Meet Our Team

I lead the CAPIBARA Collaboration, managing project planning, monitoring progress, and our relationship with other entities. My role focuses on coordinating the team and ensuring effective collaboration.

My research in Multi-Messenger Cosmology focuses on how combining multiple “messengers” (GW and EM sources) will enable us to reduce the uncertainty on cosmological parameters, possibly unveiling new hints about the nature of dark energy, dark matter, and the evolution of the Universe. I am deeply interested in how these high-z probes can help us test theoretical models, both accepted and more exotic ones.

Previous work includes standard candle cosmology with Cepheids (2023) and Ia SNe (2024) as distance indicators to compute the Hubble constant and other parameters. I’ve demonstrated research excellence through the Youth and Science program by Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, a research stay at ICE-CSIC-IEEC and at OAB-INAF, as well as an internship at DLR, where I used Python to analyze thermal images. All this while at the German School of Barcelona, where I obtained a 1.0 Abitur and 13.338 Selectividad (i.e., 4.0/4.0 GPA).

Committed to outreach, I’ve participated in the CosmoCaixa Explainers program, tutored STEM subjects weekly, and mentored aspiring STEM students in my community. I have also applied my coding skills to bridge the gap between science and school, developing open-source projects like Gen10 or TdM, supporting multiple languages for schools worldwide.

In a couple of worlds, I thrive to learn about our place in the cosmos guided by my curiosity and passion for science, technology, and community.

Explore the links here, my CV here, and more about my research on multi-messenger cosmology and generally.

I'm currently studying high school in Spain (2º Bachillerato) and I would like to start the physics career next year in order to become an astrophysics investigator. Before that, I have had the great opportunity to be involved in CAPIBARA's project, in which I am taking part in the scientific team. My role is to contribute and help other project members as well as analyse the data that will be recollected by our satellite, particularly in the solar cosmic rays research.

Personally, I'm a hard-working person who has a big interest and desire to enhance my knowledge. Recently, I have been studying stellar astrophysics and solar system objects. Other interests include chemistry, astrophotography, politics, philosophy and agriculture.

I'm currently studying the last year of the Spanish baccalaureate in the technological path, and I hope to start a physics or engineering degree next year. I consider myself as very enthusiastic about learning, perseverant, and someone you can always count on. In my free time I enjoy doing sports (running, skiing, cycling), playing the guitar, hanging out with friends and learning.

In these last years, I've had the opportunity to take part in multiple learning experiences: University Pompeu Fabra summer programs (artificial intelligence and its applications, and the maths behind cryptography), CIC-MIT Hackathon '22, Bojos per la Física '24, BYISC '24 (Cosmic rays).

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I am a high school student interested in mathematics and physics among other scientific fields.

My thirst for challenges coupled with my curious nature has led me to explore the mysteries of the universe. Besides, I enjoy playing the piano, basketball and spending time with family and friends.

Hi everyone! I am Martina Solano, a passionate girl for physics (specially theoretical and astrophysics). I love discovering new things not just from physics but from other fields such as music or history. In my spare time (apart from studying physics) I enjoy spending time with my family as well as doing sport, playing the saxophone and reading!

Currently, one of the topics that interest me the most is quantum gravity, I hope we can detect gravitons in the future.

I'm Adel Alba El Farhi, a 17-year-old student and young researcher with an enduring passion for biodiversity, ecology, and the life sciences. From a very early age, I’ve been captivated by how life works, which has led me to dive deeply into fields like genetics, bioinformatics, evolutionary biology, and ecology.

Driven by curiosity and a strong sense of purpose, I’ve participated in research programs such as Youth and Science from Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, and completed a scientific internship at CEAB-CSIC, where I’m currently co-developing two research articles on freshwater ecology and plastic pollution. I also had the opportunity to co-author an article with a renowned German scientist—an ongoing collaboration that continues to expand my scientific experience.

Photography is another way I connect with nature. I practice wildlife photography as a way to document and appreciate the beauty and complexity of the natural world.

Beyond research, I actively contribute to conservation and environmental education through multiple volunteering initiatives. I’m currently involved with the CREAC (Centre de Recerca i Educació Ambiental de Calafell), the Catalan Herpetological Society, the SOCC (Monitoring of Common Birds in Catalonia) organized by the Catalan Ornithological Institute (ICO), and the Science Ambassadors program at Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera.

I see research not just as a career path, but as a mission to contribute to a more sustainable and informed future. I approach science with enthusiasm, rigor, and an open mind—always ready to ask questions, seek new perspectives, and keep learning.