Summary CV

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Education:

 

• Ph.D. "Cum Laude" Physics (2012, Jan). Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. 

• M.A. Astrophysics (2008). Universidad Complutense de Madrid & Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. 

• B.A. Physics. Astrophysics branch (2006). Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

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Work experience:

 

• 2021-Currently "Ramón y Cajal" Senior Fellow. Centro de Astrobiologia/CSIC-INTA (Madrid, Spain).  

• 2017-2021: "CAM-Atracción de Talento" Senior Fellow. Centro de Astrobiologia/CSIC-INTA (Madrid, Spain).  

• 2014-2017: Post-Doctoral Fellow. University of Leeds (Leeds, UK). 

• 2012-2013: Post-Doctoral Fellow. Clemson University (Clemson, SC, USA). 

• 2011-2012: Research project, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain).

• 2010 (March-May): Pre-doctoral stay funded by STScI/NASA. Space Telescope Science Institute (Baltimore, MD, USA)

• 2009-2010: Research Contract, Centro de Astrobiologia/CSIC-INTA (Madrid, Spain).

• 2007-2008: Graduate research “Calvo-Rodés” grant, LAEFF, INTA-CSIC (Madrid, Spain).

• 2006: Pre-Graduate trainee at the European Space Astronomy Centre (ESA-ESAC, Madrid, Spain). 

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Memberships and Awards:

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• Member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)

• Member of the European Astronomical Society (EAS)

• Member of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA)

• Member of the European Astrobiology Institute (EAI)

• Member of the ESA-ESAC and CAB Faculties.

• Finalist (2nd place) for the best Spanish PhD thesis in Astrophysics (2012 award by SEA).

• Nominated by SEA for the “best European PhD thesis” (MERAC prize 2014, award by the European Astronomical Society).

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Service:

 

• Referee for several journals including “Astrophysical Journal”, "Astronomy & Astrophysics" and "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society"

• External referee for ERC Starting Grant and Chilean "FONDECYT" grants 

• Panel member for ESO and Canary Islands Observatories, STFC and NASA

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​Student supervision and teaching:

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• 2019-Currently “Star and planet formation”. Master in fundamental physics and Astrophysics. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

• 2023-Currently Master Thesis Supervisor. Jiaqi Wang. Centro de Astrobiología/Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

• 2018-2023 PhD Thesis Supervisor. Jorge Guzmán-Díaz. "Herbig Ae/Be systems: stars, disks, and star-disk interactions". Centro de Astrobiología/Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

• 2022-2023 Master Thesis Supervisor. Adrián Meléndez. "Analysis of high precision light curves of young stars with protoplanetary disks". Centro de Astrobiología/Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

• 2022 Master Thesis Co-Supervisor. Paula Brčic. "Spectro-astrometry with MEGARA/GTC: a pilot study to search for protoplanets". Centro de Astrobiología/University of Split (Croatia)

• 2021-2022 Master Thesis Supervisor. Víctor de la Fuente. "Looking for planets in formation around young stars". Centro de Astrobiología/Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

• 2018 "Radiative Processes". Master in fundamental physics and Astrophysics. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

• 2016 “Advanced laboratory in nebular spectroscopy”. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

• 2016 Summer Project Co-Supervisor. Charles Harries. “Spectroscopic signatures of infall and outflows in Herbig Ae/Be stars”. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

• 2015-2016. Master Thesis Supervisor. Alexander Wood. “Accretion monitoring of Herbig Ae/Be stars over a rotation period: Towards a better understanding of the accretion paradigm”. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

• 2015-2016. “Workshops on galactic rotation curves”. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

• 2014-2015. Master Thesis Supervisor. James Cooney & Daniel Sacre. “Dust evolution in protoplanetary disks around intermediate-mass stars.”. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.

• 2013. “Seminars on star formation”. Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA

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