CV

Experience

  • 2026 - present

    Leiden

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Leiden Observatory
    Veni-funded scientist developing AI-boosted statistical inference cosmological methods to extract robust constraints on dark matter and dark energy.
  • 2025 - 2026

    Edinburgh

    Senior Research Fellow
    Royal Observatory Edinburgh & Institute for Astrophysics
    Researcher in weak lensing cosmology analysing Euclid’s first photometric and cosmic shear data.
  • 2022 - 2025

    Noordwijk

    Research Fellow in Space Science
    European Space Agency (ESA)
    Independent researcher supporting the scientific preparation and development of the ESA Euclid mission.
  • 2018 - 2022

    Leiden

    De Sitter Fellow
    Lorentz Institute & Leiden Observatory
    Independent PhD candidate working at the interface between theoretical and observational cosmology.
  • 2016 - 2016

    Zeuthen

    Research Trainee
    DESY
    Developed a software pipeline to model the flux of relic neutrinos from supernova remnants.
  • 2015 - 2016

    Santande

    Research Assistant
    Instituto de Física de Cantabria
    Provided pipeline development support for scientists in the LHC CMS experiment and the ESA Planck mission.

Education

  • 2018 - 2022

    Leiden

    PhD
    Leiden University
    Cosmology
    • Thesis: “Playing dice with the universe: Bayesian statistical analyses of cosmological models and new observables”.
  • 2016 - 2018

    Leiden

    MSc (Cum Laude)
    Leiden University
    Physics (Cosmology specialization)
  • 2011 - 2016

    Santander

    BSc (with honours)
    University of Cantabria
    Physics (Fundamental Physics track)
    • ERASMUS exchange period at Utrecht University (2013–2014).
    • Summer internship at Brown University (2015).