I got into physics because I believed it was necessary to become a philosopher—or at least, the kind of philosopher I aspired to be.

During the early years of my undergraduate studies, my genuine motivations were clouded by a common narrative: that only by becoming a theoretical physicist in high-energy physics or a string theorist could one truly understand the universe at a fundamental level. I internalized this idea for a time, until I encountered the measurement problem in quantum mechanics, the theories that attempt to resolve it, and Bell’s theorem. That discovery was a turning point. I made a risky but resolute shift toward the foundations of physics, realizing this was what I had been seeking from the start.

After completing my bachelor’s degree, I pursued a Master’s in Physics, writing a thesis titled “The Role of the Observer in Quantum Mechanics: The Case of the Frauchiger–Renner Theorem and Relational Quantum Mechanics.” Two papers were published from it: “Wigner's Convoluted Friends” in SHPS and “Assessing Relational Quantum Mechanics” in Synthese. During this time, I found deep inspiration studying General Relativity (lectured by Prof. Daniel Sudarsky and Prof. Yuri Bonder) and the foundations of Statistical Mechanics through courses and seminars.

As I began planning my PhD in Physics, I was once again guided by a desire to understand the world at its most fundamental level—particularly the disconnect between our everyday experience and what quantum theory tells us about nature. I proposed to my advisor, Prof. Elias Okon, a project focused on better understanding the nature of time. Why does time feel like it flows?

From this motivation, three fruitful lines of research emerged, resulting in three papers already submitted to journals, and two more currently in preparation:

1. Thermodynamic Equilibration and Quantum Collapse: Inspired by David Albert’s proposal, we investigated how quantum collapse theories—particularly spontaneous collapse models—could provide a clearer and more complete explanation of the emergent approach to equilibrium.  Relying on the fact that the collapse mechanism introduces an objective element of irreversibility, our approach to equilibration does not need to appeal to ensembles, or subjective ignorance. This line of reasoning could also shed light on the arrow of time and the role of stochasticity in statistical mechanics, linking foundational questions across both quantum and thermodynamic domains.

2. Possible detections within Theories: We analyzed how certain uncontested features of Newtonian mechanics and Pilot-wave theory—such as epistemic constraints—may  emerge, and found that they actually arise from a deficient characterization of what constitutes a measurement, detection, or perception.  Surprisingly, we found that, just from the dynamics of these theories and a proper (non-circular) analysis of detection, these theories might allow, in principle, the detection of more than what is commonly accepted. Two papers concerning this matters have been sent to journals in collaboration with Jorge Manero and Elias Okon. A preprint of the most interesting case, concerning Pilot-wave theory, is already in the ArXiv: "A disputable assumption behind the empirical equivalence between pilot-wave theory and standard quantum mechanics".

3. Relativistic Collapse and Semi-Classical Gravity: I studied how relativistic quantum objective-collapse models can be constructed to avoid standard objections, such as their incompatibility with Lorentz invariance or issues related to spacetime 'unfolding'. Building on that, we developed an empirically viable semi-classical gravity framework incorporating collapses.  We demonstrate its implementation in scenarios involving superpositions of mass and explore its potential empirical consequences in the context of the well-known gravitationally-induced-entanglement experiments (Marletto & Vedral, 2017; Bose et al., 2017). Our framework offers a novel route toward understanding the interplay between gravity and quantum theory without requiring full quantization of the gravitational field. Our paper "Fully Self-Consistent Semiclassical Gravity"  has already been published in Physical Review D, in collaboration with E. Okon, D. Sudarsky and M. Wiedemann.