CURRICULUM VITAE
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
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CientÃfico Titular (Staff Scientist), Institute of Space Sciences, Barcelona, Spain. Current
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Ramón y Cajal Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Space Sciences, Barcelona, Spain. 2021
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Beatriu de Pinós Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Space Sciences, Barcelona, Spain. 2019-2020
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Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Space Sciences, Barcelona, Spain. 2017-2019
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Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Montreal, Canada. 2015-2017
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Scientific visitor and Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA. 2014-2015
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Scientific visitor and Postdoctoral Research Associate, Instituto de AstrofÃsica de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain. 2012-2014
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany. 2011-2012
EDUCATION
IMPRS PhD Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany. 2008-2011
MPhil Project, University of La Laguna, Spain. 2007-2008
Summer Research Fellow, Instituto de AstrofÃsica de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain. 2007
Research Assistant, Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. 2005
Degree in Physics + Specialization in Astrophysics, University of La Laguna (Spain), Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona (Spain), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany). 2005-2008
AWARDED FELLOWSHIPS & RESEARCH FUNDING
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CientÃfico Titular Staff Scientist Position, Institute of Space Studies of Catalunya, Spain. 2020
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Ramón y Cajal Fellowship, Institute of Space Studies of Catalunya, Spain. 2020
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Beatriu de Pinós Fellowship, Institute of Space Studies of Catalunya, Spain. 2019
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Journal Galaxies Travel Award. 2018
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Juan de la Cierva Fellowship, Institute of Space Sciences, Bellaterra, Spain. 2017-2019
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Chandra proposals 18700075 (scientific PI), 18700177 (co-I), 18700307 (co-I). 2017
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Chandra proposal 16700335 (scientific PI). 2015
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Travel grants from Internacional Astronomical Union (IAU), European Space Agency (ESA), European Commission RadioNet, Lorentz Center, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), Government of Catalunya. 2011-2014
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European Union COST Action ‘Black Holes in a violent Universe’: Short-Term Scientific Mission grant, Instituto de AstrofÃsica de Canarias, Spain. 2011-2012
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Research Grant of the German Research Society (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), Australia Telescope National Facility. 2012
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IMPRS (International Max Planck Research School) Fellowship, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany. 2008-2011
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Spanish Research Council Phil Fellowship, University of La Laguna, Spain. 2007-2008
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European Union ERASMUS (European Region Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) grant, University of Göttingen, Germany. 2007-2008
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Summer Research Fellowship,Instituto de AstrofÃsica de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain. 2007
AWARDED OBSERVING TIME
As PI or scientific PI
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Gran Telescopio Canarias (MEGARA). Breaking the mould: AGN outflows in dwarf galaxies (GTC30-20B, 23.8 hrs, 2020)
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Very Large Array (5 GHz, continuum). Revealing hidden and switched-off AGN in dwarf galaxies with the VLA (20B-023, 4 hrs, 2020)
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Gran Telescopio Canarias (OSIRIS). Searching for Intermediate-mass Black Holes with Hyperluminous X-ray Sources (GTC38-20A, 8 hrs, 2020)
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Gran Telescopio Canarias (EMIR). Hunting the seeds of supermassive black holes (107-GTC94/18A, GTC3/19A, 28 hrs, 2019)
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Gran Telescopio Canarias (OSIRIS). Do black holes regulate star formation? (112-GTC101/18A, 12 hrs, 2018)
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European VLBI Network (1.6-5 GHz, continuum). Searching for intermediate-mass black holes in extremely-metal poor galaxies (EM123, 12 hrs, 2017)
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Chandra X-ray observatory (ACIS-S). Searching for intermediate-mass black holes in extremely-metal poor galaxies (Proposal 18700075, 93 ks, 2017)
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Gran Telescopio Canarias (OSIRIS). Constraining the optical counterpart and environment of a powerful intermediate-mass black hole candidate (69-GTC36/16A, 8.5 hrs, 2016)
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Very Large Array (5 GHz, continuum). Jet radio emission from intermediate-mass black holes in dwarf galaxies (15A-040, 15 hrs, 2015)
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Chandra X-ray observatory (ACIS-S). Merger-triggered nuclear activity at sub-kiloparsec scales (Proposal 16700335, 70 ks, 2015)
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William Herschel Telescope (ISIS), Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain. Revealing the nature of X-ray sources in the blue compact dwarf galaxy NGC 4861 (090-WHT19/15A, 4.5 hrs, 2015)
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William Herschel Telescope (ISIS), Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain. Revealing sub-kpc-scale binary AGN (56-WHT/12/15A, 13 hrs, 2014 & 2015)
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European VLBI Network + eMERLIN (1.6-5 GHz, continuum). Steady jet emission from an intermediate-mass black hole (EM106, 24 hrs, 2013)
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European VLBI Network + eMERLIN (1.6 GHz, continuum). Compact radio emission in X-shaped radio galaxies (EM100, 72 hrs, 2013)
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Northern Optical Telescope (NOTCam, DDT), Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain. Unveiling the most powerful extragalactic microquasar (1 hr, 2013)
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European VLBI Network (1.6-5 GHz, continuum). Compact radio emission in Ultraluminous X-ray sources (EM096, 24 hrs, 2012)
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Chandra X-ray observatory (ACIS-S, DDT). Unveiling an intermediate-mass black hole in the spiral galaxy NGC 4088 (ID= 14442, 19.8 ks, 2012)
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Swift X-ray telescope (TOO). Ultraluminous X-ray source N5194-X2 (ID=00037267005, 4.6 ks, 2012)
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Swift X-ray telescope (TOO). Ultraluminous X-ray source N5457-X9 (ID=00032481001, 4.3 ks, 2012)
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Very Large Array (5 GHz, continuum). A search for radio counterparts of extreme ultraluminous X-ray sources (12A-183, 12 hrs, 2012)
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Australia Telescope Compact Array (HI spectral line), Narrabri, Australia. HI observations of X-shaped and double-double radio galaxies: Traces of merging and gas outflows. (C2595, 36 hrs, 2011 & 2012)
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European VLBI Network (1.6 GHz, continuum). Compact radio emission in extra-nuclear ULX objects (EM072, 24 hrs, 2009)
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Observatorio Astronómico Nacional San Pedro Mártir (2.1m telescope, B&Ch spectrograph), Ensenada, México. Spectroscopical identification of X-shaped radio sources (45 hrs, 2009)​