Biography

I graduated from Florida International University in 2020 where I defended my dissertation based on the deuteron electro-disintegration experiment carried out as one of several nuclear physics experiments used to commission the Super High Momentum Spectrometer (SHMS) at Jefferson Lab, Hall C. Subsequently, I joined Hall C as a post-doctoral research fellow, where I contributed in various current and future scheduled experiments, either as experimental run coordinator or in analysis software.

In 2022, I was the recipient of a research grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue my proposed research in short-range nuclear physics. During this time, I contributed to the development of the experimental run plans and execution of two complementary nuclear physics experiments as well as in the subsequent data analysis software of these experiments. 

I joined the Experimental Nuclear Physics Group at Catholic University of America in August 2023. I continue to be affiliated with Jefferson Lab and am currently working on future experimental proposals, as well as mentoring students on current on-going data analysis.

 

Research Interests

• The deuteron repulsive core
• Final-state interaction in deuteron and heavier nuclei
• Color transparency phenomena in deuteron
• Short-range nuclear correlations in light and heavy nuclei

Current Projects

• Deuteron-electro-disintegration experiment analysis (mentoring FIU graduate student)
• CaFe  experiment analysis (mentoring ODU graduate student)
• Future (approved) color transparency experiment using the deuteron
• Deuteron final-state interactions studies (future proposal under development)
• Tensor-polarized deuteron electro-disintegration (future proposal under development)

 

Other Activities

When I'm not doing research or teaching, I like to spend my time listening to music, or "attempt" to play some musical instruments myself such as the piano or guitar. 

I also lately enjoy listening to, and hope to learn how to play (the best music ever) a sub-genre of Rumba known as Guaguanco, which originated from the African descendants in my home country of Cuba.