I love working on problems that require combining analytics and numerics. One of my favorite projects so far was developing Pymablock, an open-source Python package to do quantum mechanical perturbation theory efficiently, numerically and symbolically.
I completed my bachelor’s degree in physics at the University of Chile.
Took computer science courses on algorithms, data structures, discrete mathematics, and software.
Worked as a teaching assistant in several physics courses for first-year undergraduates and high-school students.
Participated in the faculty’s student council for a year.
2018
Experimental research internship
University of Waterloo
I visited the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) of the University of Waterloo for three months.
Participated at USEQIP, a quantum computing summer school.
Worked at an MBE lab using XPS and ARPES techniques to characterize 2D materials.
2019 → 2021
MSc. Applied Physics
TU Delft
I received a QuTech Scholarship to pursue a master’s at TU Delft, where I followed the Quantum Computing track.
Took courses on mesoscopic physics, quantum information, and quantum hardware.
Participated in the Northwestern European Regional Programming Contest as part of the TU Delft team.
Worked as a teaching assistant in solid state physics and quantum information courses.
My master’s thesis was on topological defects in crystalline topological insulators.
2021
Theory research internship
Max Planck Institute PKS
I spent a summer in Dresden working with the group of Ashley Cook on topological phases.
2021 → 2025
PhD. Condensed matter physics
TU Delft
I got a Casimir NanoFront grant to do my PhD in QuTech. During this time I had the opportunity to improve my coding skills, work collaboratively, and learn about open science practices ✨.
Worked on Andreev physics, topological invariants, and mesoscopic physics (see Research ☝️).
Developed an open-source Python package, Pymablock.
Worked as a teaching assistant of the solid state physics course.
2024
Research visit at an experimental lab
Cornell University
I visited and collaborated with Valla Fatemi’s group in Ithaca for a month.
Worked on a read-out scheme for Andreev spin qubits using inductive dispersive sensing.
Optimized time-dependent pulses for qubit control using the Krotov Python package.
