About Me

I am a postdoc at the Gamma-ray group of LAPP/CNRS in Annecy, France. My main interest is the observation of Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) at very high energies (>100 GeV). I am currently a member of the LST-CTAO collaboration, profiting from the largest IACT in the world to detect GRBs.

Before this, I was deeply involved in the operations of the H.E.S.S. telescopes as Science Operations Manager and member of the GRB group. I was also a member of the HAWC and SWGO collaborations, where I developed tools for the analysis of transient events, event reconstruction, and detailed (sometimes fancy) simulations.

Education and Experience

• Postdoc at Gamma-ray Group of LAPP, Annecy-le-Vieux, France
• Postdoc at the Non-thermal Astrophysics Group at MPIK Heidelberg
• PhD in Astrophysics (magna cum laude), University of Heidelberg
  Dissertation: Search and first detection of very-high-energy photons in gamma-ray bursts: an analysis with HAWC and H.E.S.S. (download)
  Supervision by Prof. Dr. Jim Hinton and Dr. Harm Schoorlemmer.
• Bachelor in Physics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (high GPA)

More About Me

I am from Mexico City but spent most of my childhood summers in Chiapas — growing wild and scared of insects with my cousins and brothers.

I did my bachelor's at UNAM, where I got involved early with the HAWC Observatory, which was being built near a volcano in Mexico. I became captivated by it and its mission.

In 2016, I was a summer student at CERN, studying jet production in heavy ion collisions — an experience that shaped my path, but also helped me realize I wanted to study the universe through astrophysical messengers instead.

In 2017, I moved to Heidelberg to begin my PhD on GRBs. After a year of mostly upper limits, everything changed with the detection of GRB 180720B in 2018. From there: fun and chaos.

I spent my free time mostly at home, enjoying the simple things of life like toddler tantrums. My hobby is having new hobbies (hello ADHD). At this time these are mostly photography, DJing, and hydroponics. I enjoy a lot cooking, the one hobby that seems to stick.