Universitat de València
I am a theroretical astrophysics interested in gravitational waves, specially from core collapse supernovae, and in neutron star physics in general. I am currently associate professor at the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Valencia (UV) in Spain.
I am member of the Valencia Virgo Group and I participate in the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) searches for gravitational waves. I am also involved in the development of the Einstein Telescope, the third generation of gravitational wave detectors.
I did my PhD thesis at the UV under the supervision of Toni Font (2003-2006). After two postdoctoral positions at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Garching (2006-2011), and at the ERC group CAMAP at the UV (2011-2017), I got a Ramon y Cajal fellow that I enjoyed at the UV until I got permanent in 2022.
I like playing guitar, biking, inline skating and DIY.
Gravitational waves from core collapse supernovae are extremely faint and only rare nearby events are observable. I participate in targeted searches for supernovae, develop data analysis methods based on AI to improve detectability, model its GW emission, and research how the properties of the nascent neutron star can be inferred from detections.
The Einstein Telescope (ET) is an european underground research infrastructure that will host the next generation of gravitational wave detectors with a sensitivity 10 times larger than current observatories. I am the leader of the Einstein Telescope research unit at the University of Valencia.
Rotating neutron stars, such as the ones having birth in core-collapse supernovae or colliding in binary mergers, can develop some of the largest magnetic fields in the universe. Turbulence and dynamos play a main role in this process. Numerical simulations in some of the largest supercomputers on earth and the development of sub-grid models are my main activities.
Magnetars, highly magnetized neutron stars, are among the most intriguing astrophysical objects in the universe. From their superfluid interior, to its active magnetosphere, passing by its solid crust, the physics involved is rich and complex. I am interested in its numerical modeling as a way of understanding electromagnetic observations and how they are formed.
An almost complete list of my publications at scientific journals can be found at NASA ADS (excluding LVK papers here)
I participate in the development of some numerical codes:My PhD thesis, including some movies, is available here.
I have been teaching at the University of Valencia since 2011. My current teaching duties can be found here.