I am a GRAPPA Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Amsterdam.
I am a theoretical astrophysicist working at the interface of gravitational-wave astronomy, strong-field gravity, and dark matter phenomenology. My work focuses on using compact binary dynamics and gravitational-wave astronomy to probe black hole environments (including active galactic nuclei, accretion disks, and also dark matter structures). I am particularly interested in the interplay between physics beyond the standard model and gravity. This includes using gravitational waves to help us identify the nature of dark matter.
Everything we know about dark matter comes from gravity. It is therefore natural to test dark matter where gravity is strongest... around black holes.
Previously, I was a Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow at the Theory division of the Institute for High Energy Physics (IFAE) of Barcelona, and before I did my PhD at the strong gravity group of CENTRA-IST in Lisbon.
You can find my publications in here.
