Postdoctoral Fellow in Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics
Starting in my postdoc position, I spent the summer of 2025 at TRIUMF, working with the Active Target and Time Projection Chamber (ACTAR TPC) from GANIL. The campaign included three experiments, one of which I will analyze as part of my postdoctoral research.
I was honored to give my first invited talk at the BRIDGCE-IReNA 2025 Annual Meeting, where I presented my PhD thesis work on the production of 74Se in the astrophysical γ process. It was a great opportunity to share my research and connect with many new researchers. I am grateful to the organizers for the invite and to IReNA for supporting my attendance.
On March 17th, 2025, I successfully defended my PhD thesis!
The work regards to proton-capture cross-section measurements for the astrophysical γ process, with main focus on the first measurement of 73As(p,γ)74Se, one of the main destruction mechanisms of the lightest p nucleus, 74Se. Using network calculations of the γ process in Type II supernovae, we showed that our measured cross section significantly reduces the uncertainty in 74Se production!
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I'm so excited to become the new student representative of the IReNA Steering Committee and Young Reasearchers Organization! See full article here.
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The Detroit Free Press published a story about FRIB in which I appear while giving a tour for Michigan Math and Science Scholars.
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I had the honor of being the co-chair of the Organizing Committee for the 2023 CeNAM Frontiers in Nuclear Astrophysics Meeting at FRIB.
Read article here.