I am a theoretical physicist, specifically, a particle phenomenologist. This means I research how different theoretical models apply to High Energy Physics experiments, such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, and what are their experimental consequences. These include how new particles could be observed and how a given theoretical model could be distinguished from others. I try to answer these mainly by analysing theoretical predictions of signals of new physics which could be tested at colliders and other experimental facilities.

Assistant Profesor, Instituto de Física, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Associate researcher at Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at the High Energy Frontier (SAPHIR)

https://www.institutosaphir.cl

I was Assistant Professor (Jan. 2020- Jan. 2023) and then Associate Professor (Jan - Aug. 2023) at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago Chile

I was member of the ATLAS Collaboration at CERN (2013-2017)

Academic Biography

My journey in Particle Physics began during my undergraduate studies in Physics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) under the supervision of Professor Marco A. Diaz. By the end of my Bachelor's degree I realised that this field is key in the exploration of the laws of our universe at the most fundamental scales. This interest has lead the international community of scientists to built giant accelerators and detectors, designed to seek for new phenomena and explore the unknown. During my Master's degree I joined the ATLAS collaboration, which is one of the main experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. In 2013 I started a PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK.

During my PhD I did research in both theory and experiment. I was interested in models with new, long-lived massive particles that could be detected by ATLAS. I also became a member of the Cambridge Phenomenology Working Group in 2014, where I discovered that my research motivations truly come from the theoretical side, from an interest in understanding the fundamental constituents of Nature and what are the laws dictating their behaviour. This is why I switched to a theoretical PhD in Particle Physics. I remain very interested in the connexion with experiment and how we can test new theories that address outstanding unknowns, such as the origin of Neutrino Masses or the nature of Dark Matter.

I gained my PhD in October 2017 at the Cavendish Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Nick Barlow and Professor Andy Parker. I held a postdoctoral position with the High Energy Physics Phenomenology group at the National Taiwan University in Taipei, Taiwan, where I worked under the supervision of Professor Cheng-Wei Chiang. I was also postdoc at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, sponsored by Professor Marco A. Diaz. I was Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez in Santiago, Chile, before joining the Institute of Physics as an Assistant Professor at PUC in August 2023. I am also an Associated Researcher at the Millenium Institute for Subatomic Physics at the High Energy Frontier (SAPHIR) in Chile. I was awarded the "Adelina Gutiérrez Prize on Scientific Excellence" in November 2023, which honours the accomplishments of young female researchers in my country, awarded by the Chilean Academy of Science.