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Hello!

I am a postdoctoral researcher at INFN Trieste based at the International School of Advanced Studies SISSA. My research centres on high energy physics phenomenology, where I explore the observable outcomes of theoretical physics models. I am particularly interested in applying machine learning and statistical techniques to deepen our understanding of these complex phenomena.

I obtained my PhD at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of the University of Cambridge. I was a member of Prof. Maria Ubiali's PBSP group studying the interplay between physics beyond the Standard Model and parton distribution functions, quantities that parametrise the structure of the proton.

Here you can find a brief summary of my career, research, and outreach.


Appointments

  • 2024 - Now
    Postdoctoral researcher
    INFN Trieste

Education

  • 2021 - 2024
    Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics
    DAMTP - University of Cambridge

  • 2020
    M.Sc. in High Energy Physics
    ETH Zürich / École Polytechnique

  • 2018
    B.Sc. in Physics
    Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile


Publications

  • Early 2025 (forthcoming)
    A Statistical Analysis of Scientific Metrics in High Energy, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics in Latin America, in collaboration with (authors in alphabetical order, convention in high energy physics) F. Quevedo, M. Ramos-Hamud, and D. Restrepo. Discussed in Plenary Talks at 8th International Conference on High Energy Physics in the LHC Era, Chile and The XV Latin American Symposium on High Energy Physics, Mexico.

  • 2024
    Symbolic regression for precision LHC physics, in collaboration with (authors in alphabetical order, convention in high energy physics) J. Bendavid, D. Conde, M. Ubiali, and V. Sanz.
    INSPIREHEP

  • 2024
    SIMUnet: an open-source tool for simultaneous global fits of EFT Wilson coefficients and PDFs, in collaboration with (authors in alphabetical order, convention in high energy physics) M. N. Costantini, E. Hammou, Z. Kassabov, M. Madigan, L. Mantani, J. Moore, and M. Ubiali.
    INSPIREHEP

  • 2023
    Hide and seek: how PDFs can conceal New Physics, in collaboration with (authors in alphabetical order, convention in high energy physics) E. Hammou, Z. Kassabov, M. Madigan, L. Mantani, M. L. Mangano, J. Moore, and M. Ubiali.
    INSPIREHEP

  • 2023
    The top quark legacy of the LHC Run II for PDF and SMEFT analyses, in collaboration with (authors in alphabetical order, convention in high energy physics) Z. Kassabov, M. Madigan, L. Mantani, J. Moore, J. Rojo, and M. Ubiali.
    INSPIREHEP

  • 2020
    Covariant multipole expansion of local currents for massive states of any spin, in collaboration with (authors in alphabetical order, convention in high energy physics) S. Cotogno, C. Lorcé, and P. Lowdon.
    INSPIREHEP


Conferences

  • 2024
    NeurIPS - Machine Learning for the Physical Sciences Workshop, Canada

  • 2024
    European Conference for AI for Fundamental Physics, Netherlands

  • 2023
    Les Houches Workshop Series - Physics at TeV Colliders and Beyond the Standard Model, France

  • 2023
    HEFT 2023, Manchester, UK

  • 2023 (Plenary talk + parallel session)
    HEP in the LHC Era 2023, Valparaíso, Chile

  • 2022
    QCD@LHC, Orsay - Paris, France

  • 2022
    DIS Conference, Santiago de Compostela, Spain


Seminars and Talks

  • 2023
    Seminar, DFI FCFM - Universidad de Chile

  • 2023
    Seminar, IFIC - Universidad de Valencia

  • 2023
    Seminar, University of Cambridge - DAMTP

  • 2022
    Seminar, École Polytechnique Paris

  • 2022
    PhD talks, University of Cambridge

  • 2020
    Young Theorists’ Forum, Durham

  • 2020
    Simposium of the Chilean Society of Physics (SOCHIFI)


Academic Experience

  • 2023
    STEP Examiner for Admissions to the Maths Tripos
    Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge

  • 2023
    Supervisor of the Mathematical Tripos, Statistics
    Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge

  • 2022
    Interviewer for Admissions to the Maths Tripos - University of Cambridge, Girton College
    Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

  • 2021
    Supervisor of the Mathematical Tripos, Principles of Quantum Mechanics with Prof. David Skinner
    Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge


Scientific Outreach

  • 2023
    Speaker at STEM for Britain, at the House of Commons, UK Parliament, Westminster

  • 2023
    Research evening (Pecha Kucha) at Girton College - Cambridge

  • 2022
    Writer - BlueSci 55
    Author of one of the feature articles of BlueSci 55, the popular science magazine of the University of Cambridge: BlueSci 55 Article.

  • 2021
    Writer - BlueSci 54
    Author of one of the feature articles of BlueSci 54, the popular science magazine of the University of Cambridge: BlueSci 54 Article.

  • 2021
    Web designer
    I am the main web developer of pbsp.org.uk, the official webpage of the ERC-awarded collaboration PBSP, led by Prof. Maria Ubiali and based at the University of Cambridge.


Extra Media

  • Notables Podcast
    Click here.

  • Pint of Science United Kingdom
    Click here.

  • STEM 4 Britain
    Click here.

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