My field of research is black hole astrophysics: where physics, astronomy, statistics and high-performance computing collide. Out of this collision, I hope to get profound insights about the nature of gravity and the role of black holes in the cosmos.

My group works at the interface between theory and observations, employing advanced computational simulations to model black hole accretion and their outflows, and studying their observed electromagnetic emission. I do not discriminate black holes based on their mass: both stellar-mass and supermassive black holes are fascinating.

I use many tools in my research:

• Scientific computing
• Statistical analysis
• High-performance computing and fluid dynamics simulations on GPUs
• Machine learning and predictive models

My key scientific discoveries (no astrophysics background required)

For a summary of my most significant scientific discoveries written in an accessible way, go to Research → Key discoveries.

List of research topics

Numerical simulations of black hole accretion and outflows

• Winds and jets
• Feedback on the host galaxy
• Radiative processes in the hot plasma near event horizons
• Accelerated methods using NVIDIA GPUs (CUDA)
• Projects involving analytical work also possible (like this one)

Supermassive binary black holes and electromagnetic counterparts

Gamma-ray astronomy

• Fermi LAT
• CTA

Machine learning

• Applied methods including deep learning
• Neural operators
• Transformers

Analysis and modeling of multiwavelength/multimessenger observations of supermassive black holes

• Radio to gamma-rays spectral energy distributions
• Neutrinos and cosmic ray production

Students and Postdocs

Always happy to talk with undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdocs interested in working with me.

Estudantes de graduação e pós-graduação e pós-docs interessados em trabalhar comigo são bem-vindos em me contatar!

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