My current research interests
I’m mostly interested in planet formation and planet evolution in general. However I’m now working on trying to understand how protoplanetary disks evolve around binary star systems with the final aim of studying planet formation in these complex environments.
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Another topic that I find really fun is planetary systems evolution around evolved stars and on how this evolution can produce atmospheric white dwarf pollution.
You can check my ongoing reaserch projects on my Projects page.
My first research works
My studies were always carried out in the area of ​​Planetary Sciences. From my beginnings, I was interested in the formation and evolution of planetary systems in low -mass disks, in which particularly the formation of gas giant planets is unfeasible. Later, during my PhD, I extended my studies to planetary systems of different types, particularly those analogous to our Solar System, formed by rocky planets in the inner region of the disk and gas giant planets beyond the orbit of Mars. I was dedicated to study planet formation with population synthesis models with the aim of understanding what are the physical parameters that form Solar System Analogues. Then I studied the dynamic evolution of these systems, focusing on the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets in the Habitable Zone and studying the processes of water accretion during the late stages of formation, once the protoplanetary gas disk in which these systems formed is completely dissipated. You can check on my previous works on the Publications Page.