Postdoctoral Fellow in Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics
I alway wanted to participate in the Summer School on Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics (Santa Tecla School) as a student, so I was very excited to be able to finally participate as a lecturer! My lecture covered various experiments for the astrophysical γ process using both stable and radioactive beams, as well as some indirect techniques. .
I was honored to be invited to present an overview on experiments in nuclear astrophysics at the ECT* Workshop on Nuclear Theory for Asteophysics .
Very happy about this FRIB News article titled Study provides new insight into the origin of a rare proton-rich isotope highlighing my PhD thesis work.
The main results of my PhD thesis have been published in Physical Review Letters. This work is the first measurement of the 73As(p,γ)74Se reaction, marking only the second measurement of a reaction relevant to the γ process in the astrophysically important energy range with a radioactive ion beam. The experiment was performed at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams using the SuN detector. These measurements provide improved constraints for models describing the production of a rare group of nuclei known as the p nuclei in exploding massive stars.
This year I'm part of the IReNA Online Seminar Organizing Committee, a group of postdocs organizing a biweekly series of seminars on nuclear astrophysics. Seminars are recorded and can be viewed on the IReNA YouTube channel.
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.
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