Research

I am an Associate Professor at the ICC-UB (University of Barcelona), where I supervise a team of postdocs and PhD students carrying research at the cutting edge of nuclear theory. The recent revolution in ab initio nuclear theory has provided a direct link between the basic theory of chromodynamics and nuclear structure. I work at the interface between ab initio theory and phenomenology, and my work has implications for experimental research at nuclear physics facilities worldwide (e.g. spectroscopic single-particle strength in nuclear structure), for astronomical observations (e.g. neutron-star physics) and for practical applications (e.g. fission processes in nuclear reactors).  

I specialise in self-consistent Green’s functions techniques, which lead the way in terms of ab initio nuclear structure. My work can be used to identify limitations in the saturation properties of nuclear hamiltonians. I also have demonstrated expertise in other techniques, like density functionals, that I have used to study nuclear ground states and dynamics. I am at present developing machine learning tools to solve the quantum many-body problem too. 

Over my career, I have obtained fellowships (Marie Curie, STFC Advanced, Ramón y Cajal) and research funds to carry on my research program. I have also exploited collaborations with world-leading researchers on nuclear theory at an international level (Danielewicz at MSU/NSCL/FRIB, Dickhoff at St Louis, Polls in Barcelona), and at Surrey (Barbieri and Stevenson).

Code 

Some of my research and teaching activities can be found in my github account here.

CV

Have a look at my more or less updated CV here (pdf file, 300 kB).

My PhD Thesis

Have a look at my PhD thesis (pdf file, 3MB).

More details

You can find a more detailed biography here and a list of PhD and early career researchers I have worked with here.