foto Alejandra Aguirre Santaella
ALEJANDRA AGUIRRE SANTAELLA
PI-Invest Doct Uv Senior
Despacho 4.12 Departamento de Astronomía y Astrofísica
Biography

Research field: Dark matter indirect searches. Computational cosmology. Small scale structure of the Universe

I completed my doctoral studies at the Institute for Theoretical Physics (UAM-CSIC) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde. My dissertation, entitled "N-body cosmological simulations and gamma rays as tools to reveal the properties of dark matter halo substructure", was awarded the highest distinction, Sobresaliente Cum Laude, with the Extraordinary Doctoral Prize. Subsequently, I obtained a postdoctoral position at Durham University (UK) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Carlos Frenk and Prof. Dr. Adrian Jenkins.

I have presented my work at over 25 national and international conferences, including a plenary talk at the International Cosmic Ray Conference held in Nagoya in the summer of 2023. I have taught computer science courses at both BSc and MSc level since 2019, and have co-supervised four Master's theses and one Bachelor's thesis. I have taken part in numerous outreach activities, often focusing on minority groups and bringing science to underserved communities.

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