About Me

I'm an Astronomy Ph.D. in the making at Georgia State University. I'm dedicating my research to look for other places for humans to live in the Universe, by analysing the real state market value of stellar systems in the solar neighborhood. Insider tip: K type stellar systems are the up and coming!
When I'm not estimating market value of stars, I'm usually calculating moves ahead of my opponents in chess games or I'm moving around with wheels on my feet.

Research

I am conducting a census on the multiplicity of K dwarf stars in the solar neighborhood. The goal of the study is to characterize statistically K dwarfs as host stars for planets. At the same time, we want to shed light into star and planet formation processes by studying the diversity of orbital architectures found in these systems. My study focuses in a sample K dwarfs and survey for the presence of their closest companions, by using the Radial Velocity technique. The search is complemented with two additional search techniques for companions at wider separations, to ultimately reveal all the components of each stellar system in the sample. Check out my latest poster below!

Telescope Adventures

The search wouldn't be possible without world-class observatory facilities. One of the workhorses in our enterprise is the 1.5m CTIO/SMARTS Telescope in Chile, where I'm the grad fellow responsably for the CHIRON High Resolution Spectrograph science operations. Contact me if you want to learn more about precise radial velocities with CHIRON or if you want to know how to get observing time with SMARTS.

Photography

The photons I collect through a telescope are not the only ones I care about. I'm also interested on those who pass through the lens of my camera. Sometimes to capture an artistic moment, other times to document experiences. Either when I am skating, traveling or working, here I would like to show a piece them through my lens.