Members

Miguel A. Sánchez-Conde

[GROUP LEADER Associate Professor]

Research interests: indirect dark matter searches (WIMPs, ALPs), astroparticle physics, CDM halo substructure, numerical cosmological simulations, diffuse gamma-ray backgrounds, cosmology.

  • Other:
    • Member of the Fermi-LAT collaboration and current ‘Deputy Coordinator’ of the entire collaboration. Past dark matter WG coordinator. P.I. of the UAM node.
    • Member of the CTA consortium and past dark matter WG coordinator. P.I. of the UAM node.
    • Member of the DESI Collaboration. P.I. of the UAM node.
    • P.I. of the MultiDark Network.
    • Member of the ISAPP Steering Committee.


POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Marina Cermeño

[IFT postdoctoral researcher]

Research interests: Astroparticle physics, dark matter phenomenology, new neutrino physics, astrophysical probes of Beyond the Standard Model interactions, compact stars

Other:

Pedro de la Torre Luque

[“Juan de la Cierva” postdoctoral researcher]

Research interests: Astroparticle physics, indirect searches of BSM particles, dark matter,

  • Other:
    • Member of the Fermi-LAT collaboration
    • Member of the CTA consortium.
    • Development team of the DRAGON code
    • Member of the Fluka collaboration
    • Part of the MICRO initiative (“MIcro-physics of Cosmic-Ray Observables”)
    • Co-founder of the AMDIC association for science dissemination


PREDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Gaetano Di Marco

[ DAMASCO PhD student]

Research interests: astroparticle physics, cosmic rays, indirect dark matter searches, axion-like particles

Other: member of the Fermi-LAT collaboration

  • Email: gaetano.dimarco@uam.es
  • Publications: –
  • More info:

Nicole Araneda-Muñoz

[ CONICYT PhD student]

Research interests: dark matter, stellar streams, CDM halo substructure

  • Other: member of the DESI Collaboration.
  • Email: nicole.araneda@estudiante.uam.es
  • Publications: ADS
  • More info:

Cristina Fernández-Suárez

[‘Investigo’ PhD student]

Research interests: WIMP dark matter searches, stellar streams

Other: member of the Fermi-LAT collaboration

  • Email: cristina.fernandez01@estudiante.uam.es
  • Publications: ADS
  • More info:

Jaume Zuriaga-Puig

[FPI PhD student]

Research interests: Indirect dark matter searches, TeV dark matter, dark matter density profiles, Galactic Center

Other: member of the CTA consortium

  • Email: jaume.zuriaga@csic.es
  • Publications: ADS
  • More info:


MSc AND BSc STUDENTS [current academic year 2023/2024]

  • Alejandra Fernández Río (BSc student)
  • Iván los Arcos García (MSc student)
  • Jorge García García (BSc student)
  • Ignacio Martínez López (MSc student)
  • José Miguel Martín Pérez (MSc student)
  • Alejandro Svyatkovskyy (MSc student)
  • Fernando Valenciano (MSc student)



FORMER (PhD and postdoc) MEMBERS
  • Rafael Alves Batista — La Caixa Junior Leader postdoc [sep 22 – feb 24] — Pubs
  • Viviana Gammaldi — JdlC postdoc [sep 20 – dec 24] — Pubs
  • Alejandra Aguirre-Santaella — FPI-UAM predoc [sep 18 – sep 23] — Pubs
  • Judit Pérez-Romero — FPI-SO predoc [jul 18 – nov 22] — Pubs
  • Francesca Scarcella — DAMASCO predoc [jan 19 – jun 22] — Pubs
  • Angie Moliné — DAMASCO postdoc [jan 19 – dec 21] — Pubs
  • Daniele Gaggero — La Caixa Junior Leader postdoc [oct 18 – dec 21] — Pubs
  • Javier Coronado-Blázquez — DAMASCO predoc [oct 17 – oct 21] — Pubs
  • Thomas Lacroix — UAM InterTalentum postdoc [oct 18 – may 21] — Pubs
  • Bryan Zaldívar — Talento mod.2 junior researcher [oct 18 – jun 21] — Pubs
  • Ottavio Fornieri — visiting PhD student from Siena and Pisa [2019-2020] — Pubs