About me 

I am an NP3M Postdoctoral Research Fellow currently stationed at Kent State University working in the Compact Stars Research Group (CSRG) within the Center for Nuclear Research (CNR).

I specialize in nuclear theory, holography (also known as gauge/gravity correspondence or AdS/CFT correspondence), the thermodynamics of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD), and effective QCD models like the Chiral Mean Field (CMF) model. I got my Physics B.Sc. in Ecuador, my home country, from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, and I earned my M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Houston, where I conducted research on holographic phenomenological models to obtain QCD equations of state (EoS).

My research goal is to obtain a QCD EoS at finite temperature and density by making use of effective models, such as the one provided by the gauge/gravity correspondence, commonly known as holography, that can be constrained by first principles lattice QCD results at zero density. This work has been conducted as my contribution within the MUSES Collaboration. Currently, in my postdoctoral fellowship within NP3M, I am working on improving the finite temperature and density description of the CMF model by adding interacting thermal mesons to obtain a realistic EoS that not only reproduces saturation properties of nuclear matter, but also facilitates comparison with lattice QCD results and hadronic models. This improved EoS will be implemented in neutron stars and neutron star mergers simulations.

My research interests encompass QCD, nuclear theory, gauge/gravity duality, relativistic mean field models, neutron stars and their mergers. Within my personal hobbies, I love outdoor activities and playing football (soccer) in addition to reading, biking, hiking, and playing video games.

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