About me
I am a quantum physicist, and my research centers on strong-field physics and ultrafast science. I study the interaction of matter with strong pulses of light at the ultra-short internal timescales of atoms and molecules. I also work on singular optics with polarization singularities.
I am a Royal Society University Research Fellow at the Photonics & Nanotechnology Group at King's College London.
Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the the Strong-Field Theory Group of MBI, the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy in Berlin, Germany, and at ICFO – the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain, where I worked with Maciej Lewenstein in the Quantum Optics Theory group.
I did my PhD with Misha Ivanov at the Centre for Doctoral Training in Controlled Quantum Dynamics of Imperial College London, working at the Laser Consortium section of the Quantum Optics and Laser Science group (where I also did my MRes), and later at the Max-Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short-Pulse Spectroscopy in Berlin, Germany. My PhD work centered on understanding the dynamics of electrons undergoing tunnel ionization, and the price we need to pay to be able to describe movement in those 'classically forbidden' regions using the trajectory language of classical mechanics.
Before that, I did my Licenciatura in phyiscs at the Facultad de Ciencias at UNAM, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. I did my bachelor's research work with Eduardo Nahmad Achar, working on good old-fashioned quantum optics.
Some places where you can find me:
- My publication lists at Google Scholar, ORCID, Scopus, ADS and arXiv.
- I'm a regular contributor at Physics Stack Exchange, and I occasionally pop up on MathOverflow and the Mathematica and Academia sites.
- Posting software and LaTeX projects on GitHub.
You can also see my full CV.