L, Bardají DB (2016) Routes of phlogopite weathering by three fungal strains TEST. Fungal Biology, doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.08.007

dos Santos R, Patel M, Cuadros J, Martins Z (2016) Influence of mineralogy on the preservation of amino acids under simulated Mars conditions. Icarus, 277 : 342 - 353. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.029

Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Dekov V, Bishop JL (2016) Octahedral chemistry of 2:1 clay minerals and hydroxyl band position in the near-infrared: Application to Mars. American Mineralogist, 101 (3) : 554 - 563. doi: 10.2138/am-2016-5366

Cuadros J, Diaz-Hernandez JL, Sanchez-Navas A, Garcia-Casco A, Yepes J (2016) Chemical and textural controls on the formation of sepiolite, palygorskite and dolomite in volcanic soils. Geoderma, 271 : 99 - 114. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.01.042

Le Blond JS, Cuadros J, Molla YB, Berhanu T, Umer M, Baxter PJ, Davey G (2015) Weathering of the Ethiopian volcanic province: A new weathering index to characterize and compare soils. American Mineralogist, 100 (11-12) : 2518 - 2532. doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5168ccby

Sendino MC, Cuadros J, Allington-Jones L, Barnbrook JA (2015) Chemical Analysis of the Dust on a Historically Important Collection. Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, 11 (4) : 291 - 303. doi: 10.1177/155019061501100403

Cuadros J, Vega R, Toscano A (2015) Mid-Infrared Features of Kaolinite-Dickite. Clays and Clay Minerals, 63 (2) : 73 - 84. doi: 10.1346/CCMN.2015.0630201

Cuadros J, Diaz-Hernandez JL, Sanchez-Navas A, Garcia-Casco A (2015) Role of clay minerals in the formation of atmospheric aggregates of Saharan dust. Atmospheric Environment, 120 : 160 - 172. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.077

Michalski JR, Cuadros J, Bishop JL, Darby Dyar M, Dekov V, Fiore S (2015) Constraints on the crystal-chemistry of Fe/Mg-rich smectitic clays on Mars and links to global alteration trends. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 427 : 215 - 225. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.020

Cuadros J (2015) Clays are messy--also on Mars. American Mineralogist, 100 (4) : 669 - 670. doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5229

Cuadros J, Vega R, Toscano A, Arroyo X (2014) Kaolinite transformation into dickite during burial diagenesis. American Mineralogist, 99 (4) : 681 - 695. doi: 10.2138/am.2014.4614

Pugliese Andrade GR, de Azevedo AC, Cuadros J, Souza VS, Correia Furquim SA, Kiyohara PK, Vidal-Torrado P (2014) Transformation of Kaolinite into Smectite and Iron-Illite in Brazilian Mangrove Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 78 (2) : 655 - 672. doi: 10.2136/sssaj2013.09.0381

Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Dekov V, Bishop J, Fiore S, Dyar MD (2013) Crystal-chemistry of interstratified Mg/Fe-clay minerals from seafloor hydrothermal sites. Chemical Geology, 360-361 : 142 - 158. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.10.016

Wainipee W, Cuadros J, Sephton MA, Unsworth C, Gill MG, Strekopytov S, Weiss DJ (2013) The effects of oil on As(V) adsorption on illite, kaolinite, montmorillonite and chlorite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 121 : 487 - 502. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.018

Cuadros J, Afsin B, Jadubansa P, Ardakani M, Ascaso C, Wierzchos J (2013) Pathways of volcanic glass alteration in laboratory experiments through inorganic and microbially-mediated processes. Clay Minerals, 48 (3) : 423 - 445. doi: 10.1180/claymin.2013.048.3.01

Michalski JR, Cuadros J, Niles PB, Parnell J, Deanne Rogers A, Wright SP (2013) Groundwater activity on Mars and implications for a deep biosphere. Nature Geoscience, 6 (2) : 133 - 138. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1706

Cuadros J, Afsin B, Jadubansa P, Ardakani M, Ascaso C, Wierzchos J (2013) Microbial and inorganic control on the composition of clay from volcanic glass alteration experiments. American Mineralogist, 98 (2-3) : 319 - 334. doi: 10.2138/am.2013.4272

Cuadros J, Michalski JR (2013) Investigation of Al-rich clays on Mars: Evidence for kaolinite–smectite mixed-layer versus mixture of end-member phases. Icarus, 222 (1) : 296 - 306. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.11.006

Michalski JR, Niles PB, Cuadros J, Baldridge AM (2013) Multiple working hypotheses for the formation of compositional stratigraphy on Mars: Insights from the Mawrth Vallis region. Icarus, 226 (1) : 816 - 840. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.05.024

Sendino MCSL, Taylor PD, Cuadros J (2013) Exceptional preservation in a high-energy sandwave facies environment: Femummification of bryozoans from the Plio-Pleistocene Red Crag Formation. 1312 12 - 13 12 1257th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association 55 - 55.

Cuadros J, Afsin B, Michalski JR, Ardakani M (2012) Fast, microscale-controlled weathering of rhyolitic obsidian to quartz and alunite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 353-354 : 156 - 162. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.009

Cuadros J (2012) Clay crystal-chemical adaptability and transformation mechanisms. Clay Minerals, 47 (2) : 147 - 164. doi: 10.1180/claymin.2012.047.2.01

McKeown N, Bishop JL, Cuadros J, Hillier S, Amador E, Makarewicz HD, Parente M, Silver EA (2011) Interpretation of reflectance spectra of clay mineral-silica mixtures: implications for Martian clay mineralogy at Mawrth Vallis. Clays and Clay Minerals, 59 (4) : 400 - 415. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2011.0590404

Cuadros J, Dekov VM, Arroyo X, Nieto F (2011) Smectite Formation in Submarine Hydrothermal Sediments: Samples from the <I>HMS Challenger</I> Expedition (1872 à 1876). Clays and Clay Minerals, 59 (2) : 147 - 164. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2011.0590204

Ferrage E, Vidal O, Mosser-Ruck R, Cathelineau M, Cuadros J (2011) A reinvestigation of smectite illitization in experimental hydrothermal conditions: Results from X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. American Mineralogist, 96 (1) : 207 - 223. doi: 10.2138/am.2011.3587

Cuadros J, Spiro B, Dubbin W, Jadubansa P (2010) Rapid microbial stabilization of unconsolidated sediment against wind erosion and dust generation. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 10 (7) : 1415 - 1426. doi: 10.1007/s11368-010-0273-8

Dekov VM, Cuadros J, Kamenov GD, Weiss D, Arnold T, Basak C, Rochette P (2010) Metalliferous sediments from the H.M.S. Challenger voyage (1872–1876). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74 (17) : 5019 - 5038. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.06.001

Huggett JM, Cuadros J (2010) Glauconite formation in lacustrine/palaeosol sediments, Isle of Wight (Hampshire Basin), UK. Clay Minerals, 45 (1) : 35 - 49. doi: 10.1180/claymin.2010.045.1.35

Pascua CS, Ohnuma M, Matsushita Y, Tamura K, Yamada H, Cuadros J, Ye J (2010) Synthesis of monodisperse Zn-smectite. Applied Clay Science, 48 (1-2) : 55 - 59. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.12.016

Fiore S, CUADROS J, Huertas FJ (2010) Interstratified Clay Minerals: Origin, Characterization and Geochemical Importance. Digilabs, Bari, Italy :

Cuadros J, Nieto F, Wing-Dudek T (2009) Crystal-chemical changes of mixed-layer kaolinite-smectite with progressive kaolinization, as investigated by TEM-AEM and HRTEM. Clays and Clay Minerals, 57 (6) : 742 - 750. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2009.0570607

Deocampo DM, Cuadros J, Wing-dudek T, Olives J, Amouric M (2009) Saline lake diagenesis as revealed by coupled mineralogy and geochemistry of multiple ultrafine clay phases: Pliocene Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. American Journal of Science, 309 (9) : 834 - 868. doi: 10.2475/09.2009.03

Aldega L, Cuadros J, Laurora A, Rossi A (2009) Weathering of phlogopite to beidellite in a karstic environment. American Journal of Science, 309 (8) : 689 - 710. doi: 10.2475/08.2009.03

Cuadros J, Aldega L, Vetterlein J, Drickamer K, Dubbin W (2009) Reactions of lysine with montmorillonite at 80 °C: Implications for optical activity, H+ transfer and lysine–montmorillonite binding. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 333 (1) : 78 - 84. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.01.031

CUADROS J, Aldega L, Parbhakar A, Vetterlein J, DUBBIN WE, WEISS D, Drickamer K, Sephton M, Coles B (2009) Adsorption of L-lysine on montmorillonite and reactions at 80 ºC.. Abstracts of the 14th International Clay Conference,

CUADROS J, Gorniak K, Bahranovsky K, Labrincha J (2009) MECC'08 - A window into the Mid-European Clay Community. Clay Minerals, 44 : 417 - 419.

CUADROS J, Nieto F, WING-DUDEK T (2009) Crystal-chemical changes of kaolinite-smectite mixed-layer with progressive kaolinization, as investigated by TEM-AEM and HRTEM. Clays and Clay Minerals, 57 : 742 - 750.

Dekov V, Scholten J, Garbe-Schönberg C-D, Botz R, Cuadros J, Schmidt M, Stoffers P (null) Hydrothermal sediment alteration at a seafloor vent field: Grimsey Graben, Tjörnes Fracture Zone, north of Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (B11) : doi: 10.1029/2007jb005526

Dekov VM, Cuadros J, Shanks WC, Koski RA (2008) Deposition of talc — kerolite–smectite — smectite at seafloor hydrothermal vent fields: Evidence from mineralogical, geochemical and oxygen isotope studies. Chemical Geology, 247 (1-2) : 171 - 194. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.10.022

Cuadros J, Dekov VM, Fiore S (2008) Crystal chemistry of the mixed-layer sequence talc-talc-smectite-smectite from submarine hydrothermal vents. American Mineralogist, 93 (8-9) : 1338 - 1348. doi: 10.2138/am.2008.2692

CUADROS J (2008) Clay as sealing material in nuclear waste repositories. Geology Today, 24 : 99 - 103.

Parbhakar A, Cuadros J, Sephton MA, Dubbin W, Coles BJ, Weiss D (2007) Adsorption of l-lysine on montmorillonite. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 307 (1-3) : 142 - 149. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.05.022

Ferrage E, Kirk CA, Cressey G, Cuadros J (2007) Dehydration of Ca-montmorillonite at the crystal scale. Part I: Structure evolution. American Mineralogist, 92 (7) : 994 - 1006. doi: 10.2138/am.2007.2396

Ferrage E, Kirk CA, Cressey G, Cuadros J (2007) Dehydration of Ca-montmorillonite at the crystal scale. Part 2. Mechanisms and kinetics. American Mineralogist, 92 (7) : 1007 - 1017. doi: 10.2138/am.2007.2397

Cuadros J, Wing-Dudek T (2007) MAS NMR investigation of kaolinite-smectite structure using 6Li and 29Si with Mn exchange. Clay Minerals, 42 (2) : 181 - 186. doi: 10.1180/claymin.2007.042.2.04

Dudek T, Cuadros J, Huertas J (2007) Structure of mixed-layer kaolinite-smectite and smectite-to-kaolinite transformation mechanism from synthesis experiments. American Mineralogist, 92 (1) : 179 - 192. doi: 10.2138/am.2007.2218

Cuadros J (2006) Modeling of smectite illitization in burial diagenesis environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (16) : 4181 - 4195. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.1372

NEEDHAM SJ, WORDEN RH, CUADROS J (null) Sediment ingestion by worms and the production of bio-clays: a study of macrobiologically enhanced weathering and early diagenetic processes. Sedimentology, 53 (3) : 567 - 579. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00781.x

Cuadros J, Dudek T (2006) FTIR investigation of the evolution of the octahedral sheet of kaolinite-smectite with progressive kaolinization. Clays and Clay Minerals, 54 (1) : 1 - 11. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2006.0540101

Wilson J, Cressey G, Cressey B, Cuadros J, Ragnarsdottir KV, Savage D, Shibata M (2006) The effect of iron on montmorillonite stability. (II) Experimental investigation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (2) : 323 - 336. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.09.023

Wilson J, Savage D, Cuadros J, Shibata M, Ragnarsdottir KV (2006) The effect of iron on montmorillonite stability. (I) Background and thermodynamic considerations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (2) : 306 - 322. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.10.003

CUADROS J (2006) Clay minerals in the making. Plenary lecture. Abstracts Book. 3rd Mid-European Clay Conference,

Dudek T, Cuadros J, Fiore S (2006) Interstratified kaolinite-smectite: Nature of the layers and mechanism of smectite kaolinization. American Mineralogist, 91 (1) : 159 - 170. doi: 10.2138/am.2006.1897

Worden RH, Needham SJ, Cuadros J (2006) The worm gut; a natural clay mineral factory and a possible cause of diagenetic grain coats in sandstones. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 89 (1-3) : Elsevier BV : 428 - 431. doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2005.12.011

Huggett JM (2005) Low-temperature illitization of smectite in the late eocene and early oligocene of the Isle of Wight (Hampshire basin), U.K.. American Mineralogist, 90 (7) : 1192 - 1202. doi: 10.2138/am.2005.1674

Wilson J, Cressey G, Cressey B, Ragnarsdottir KV, Savage D, Cuadros J, Shibata M (2005) The effect of iron on bentonite stability. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 69 (10) : A425 - A425.

CUADROS J, DUDEK T (2005) HRTEM examination of mixed-layer kaolinite-smectite. 42 Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society. Programme and abstracts.,

CUADROS J, DUDEK T (2005) FTIR investigation of the evolution of the octahedral sheet of kaolinite-smectite with progressive kaolinisation. 42 Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society. Programme and abstracts.,

Di Leo P, Schiattarella M, CUADROS J, Cullers R (2005) Clay mineralogy, geochemistry and structural setting of the ophiolite-bearing units from southern Italy: a multidisciplinary approach to assess tectonic history and exhumation modalities. Atti Ticinensi di Scienze della Terra, Serie Spec., 10 : 87 - 93.

WILSON J, CRESSEY G, Cressey B, Ragnarsdottir KV, Savage D, CUADROS J, Shibata M (2005) The effect of iron on bentonite stability: an investigation into reactions between native Fe, magnetite, montmorillonite and aqueous solutions. Mineralogical Society Winter Meeting 2005: Environmental Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Human Health. Programme and abstracts,

WILSON J, Ragnarsdottir KV, Savage D, CUADROS J, CRESSEY G, Cressey B, Shibata M (2005) The effect of iron on bentonite stability: an investigation into reactions between native Fe, magnetite, montmorillonite and aqueous solutions. Clays in Natural & Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement. Programme and abstracts,

Wilson J, Cuadros J, Cressey G (2004) An <I>In Situ</I> Time-Resolved XRD-PSD Investigation into Na-Montmorillonite Interlayer and Particle Rearrangement During Dehydration. Clays and Clay Minerals, 52 (2) : 180 - 191. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2004.0520204

DUDEK T, CUADROS J (2004) Kaolinite-smectite: FTIR study of the nature of the layers and mechanism of smectite kaolinization. Meeting of the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society. Programme and Abstracts,

PARBHAKAR AK, CUADROS J, DUBBIN W, WEISS DJ (2004) Lysine adsorption mode in studies of stereospecific adsorption and conversion of L- and D- isomers at clay surfaces. Meeting of the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society. Programme and Abstracts,

WILSON J, CUADROS J, CRESSEY G (2004) An in-situ time-resolved XRD-PSD investigation into sodium-montmorillonite interlayer and particle rearrangement during dehydration. Meeting of the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society. Programme and abstracts.,

Di Leo P, Cuadros J (2003) <SUP>113</SUP>cd, 1h Mas Nmr and Ftir Analysis Of Cd<SUP>2+</SUP> Adsorption on Dioctahedral and Trioctahedral Smectite. Clays and Clay Minerals, 51 (4) : 403 - 414. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2003.0510406

Joseph JB, Cressey G, Styles JR, Yuen STS, Cuadros J (2003) Observations of the impacts of some landfill leachates with clays. Environmental Technology, 24 (4) : 419 - 428. doi: 10.1080/09593330309385576

Aldega L, Cello G, Corrado S, CUADROS J, Di Leo P, Giampaolo C, Invernizzi C, Martino C, Mazzoli S, Schiattarella M, Zattin M, Zuffa G (2003) Tectono-sedimentary evolution of the southern Apennines (Italy): Thermal constraints and modelling. Atti Ticinensi di Scienze della Terra, Series Speciale (Pavia), 9 : 135 - 140.

Di Leo P, CUADROS J (2003) 113Cd, 1H NMR and FTIR analysis of Cd2+ adsorption on dioctahedral and trioctahedral smectite. Clays and Clay Minerals, 51 : 403 - 414.

Cuadros J, Linares J (1996) Experimental kinetic study of the smectite-to-illite transformation. Geochimica, 60 (3) : 439 - 453.

Cifuentes GR, Jiménez-Millán J, Quevedo CP, Nieto F, Cuadros J, Jiménez-Espinosa R (null) Low Temperature Illitization through Illite-Dioctahedral Vermiculite Mixed Layers in a Tropical Saline Lake Rich in Hydrothermal Fluids (Sochagota Lake, Colombia). Minerals, 11 (5) : 523 - 523. doi: 10.3390/min11050523

Supervision

Doctorate (PhD) Co-supervisor to Wainipee. W
Co supervisor(s): Cuadros J
Arsenate adsorption on mineral surfaces in the absence and presence of oil.
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Doctorate (PhD) Co-supervisor to Andrade GRP
Co supervisor(s): Cuadros J
Mineralogical study of soils from mangrove forests in Brazil.
Natural History Museum, London, London, United Kingdom

Awards

George Brown Lecturer of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011.

Introduction

Summary

I investigate clay geochemistry and processes in all environments. Particular aspects of my research are: Clay on Mars, clay-life interaction, past environments as recorded by clays, mechanisms of clay processes, crystal-chemistry of clays.

Qualifications

    Degrees

  • PhD, University of Granada, Spain
  • Graduate in Chemistry, University of Malaga, Spain

Employment history

    Academic

  • Researcher, Natural History Museum, London, Earth Sciences, United Kingdom, 2000 - ongoing
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC), Granada, Spain, 1996 - 2000
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaing, Geology, United States, 1994 - 1996
Projects

Grants

Hydro-Mars—A possible hydrothermal origin of Martian phyllosilicates
Role: Principal investigator
Co-investigator: Michalski J
Funding: FP7 - People
Total value £258,985.27 (to Museum £258,985.27)
Dates: 2011 - 2013

Gene-environment studies in podoconiosis
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: Wellcome Trust
Total value £550,000 (to Museum £49,601.25)
Dates: 2011 - 2013

Bio-clays from several water media
Role: Principal investigator
Funding: FP7 - People
Total value £238,015.39 (to Museum £238,015.39)
Dates: 2009 - 2011

Exploiting the multifunctional potential of belowground biodiversity in horticultural farming
Role: Principal investigatorJungblut A
Role: Co-investigator
Funding: H2020 Societal Challenges
Total value £5,596,086 (to Museum £726,128)
Dates: 2019 - 2024

Professional activities

Committees

Member, Editorial Board of the journal Clay Minerals., 2010 - on going.

Member, Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland., 2001 - 2011.

Editorships

Associate editor, Journal: Clay Minerals, 2016 - on going.

Events

Conference Attendance

Chair, Fe-rich phyllosilicates and Fe oxy-hydroxides in terrestrial, marine and extraterrestrial environments, (Conference), 2008 - 2017.

Chair, Clay-living organisms interactions., (Conference), 2009 - 2009.

Chair, Clays in Earth-life evolution. 2nd International Conference on Clays,, (Conference), 2013 - 2013.

Chair, Unraveling Mars: insights from mineralogy and geochemistry, (Conference), 2015 - 2015.

Chair, Clays in gydrothermal and ore-forming processes., (Conference), 2016 - 2017.

Chair, Out of this world! – Clays as decoders of extraterrestrial environments., (Conference), 2017 - 2017.

Chair, Mineral-life mutual interaction, (Conference), 2017 - 2017.

Organisation

Organiser, New Developments in the Study of Clay Minerals and Fine-Grained Materials, (Conference),

Publications

Publications

Cuadros J, Mavris C, Michalski JR (2022) Possible widespread occurrence of vermiculite on Mars. Applied Clay Science, 228 : 106643 - 106643. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2022.106643

Baumgartner RJ, Cuadros J, Michalski J, Pejcic B, Laukamp C, Hu S, Bourdet J (2022) Chemistry-dependent Raman spectral features of glauconite and nontronite: Implications for mineral identification and provenance analysis. American Mineralogist, 107 (6) : 1080 - 1090. doi: 10.2138/am-2022-8044

Andrade GRP, Cuadros J, Barbosa JMP, Vidal-Torrado P (2022) Clay minerals control rare earth elements (REE) fractionation in Brazilian mangrove soils. CATENA, 209 : 105855 - 105855. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2021.105855

Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Bishop JL, Mavris C, Fiore S, Dekov V (2022) Mars-rover cameras evaluation of laboratory spectra of Fe-bearing Mars analog samples. Icarus, 371 : 114704 - 114704. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114704

Pinzari F, Cuadros J, Jungblut AD, Najorka J, Humphreys-Williams E (2022) Fungal strategies of potassium extraction from silicates of different resistance as manifested in differential weathering and gene expression. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 316 : 168 - 200. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.10.010

Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Dyar MD (2021) Controls on tetrahedral Fe(III) abundance in 2:1 phyllosilicates—Reply. American Mineralogist, 106 (9) : 1536 - 1536. doi: 10.2138/am-2021-8107

Bristow TF, Grotzinger JP, Rampe EB, Cuadros J, Chipera SJ, Downs GW, Fedo CM, Frydenvang J, McAdam AC, Morris RV, Achilles CN, Blake DF, Castle N, Craig P, Des Marais DJ, Downs RT, Hazen RM, Ming DW, Morrison SM, Thorpe MT, Treiman AH, Tu V, Vaniman DT, Yen AS, Gellert R, Mahaffy PR, Wiens RC, Bryk AB, Bennett KA, Fox VK, Millken RE, Fraeman AA, Vasavada AR (2021) Brine-driven destruction of clay minerals in Gale crater, Mars. Science, 373 (6551) : 198 - 204. doi: 10.1126/science.abg5449

Michalski JR, Niles PB, Glotch TD, Cuadros J (2021) Infrared Spectral Evidence for K‐Metasomatism of Volcanic Rocks on Mars. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (10) : doi: 10.1029/2021gl093882

Pinzari F, Cuadros J (null) Unusual Perforations in Phlogopite Crystals from Caldara di Manziana (Italy) Caused by Sulphuric Acid Generated by Microbial Oxidation of H2S Emanations. Minerals, 11 (5) : 547 - 547. doi: 10.3390/min11050547

Liu J-C, He H-P, Michalski J, Cuadros J, Yao Y-Z, Tan W, Qin X-R, Li S-Y, Wei G-J (2021) Reflectance spectroscopy applied to clay mineralogy and alteration intensity of a thick basaltic weathering sequence in Hainan Island, South China. Applied Clay Science, 201 : 105923 - 105923. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2020.105923

Cuadros J, Sánchez-Marañón M, Mavris C, Fiore S, Bishop JL, Melgosa M (2020) Color analysis and detection of Fe minerals in multi-mineral mixtures from acid-alteration environments. Applied Clay Science, 193 : 105677 - 105677. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2020.105677

Gebregiorgis D, Deocampo DM, Longstaffe FJ, Simpson A, Ashley GM, Beverly EJ, Delaney JS, Cuadros J (2020) Oxygen Isotopes in Authigenic Clay Minerals: Toward Building a Reliable Salinity Proxy. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (3) : doi: 10.1029/2019gl085576

Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Dyar MD, Dekov V (2019) Controls on tetrahedral Fe(III) abundance in 2:1 phyllosilicates. American Mineralogist, 104 (11) : 1608 - 1619. doi: 10.2138/am-2019-7036

Cuadros J, Mavris C, Michalski JR, Nieto JM, Bishop JL, Fiore S (2019) Abundance and composition of kaolinite on Mars: Information from NIR spectra of rocks from acid-alteration environments, Riotinto, SE Spain. Icarus, 330 : 30 - 41. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.04.027

Michalski JR, Glotch TD, Rogers AD, Niles PB, Cuadros J, Ashley JW, Johnson SS (2019) The Geology and Astrobiology of McLaughlin Crater, Mars: An Ancient Lacustrine Basin Containing Turbidites, Mudstones, and Serpentinites. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 124 (4) : 910 - 940. doi: 10.1029/2018je005796

Cuadros J, Schweigstillová J (2018) Rock fabric and origin of the expandable phyllosilicates in the sands of the Ashdown Formation, East Sussex, UK. Applied Clay Science, 166 : 185 - 199. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2018.08.002

Mavris C, Cuadros J, Nieto JM, Bishop JL, Michalski JR (2018) Diverse mineral assemblages of acidic alteration in the Rio Tinto area (southwest Spain): Implications for Mars. American Mineralogist, 103 (12) : 1877 - 1890. doi: 10.2138/am-2018-6330

Sánchez-Marañón M, Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Melgosa M, Dekov V (2018) Identification of iron in Earth analogues of Martian phyllosilicates using visible reflectance spectroscopy: Spectral derivatives and color parameters. Applied Clay Science, 165 : 264 - 276. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2018.08.016

Pinzari F, Cuadros J, Migliore M, Napoli R, Najorka J (2018) Manganese translocation and concentration on Quercus cerris decomposing leaf and wood litter by an ascomycetous fungus: an active process with ecosystem consequences?. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94 (8) : doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiy111

Andrade GRP, Cuadros J, Partiti CSM, Cohen R, Vidal-Torrado P (2018) Sequential mineral transformation from kaolinite to Fe-illite in two Brazilian mangrove soils. Geoderma, 309 : 84 - 99. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.08.042

Cuadros J, Šegvić B, Dekov V, Michalski JR, Baussà Bardají D (2018) Electron microscopy investigation of the genetic link between Fe oxides/oxyhydroxides and nontronite in submarine hydrothermal fields. Marine Geology, 395 : 247 - 259. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2017.10.011

Cuadros J, Cesarano M, Dubbin W, Smith SW, Davey A, Spiro B, Burton RGO, Jungblut AD (2018) Slow weathering of a sandstone-derived Podzol (Falkland Islands) resulting in high content of a non-crystalline silicate. American Mineralogist, 103 (1) : 109 - 124. doi: 10.2138/am-2018-6230

Michalski JR, Dobrea EZN, Niles PB, Cuadros J (null) Ancient hydrothermal seafloor deposits in Eridania basin on Mars. Nature Communications, 8 (1) : doi: 10.1038/ncomms15978

Le Blond JS, Baxter PJ, Bello D, Raftis J, Molla YB, Cuadros J, Davey G (null) Haemolytic activity of soil from areas of varying podoconiosis endemicity in Ethiopia. PLOS ONE, 12 (5) : e0177219 - e0177219. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177219

Cuadros J (2017) Clay minerals interaction with microorganisms: a review. Clay Minerals, 52 (2) : 235 - 261. doi: 10.1180/claymin.2017.052.2.05

Kenney JPL, Kirby ME, Cuadros J, Weiss DJ (null) A conceptual model to predict uranium removal from aqueous solutions in water–rock systems associated with low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste disposal. RSC Advances, 7 (13) : 7876 - 7884. doi: 10.1039/c6ra26773d

Cuadros J, Andrade G, Ferreira TO, de Moya Partiti CS, Cohen R, Vidal-Torrado P (2017) The mangrove reactor: Fast clay transformation and potassium sink. Applied Clay Science, 140 : 50 - 58. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2017.01.022

Mitchell RL, Cuadros J, Duckett JG, Pressel S, Mavris C, Sykes D, Najorka J, Edgecombe GD, Kenrick P (2016) Mineral weathering and soil development in the earliest land plant ecosystems. Geology, 44 (12) : 1007 - 1010. doi: 10.1130/g38449.1

Huggett J, Cuadros J, Gale AS, Wray D, Adetunji J (2016) Low temperature, authigenic illite and carbonates in a mixed dolomite-clastic lagoonal and pedogenic setting, Spanish Central System, Spain. Applied Clay Science, 132-133 : 296 - 312. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2016.06.016

Mitchell RL, Cuadros J, Pressel S, Duckett JG, Mavris C, Sykes D, Najorka J, Edgecombe GD, Kenrick P (2016) LEAVING THEIR MARK: BIOLOGICALLY-INDUCED MINERAL WEATHERING AND SOIL DEVELOPMENT IN ANCIENT LAND-PLANT ECOSYSTEMS. GSA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, USA - 2016, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Geological Society of America : doi: 10.1130/abs/2016am-282635

Pinzari F, Cuadros J, Napoli R, Canfora L, Bardají DB (2016) Routes of phlogopite weathering by three fungal strains TEST. Fungal Biology, doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.08.007

dos Santos R, Patel M, Cuadros J, Martins Z (2016) Influence of mineralogy on the preservation of amino acids under simulated Mars conditions. Icarus, 277 : 342 - 353. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2016.05.029

Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Dekov V, Bishop JL (2016) Octahedral chemistry of 2:1 clay minerals and hydroxyl band position in the near-infrared: Application to Mars. American Mineralogist, 101 (3) : 554 - 563. doi: 10.2138/am-2016-5366

Cuadros J, Diaz-Hernandez JL, Sanchez-Navas A, Garcia-Casco A, Yepes J (2016) Chemical and textural controls on the formation of sepiolite, palygorskite and dolomite in volcanic soils. Geoderma, 271 : 99 - 114. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.01.042

Le Blond JS, Cuadros J, Molla YB, Berhanu T, Umer M, Baxter PJ, Davey G (2015) Weathering of the Ethiopian volcanic province: A new weathering index to characterize and compare soils. American Mineralogist, 100 (11-12) : 2518 - 2532. doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5168ccby

Sendino MC, Cuadros J, Allington-Jones L, Barnbrook JA (2015) Chemical Analysis of the Dust on a Historically Important Collection. Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, 11 (4) : 291 - 303. doi: 10.1177/155019061501100403

Cuadros J, Vega R, Toscano A (2015) Mid-Infrared Features of Kaolinite-Dickite. Clays and Clay Minerals, 63 (2) : 73 - 84. doi: 10.1346/CCMN.2015.0630201

Cuadros J, Diaz-Hernandez JL, Sanchez-Navas A, Garcia-Casco A (2015) Role of clay minerals in the formation of atmospheric aggregates of Saharan dust. Atmospheric Environment, 120 : 160 - 172. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.077

Michalski JR, Cuadros J, Bishop JL, Darby Dyar M, Dekov V, Fiore S (2015) Constraints on the crystal-chemistry of Fe/Mg-rich smectitic clays on Mars and links to global alteration trends. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 427 : 215 - 225. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.020

Cuadros J (2015) Clays are messy--also on Mars. American Mineralogist, 100 (4) : 669 - 670. doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5229

Cuadros J, Vega R, Toscano A, Arroyo X (2014) Kaolinite transformation into dickite during burial diagenesis. American Mineralogist, 99 (4) : 681 - 695. doi: 10.2138/am.2014.4614

Pugliese Andrade GR, de Azevedo AC, Cuadros J, Souza VS, Correia Furquim SA, Kiyohara PK, Vidal-Torrado P (2014) Transformation of Kaolinite into Smectite and Iron-Illite in Brazilian Mangrove Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 78 (2) : 655 - 672. doi: 10.2136/sssaj2013.09.0381

Cuadros J, Michalski JR, Dekov V, Bishop J, Fiore S, Dyar MD (2013) Crystal-chemistry of interstratified Mg/Fe-clay minerals from seafloor hydrothermal sites. Chemical Geology, 360-361 : 142 - 158. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.10.016

Wainipee W, Cuadros J, Sephton MA, Unsworth C, Gill MG, Strekopytov S, Weiss DJ (2013) The effects of oil on As(V) adsorption on illite, kaolinite, montmorillonite and chlorite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 121 : 487 - 502. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.07.018

Cuadros J, Afsin B, Jadubansa P, Ardakani M, Ascaso C, Wierzchos J (2013) Pathways of volcanic glass alteration in laboratory experiments through inorganic and microbially-mediated processes. Clay Minerals, 48 (3) : 423 - 445. doi: 10.1180/claymin.2013.048.3.01

Michalski JR, Cuadros J, Niles PB, Parnell J, Deanne Rogers A, Wright SP (2013) Groundwater activity on Mars and implications for a deep biosphere. Nature Geoscience, 6 (2) : 133 - 138. doi: 10.1038/ngeo1706

Cuadros J, Afsin B, Jadubansa P, Ardakani M, Ascaso C, Wierzchos J (2013) Microbial and inorganic control on the composition of clay from volcanic glass alteration experiments. American Mineralogist, 98 (2-3) : 319 - 334. doi: 10.2138/am.2013.4272

Cuadros J, Michalski JR (2013) Investigation of Al-rich clays on Mars: Evidence for kaolinite–smectite mixed-layer versus mixture of end-member phases. Icarus, 222 (1) : 296 - 306. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.11.006

Michalski JR, Niles PB, Cuadros J, Baldridge AM (2013) Multiple working hypotheses for the formation of compositional stratigraphy on Mars: Insights from the Mawrth Vallis region. Icarus, 226 (1) : 816 - 840. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.05.024

Sendino MCSL, Taylor PD, Cuadros J (2013) Exceptional preservation in a high-energy sandwave facies environment: Femummification of bryozoans from the Plio-Pleistocene Red Crag Formation. 1312 12 - 13 12 1257th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association 55 - 55.

Cuadros J, Afsin B, Michalski JR, Ardakani M (2012) Fast, microscale-controlled weathering of rhyolitic obsidian to quartz and alunite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 353-354 : 156 - 162. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.009

Cuadros J (2012) Clay crystal-chemical adaptability and transformation mechanisms. Clay Minerals, 47 (2) : 147 - 164. doi: 10.1180/claymin.2012.047.2.01

McKeown N, Bishop JL, Cuadros J, Hillier S, Amador E, Makarewicz HD, Parente M, Silver EA (2011) Interpretation of reflectance spectra of clay mineral-silica mixtures: implications for Martian clay mineralogy at Mawrth Vallis. Clays and Clay Minerals, 59 (4) : 400 - 415. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2011.0590404

Cuadros J, Dekov VM, Arroyo X, Nieto F (2011) Smectite Formation in Submarine Hydrothermal Sediments: Samples from the <I>HMS Challenger</I> Expedition (1872 à 1876). Clays and Clay Minerals, 59 (2) : 147 - 164. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2011.0590204

Ferrage E, Vidal O, Mosser-Ruck R, Cathelineau M, Cuadros J (2011) A reinvestigation of smectite illitization in experimental hydrothermal conditions: Results from X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. American Mineralogist, 96 (1) : 207 - 223. doi: 10.2138/am.2011.3587

Cuadros J, Spiro B, Dubbin W, Jadubansa P (2010) Rapid microbial stabilization of unconsolidated sediment against wind erosion and dust generation. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 10 (7) : 1415 - 1426. doi: 10.1007/s11368-010-0273-8

Dekov VM, Cuadros J, Kamenov GD, Weiss D, Arnold T, Basak C, Rochette P (2010) Metalliferous sediments from the H.M.S. Challenger voyage (1872–1876). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74 (17) : 5019 - 5038. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.06.001

Huggett JM, Cuadros J (2010) Glauconite formation in lacustrine/palaeosol sediments, Isle of Wight (Hampshire Basin), UK. Clay Minerals, 45 (1) : 35 - 49. doi: 10.1180/claymin.2010.045.1.35

Pascua CS, Ohnuma M, Matsushita Y, Tamura K, Yamada H, Cuadros J, Ye J (2010) Synthesis of monodisperse Zn-smectite. Applied Clay Science, 48 (1-2) : 55 - 59. doi: 10.1016/j.clay.2009.12.016

Fiore S, CUADROS J, Huertas FJ (2010) Interstratified Clay Minerals: Origin, Characterization and Geochemical Importance. Digilabs, Bari, Italy :

Cuadros J, Nieto F, Wing-Dudek T (2009) Crystal-chemical changes of mixed-layer kaolinite-smectite with progressive kaolinization, as investigated by TEM-AEM and HRTEM. Clays and Clay Minerals, 57 (6) : 742 - 750. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2009.0570607

Deocampo DM, Cuadros J, Wing-dudek T, Olives J, Amouric M (2009) Saline lake diagenesis as revealed by coupled mineralogy and geochemistry of multiple ultrafine clay phases: Pliocene Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. American Journal of Science, 309 (9) : 834 - 868. doi: 10.2475/09.2009.03

Aldega L, Cuadros J, Laurora A, Rossi A (2009) Weathering of phlogopite to beidellite in a karstic environment. American Journal of Science, 309 (8) : 689 - 710. doi: 10.2475/08.2009.03

Cuadros J, Aldega L, Vetterlein J, Drickamer K, Dubbin W (2009) Reactions of lysine with montmorillonite at 80 °C: Implications for optical activity, H+ transfer and lysine–montmorillonite binding. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 333 (1) : 78 - 84. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.01.031

CUADROS J, Aldega L, Parbhakar A, Vetterlein J, DUBBIN WE, WEISS D, Drickamer K, Sephton M, Coles B (2009) Adsorption of L-lysine on montmorillonite and reactions at 80 ºC.. Abstracts of the 14th International Clay Conference,

CUADROS J, Gorniak K, Bahranovsky K, Labrincha J (2009) MECC'08 - A window into the Mid-European Clay Community. Clay Minerals, 44 : 417 - 419.

CUADROS J, Nieto F, WING-DUDEK T (2009) Crystal-chemical changes of kaolinite-smectite mixed-layer with progressive kaolinization, as investigated by TEM-AEM and HRTEM. Clays and Clay Minerals, 57 : 742 - 750.

Dekov V, Scholten J, Garbe-Schönberg C-D, Botz R, Cuadros J, Schmidt M, Stoffers P (null) Hydrothermal sediment alteration at a seafloor vent field: Grimsey Graben, Tjörnes Fracture Zone, north of Iceland. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (B11) : doi: 10.1029/2007jb005526

Dekov VM, Cuadros J, Shanks WC, Koski RA (2008) Deposition of talc — kerolite–smectite — smectite at seafloor hydrothermal vent fields: Evidence from mineralogical, geochemical and oxygen isotope studies. Chemical Geology, 247 (1-2) : 171 - 194. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.10.022

Cuadros J, Dekov VM, Fiore S (2008) Crystal chemistry of the mixed-layer sequence talc-talc-smectite-smectite from submarine hydrothermal vents. American Mineralogist, 93 (8-9) : 1338 - 1348. doi: 10.2138/am.2008.2692

CUADROS J (2008) Clay as sealing material in nuclear waste repositories. Geology Today, 24 : 99 - 103.

Parbhakar A, Cuadros J, Sephton MA, Dubbin W, Coles BJ, Weiss D (2007) Adsorption of l-lysine on montmorillonite. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 307 (1-3) : 142 - 149. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.05.022

Ferrage E, Kirk CA, Cressey G, Cuadros J (2007) Dehydration of Ca-montmorillonite at the crystal scale. Part I: Structure evolution. American Mineralogist, 92 (7) : 994 - 1006. doi: 10.2138/am.2007.2396

Ferrage E, Kirk CA, Cressey G, Cuadros J (2007) Dehydration of Ca-montmorillonite at the crystal scale. Part 2. Mechanisms and kinetics. American Mineralogist, 92 (7) : 1007 - 1017. doi: 10.2138/am.2007.2397

Cuadros J, Wing-Dudek T (2007) MAS NMR investigation of kaolinite-smectite structure using 6Li and 29Si with Mn exchange. Clay Minerals, 42 (2) : 181 - 186. doi: 10.1180/claymin.2007.042.2.04

Dudek T, Cuadros J, Huertas J (2007) Structure of mixed-layer kaolinite-smectite and smectite-to-kaolinite transformation mechanism from synthesis experiments. American Mineralogist, 92 (1) : 179 - 192. doi: 10.2138/am.2007.2218

Cuadros J (2006) Modeling of smectite illitization in burial diagenesis environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (16) : 4181 - 4195. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.1372

NEEDHAM SJ, WORDEN RH, CUADROS J (null) Sediment ingestion by worms and the production of bio-clays: a study of macrobiologically enhanced weathering and early diagenetic processes. Sedimentology, 53 (3) : 567 - 579. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2006.00781.x

Cuadros J, Dudek T (2006) FTIR investigation of the evolution of the octahedral sheet of kaolinite-smectite with progressive kaolinization. Clays and Clay Minerals, 54 (1) : 1 - 11. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2006.0540101

Wilson J, Cressey G, Cressey B, Cuadros J, Ragnarsdottir KV, Savage D, Shibata M (2006) The effect of iron on montmorillonite stability. (II) Experimental investigation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (2) : 323 - 336. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.09.023

Wilson J, Savage D, Cuadros J, Shibata M, Ragnarsdottir KV (2006) The effect of iron on montmorillonite stability. (I) Background and thermodynamic considerations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (2) : 306 - 322. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.10.003

CUADROS J (2006) Clay minerals in the making. Plenary lecture. Abstracts Book. 3rd Mid-European Clay Conference,

Dudek T, Cuadros J, Fiore S (2006) Interstratified kaolinite-smectite: Nature of the layers and mechanism of smectite kaolinization. American Mineralogist, 91 (1) : 159 - 170. doi: 10.2138/am.2006.1897

Worden RH, Needham SJ, Cuadros J (2006) The worm gut; a natural clay mineral factory and a possible cause of diagenetic grain coats in sandstones. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 89 (1-3) : Elsevier BV : 428 - 431. doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2005.12.011

Huggett JM (2005) Low-temperature illitization of smectite in the late eocene and early oligocene of the Isle of Wight (Hampshire basin), U.K.. American Mineralogist, 90 (7) : 1192 - 1202. doi: 10.2138/am.2005.1674

Wilson J, Cressey G, Cressey B, Ragnarsdottir KV, Savage D, Cuadros J, Shibata M (2005) The effect of iron on bentonite stability. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 69 (10) : A425 - A425.

CUADROS J, DUDEK T (2005) HRTEM examination of mixed-layer kaolinite-smectite. 42 Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society. Programme and abstracts.,

CUADROS J, DUDEK T (2005) FTIR investigation of the evolution of the octahedral sheet of kaolinite-smectite with progressive kaolinisation. 42 Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society. Programme and abstracts.,

Di Leo P, Schiattarella M, CUADROS J, Cullers R (2005) Clay mineralogy, geochemistry and structural setting of the ophiolite-bearing units from southern Italy: a multidisciplinary approach to assess tectonic history and exhumation modalities. Atti Ticinensi di Scienze della Terra, Serie Spec., 10 : 87 - 93.

WILSON J, CRESSEY G, Cressey B, Ragnarsdottir KV, Savage D, CUADROS J, Shibata M (2005) The effect of iron on bentonite stability: an investigation into reactions between native Fe, magnetite, montmorillonite and aqueous solutions. Mineralogical Society Winter Meeting 2005: Environmental Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Human Health. Programme and abstracts,

WILSON J, Ragnarsdottir KV, Savage D, CUADROS J, CRESSEY G, Cressey B, Shibata M (2005) The effect of iron on bentonite stability: an investigation into reactions between native Fe, magnetite, montmorillonite and aqueous solutions. Clays in Natural & Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement. Programme and abstracts,

Wilson J, Cuadros J, Cressey G (2004) An <I>In Situ</I> Time-Resolved XRD-PSD Investigation into Na-Montmorillonite Interlayer and Particle Rearrangement During Dehydration. Clays and Clay Minerals, 52 (2) : 180 - 191. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2004.0520204

DUDEK T, CUADROS J (2004) Kaolinite-smectite: FTIR study of the nature of the layers and mechanism of smectite kaolinization. Meeting of the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society. Programme and Abstracts,

PARBHAKAR AK, CUADROS J, DUBBIN W, WEISS DJ (2004) Lysine adsorption mode in studies of stereospecific adsorption and conversion of L- and D- isomers at clay surfaces. Meeting of the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society. Programme and Abstracts,

WILSON J, CUADROS J, CRESSEY G (2004) An in-situ time-resolved XRD-PSD investigation into sodium-montmorillonite interlayer and particle rearrangement during dehydration. Meeting of the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society. Programme and abstracts.,

Di Leo P, Cuadros J (2003) <SUP>113</SUP>cd, 1h Mas Nmr and Ftir Analysis Of Cd<SUP>2+</SUP> Adsorption on Dioctahedral and Trioctahedral Smectite. Clays and Clay Minerals, 51 (4) : 403 - 414. doi: 10.1346/ccmn.2003.0510406

Joseph JB, Cressey G, Styles JR, Yuen STS, Cuadros J (2003) Observations of the impacts of some landfill leachates with clays. Environmental Technology, 24 (4) : 419 - 428. doi: 10.1080/09593330309385576

Aldega L, Cello G, Corrado S, CUADROS J, Di Leo P, Giampaolo C, Invernizzi C, Martino C, Mazzoli S, Schiattarella M, Zattin M, Zuffa G (2003) Tectono-sedimentary evolution of the southern Apennines (Italy): Thermal constraints and modelling. Atti Ticinensi di Scienze della Terra, Series Speciale (Pavia), 9 : 135 - 140.

Di Leo P, CUADROS J (2003) 113Cd, 1H NMR and FTIR analysis of Cd2+ adsorption on dioctahedral and trioctahedral smectite. Clays and Clay Minerals, 51 : 403 - 414.

Cuadros J, Linares J (1996) Experimental kinetic study of the smectite-to-illite transformation. Geochimica, 60 (3) : 439 - 453.

Cifuentes GR, Jiménez-Millán J, Quevedo CP, Nieto F, Cuadros J, Jiménez-Espinosa R (null) Low Temperature Illitization through Illite-Dioctahedral Vermiculite Mixed Layers in a Tropical Saline Lake Rich in Hydrothermal Fluids (Sochagota Lake, Colombia). Minerals, 11 (5) : 523 - 523. doi: 10.3390/min11050523

Teaching and students

Supervision

Doctorate (PhD) Co-supervisor to Wainipee. W
Co supervisor(s): Cuadros J
Arsenate adsorption on mineral surfaces in the absence and presence of oil.
Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Doctorate (PhD) Co-supervisor to Andrade GRP
Co supervisor(s): Cuadros J
Mineralogical study of soils from mangrove forests in Brazil.
Natural History Museum, London, London, United Kingdom

Impact and outreach

Awards

George Brown Lecturer of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 2011.