Postdoc
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany
Working for the ERC Advanced Grant “Hunting Dormant Black Holes in the Galaxy with SDSS-V” (PI: HW. Rix).
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Uncovering the lives of massive binary stars
Originally from Chile, I moved to Scotland for my PhD to specialise in massive binary stars. After postdoctoral work at KU Leuven, I am now at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, studying how massive stars live, interact, and die.
Massive binaries power some of astrophysics’ most energetic phenomena, yet their demographics remain poorly constrained. I combine large spectroscopic surveys with targeted follow-up programmes, building pipelines to measure stellar properties and describe these systems as populations. With those constraints, I test binary-evolution pathways, identify interaction products, and search for massive stars hiding black-hole companions.
How do binary demographics change with environment and metallicity?
What do interaction products reveal about mass transfer and mergers?
How can we efficiently uncover compact companions at survey scale?
Current projects & collaborations
Curriculum Vitae
A snapshot of my research positions, education, and latest publications.
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany
Working for the ERC Advanced Grant “Hunting Dormant Black Holes in the Galaxy with SDSS-V” (PI: HW. Rix).
WebpageKU Leuven, Belgium
Working for the MULTIPLES research programme under an ERC consolidator grant (PI: H. Sana).
WebpageUniversity of Edinburgh, U.K.
“The multiplicity properties and spectral classification of B-type stars”
Prof. Dr. Chris Evans
Universidad de La Serena, Chile
“Spectral Classification of B-Type Stars Observed in the Framework of the Galactic O-Star Spectroscopic Survey”
Prof. Dr. Rodolfo Barbá
Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile
“Evolution of Compact Binaries: The Future of Post-Common-Envelope Binaries”
Prof. Dr. Matthias Schreiber