I am an astrophysicist with research interests spanning Cosmology, Quantum Astronomy, Astroparticle Physics and Technology. My work combines theoretical models - including cosmological simulations - with large 3D maps of the universe, as well as observations from optical telescopes and interferometers, to advance our understanding of cosmic structure formation, unveil the nature of the universe’s dark components, and explore the fundamental physics of matter under the most extreme conditions. My key areas of focus include:

• Large-scale structure: dark matter, dark energy and cosmological parameters • Formation and evolution of dark matter halos • Galaxy formation and evolution • Time-domain cosmology, • Visible-light Intensity Interferometry

In the realm of Technology, I am involved in:

• Advanced robotic technologies for optical fiber-fed multi-object spectrographs for large galaxy surveys, • Mirror slicers optical systems for spectrographs on 10-meter class telescopes, • Innovations in single-photon counting detectors for Quantum Astronomy, • Intensity Interferometry spectroscopy at visible wavelengths using optical telescopes, • Artificial Intelligence and Big Data platforms for cosmological simulations of the universe and data analysis, • Transdisciplinary R&D pioneering challenges in Neuroscience and Biomedicine.

Member of the MultiDark, MAGIC, SDSS, DESI, Euclid, MAAT and LPQI collaborations . I also work on the development of instrumentation for large spectroscopic surveys (advance robotic technologies for optical fibre-fed spectrographs: SIDE@GTC, DESI, MSE), IFU mirror slicers (MAAT at the 10.4m GTC telescope), instrumentation for the LPQI optical interferometer at La Palma, and work on Big Data and AI for cosmological simulations and the creation of mock galaxy catalogs for large spectroscopic surveys (MultiDark/CosmoSim, Skies & Universes).

Supervisor of over 15 PhD students, several postdocs and engineers. Teaching experience in the UAM Master on Theoretical Physics. I am author of 2 patents and work on technology applications in the fields of Neuroscience and Biomedice.

Honoured with the Cosmology Prize (2011-2016) of CEI-UAM+CSIC at the Instituto de Física Teórica UAM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain; the UNESCO/NETEXPLO Award Winner 2022 for a virtual twin of the universe, as Co-PI of the Uchuu cosmological simulation Project; the 2023 Giuseppe and Vanna Cocconi Prize in Cosmology, as a member of the SDSS/BOSS/eBOSS collaboration; and the 2026 American Astronomical Society Lancelot M. Berkeley–New York Community Trust Prize, as a member of the DESI collaboration.

News:

• Our Uchuu 2.1 trillion N-body simulation and galaxy products are publicly available at our Skies & Universes site.