Education
Education
2016. Ph.D. in Physics, summa cum laude, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
Dissertation entitled: "Weakly bound three-body nuclear systems: Structure, reactions and astrophysical implications".
Awarded with the Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado of the Universidad de Sevilla to the best theses of the academic year 2015/16.
2013. M.Sc. in Nuclear Physics, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
2011. Degree in Physics (5-yr "Licenciatura"), Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
2010. M.Sc. in Physics, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany)
2023 - Profesor Contratado Doctor (associate professor). Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla
2021-2023 MSCA fellow. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla
2021-2021 Research Fellow. Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla
2018-2021 Assistant Professor (RTDa). Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomía "G. Galilei", Università degli Studi di Padova (Italy)
2016-2018 Postdoctoral researcher. ECT*, Trento (Italy)
2016-2016 Postdoctoral researcher (VPPIUS). Departamento FAMN, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
2012-2016 Ph.D. fellow (FPU program). Departamento FAMN, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
"Physics I (LAB)", Degree in Material Engineering, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), 30 hours, 2021/22
"Introduction to Nuclear Reactions", Master Degree on Nuclear Physics, 6 hours, 2021/22 - 2022/23 - 2023/24
"Quantum Physics", Degree in Physics, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), 159 hours, 2020/21 - 2021/22 - 2022/23 - 2023/24
"Introduction to Nuclear Reactions", Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree on Nuclear Physics (NucPhys), 16 hours, 2020/21 - 2021/22 - 2022/23 - 2023/24
"Quantum Mechanics", Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree on Nuclear Physics (NucPhys), 15 hours, 2023/24
"Physics of ionizing radiations", course at the Specialization School on Nuclear Medicine, Università degli Studi di Padova, 8 hours, 2019/20
"Theory of direct Nuclear reactions", PhD course on "Advanced instrumentation for the study of nuclear structure and reaction dynamics", Università degli Studi di Padova, 8 hours, 2018/19 - 2019/2020
"Physics I", Degree in Civil Engineering, Università degli Studi di Padova, 40 hours, 2018/19 - 2019/20
"Physics", Degree in Optics and Optometry, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), 60 hours, 2014/15 - 2015/16
"Quantum Physics (LAB)", Degree in Physics, Universidad de Sevilla (Spain), 60 hours, 2014/15 - 2015/16 - 2022/23
"Discretización del continuo de sistemas de dos cuerpos mediante el método de desarrollo en gaussianas: aplicación a estructura y dispersión nuclear" (Continuum discretization in two-body systems with the gaussian expansion method: Application to structure and nuclear scattering"), Master Interuniversitario en Física Nuclear (Interuniversitary Master in Nuclear Physics), Student: Daniel Arjona Niño, Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, 22/11/2024. Grade: 9.7/10.
"Estados localizados en el espacio de configuración (CLS): aplicación a distintos potenciales y al dímero Be2 " (Configuration Localized States (CLS): Application to different potentials and the Be2 dimer), Doble Grado en Física y Matemáticas (Double Degree in Physics and Mathematics), Student: Claudia Cubedo Crespo, Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, 18/7/2024. Grade: 9.7/10.
"Sistemas de dos cuerpos en Física Nuclear" (Two-body systems in Nuclear Physics), Doble Grado en Física y Matemáticas (Double Degree in Physics and Mathematics), Student: Juan Romero Sánchez, Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla, 18/7/2024. Grade: 9.2/10.
"Aplicación del modelo de Ichimura-Austern-Vincent a la interpretación de medidas inclusivas de 197Au(9Be,8Be)" (Application of the IAV model to the interpretation of inclusive 197Au(9Be,8Be) measurements), Master Interuniversitario en Física Nuclear (Interuniversitary Master in Nuclear Physics), Student: Guadalupe Villanueva Cosme, Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla. Date: 21/11/23. Grade: 9/10.
"Estudio de la reacción de captura radiativa 14C(n,g)15C", (Study of the radiative capture reaction 14C(n,g)15C), Grado en Física (Degree in Physics), Student: Domingo Parrales de la Cruz, Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla. Date: 21/7/23. Grade: 9/10.
"Study of the Hoyle-state band in 12C via inelastic excitations", Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree on Nuclear Physics (NucPhys), Student: Hugo Delille, Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla and Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "E. Majorana", Università degli Studi di Catania. Date: 5/10/22. Grade: 106/110.
"Densidades de probabilidad en núcleos de tres cuerpos" (Probability densities in three-body nuclei), Doble Grado en Física e Ingeniería de Materiales (Double degree in Physics and Materials Engineering), Student: Teodoro Jiménez Lepe, Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla. Date: 6/7/2022. Grade: 9.5/10.
"Radiative capture reaction rates of interest for the Big Bang nucleosynthesis within a three-body model", Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree on Nuclear Physics (NucPhys), Student: Natia Porchkhidze, Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla. Date: 20/12/2021. Grade: 5/10.
"Radiative capture reaction rates of interest for the rp-process nucleosynthesis within a three-body model", Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree on Nuclear Physics (NucPhys), Student: Osama Yaghi, Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Sevilla. Date: 24/09/2021. Grade: 9/10.
"Stati di scattering nel 5Li" (Scattering states in 5He), Laurea triennale in Fisica (Degree in Physics), Student: Chiara Baron, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università degli Studi di Padova. Date: 2/12/2020. Grade: 95/110.
"Nuclei con alone: struttura e risposta elettromagnetica" (Halo nuclei: Structure and electromagnetic response), Laurea triennale in Fisica (Degree in Physics), Student: Francesco Fontana, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "G. Galilei", Università degli Studi di Padova. Date: 6/4/2020. Grade: 95/110.
Back in 2012, after a highly competitive selection process, I was awarded a predoctoral fellowship within the spanish national FPU program to conduct my Ph.D. studies at the Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics Department of the University of Seville. I obtained my Ph.D. summa cum laude in theoretical nuclear physics in May 2016. My dissertation was focused on three strongly related topics: i) structure properties of bound and unbound three-body nuclear systems, ii) nuclear reactions induced by weakly bound three-body projectiles, iii) three-body radiative capture reactions of interest in Nuclear Astrophysics. For this work, I was awarded with the Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado to the best theses of the academic year 2015/16 of the University of Seville. I held teaching duties at an undergraduate level during my Ph.D. studies, and I complemented my academic background with two research visits at the Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory in the USA and the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. After my defense, I held a contract at the same institution for a few months, followed by a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the ECT* (European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas) in Trento, Italy, a well-recognized international institution which hosts yearly dozens of scientific meetings and workshops. From October 2018 to January 2021, I was a full-time assistant professor (Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato RTDa) at the University of Padova, where I engaged more teaching duties including student supervision and I strengthened my international research collaborations. In September 2019, I became the PI of the project "Limits of nuclear stability: Physics beyond the driplines", funded by the University of Padova. In February 2021, I returned to the University of Seville with a research fellowship. From May 2021-2023 I was the holder of an MSCA individual fellowship. In July 2023 I become Associate Professor at the University of Seville.
Lately, I have been working on new theoretical developments to describe proton-target knockout reactions at intermediate energies and nuclear systems beyond the driplines. My research output includes many publications in high-impact journals, contributions to conferences and workshops, and invitations to give specialized seminars at different institutions. I also act regularly as a referee for peer-reviewed journals. In addition, I have participated in more than ten research projects and have attended numerous meetings and courses. I coorganized an ECT* workshop on nuclear reaction theory and have participated in several experimental proposal. I have also been involved in the organization of an online reaction seminar series during the COVID pandemic.