I am an Astrophysicist at the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, soon to be an Assistant Professor (Investigadora Titular A) at Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, Ensenada, Baja California.
I am a member of the Telescope Array Collaboration in Utah, USA and a visiting scientist at RIKEN (ABBL) in Japan. I am a co-Investigator for the Simons Collaboration on Extreme Electrodynamics of Compact Sources (SCEECS).
I conduct interdisciplinary research on the role of cosmic radiation in the emergence of life, involving knowledge from different fields. While biologists have not yet reached a consensus on the definition of life, homochirality - the specific molecular handedness of biomolecules - is a phenomenon only produced by life. The goal of my research is to understand if spin-polarized cosmic radiation can act as a chiral evolutionary pressure. We are now performing experiments to test this idea.
My main topics of interest are theoretical High Energy Astrophysics and Multi-messenger Astrophysics. I study the formation of relativistic jets around spinning black holes through theoretical models to interpret observations such as the recent EHT imaging of M87*.
I also investigate the origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays, the most energetic particles in the Universe. I developed numerical tools to calculate the acceleration of ultra-high energy cosmic ray nuclei at mildly relativistic shocks in relativistic jets associated with Gamma Ray Bursts, their propagation in Galactic and extragalactic magnetic fields to predict the patterns of cosmic ray arrival directions (anisotropies), and the fluxes of secondary neutrinos and gamma-rays expected from various types of sources which can be used to identify their origin.
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Cosmic Map of Ultrahigh-Energy Particles Points to Long-Hidden Treasures
Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays twist and turn on their way to Earth, which has made it nearly impossible to identify the colossal monsters that create them. Read more.
Cosmic Rays and the Handedness of Life
A mystery about why biological molecules come in just one of two possible configurations may have been answered. Read more.
The UnDisciplined Deep Dive: Looking To The Stars To Understand Evolution
Most of life’s intricacies can be explained by evolution... Read more.
The Second Most Powerful Cosmic Ray in History Came from—Nowhere?
Amaterasu—the most powerful cosmic ray seen in three decades—seems to come from an empty point of the sky. Read more.