Our team

Prof. Antonio Bueno Villar

Antonio received his Ph.D. from University of Valencia. After a postdoctoral training at the University of Harvard and ETH Zürich, he joined the University of Granada in 2002. This marked the onset of activities on experimental particle and astroparticle physics at this university. Currently he is Full Professor of Physics. His research interests cover the physics of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (he was co-spokesperson of the Pierre Auger Observatory from 2013 to 2017) and neutrino physics (he was part of the team that originally developed the first ICARUS T600 liquid argon TPC module). Now, he is a member of the SBND and DUNE collaborations.

Researcher Profile

Dr. Diego García Gámez

Diego is Associate Professor at the University of Granada. He joined the Experimental Particle Physics group at the UGR in November 2018 under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND Actions programme, ATHENEA3i. His research focuses on the study of neutrinos using liquid argon time projection chambers as detection technology (within the international collaborations SBND, DUNE and MicroBooNE), with a strong interest in extending the use of light signals to improve the time, calorimetric and spatial resolution in these detectors. Before arriving in Granada, he carried out two postdoctoral stays. The first at the Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur linéaire (CNRS/University of Paris Sud) in the field of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (within the Pierre Auger experiment), and the second at the University of Manchester (UK) in the field of neutrino physics and detector design and construction.

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Dr. Patricia Sánchez Lucas

Patricia joined the group in January 2022 as a Juan de la Cierva Researcher. Her field of expertise lies on instrumentation for liquid noble gas detectors, in particular in the use of novel photosensors. Before moving to Granada, she spent 4 years as a postdoc in the University of Zurich, where she was involved on developing R&D for DARWIN, the future European Observatory for dark matter and neutrino physics. Prior this, Patricia received her PhD at the University of Granada, with a focus on ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. Besides the development of new detection technologies, her main research interests are neutrino physics and rare-event searches. Her other passions are sharing time with her friends, traveling and practising yoga.

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Dr. Bruno Zamorano García

Bruno returned to his alma mater in 2018, where he is now an Associate Professor. Before that, he spent 3 years as a postdoc at the University of Sussex, where he was one of the main analysers of neutrino oscillations in the NOvA experiment. He also had a break working as a Data Scientist for multinational companies Willis Towers Watson and IQVIA. In addition to developing software for neutrino oscillation analysis, he is interested in precision measurements of neutrino interactions and searches of new Physics within the neutrino sector. In his free time he enjoys reading, videogames and DJing.

Researcher Profile

Francisco Javier Nicolás Arnaldos

Francisco Javier studied physics at the University of Granada. His scientific career started in 2019 when he joined the neutrino group as an undergraduate student. His master thesis focused on scintillation light signal reconstruction in the SBND detector. He currently works for the SBND & DUNE experiments as a PhD student. His main research interests are neutrino interactions in LAr and software development for event reconstruction in LArTPCs. Besides physics he enjoys spending time in nature, being scuba diving one of his favourite activities.

Alejandro Sánchez Castillo

Alejandro studied physics at the University of Granada and completed his master degree at Leiden university. He followed the cosmology specialisation, with a thesis focused on cosmic neutrinos. He joined the neutrino group in summer 2022 as a PhD student, working for the DUNE & SBND experiments. His main research interests are LArTPC simulations and data analysis. Among his other interests are cooking, singing and spending time with his family.

Luis Pelegrina Gutiérrez

Luis studied physics at the University of Granada with a final project focused on the simulation of scintillation light in LArTPC detectors. He joined the neutrino group in 2022 while taking a master's degree in astrophysics and particle physics at the University of Granada. His main research interests are neutrino interactions in LAr and neutrino oscillations. In addition to physics, he enjoys playing video games, watching series, and hiking.

Alicia Vázquez Ramos

Alicia studied Computer Science at the University of Jaén, where she did her bachelor thesis on the study and development of a framework for differential evolution algorithms. In 2021 she started working at the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA - CSIC) on the acceleration of solar corona processing using computational geometry. She joined our group in January 2023 while doing a master’s degree in Astrophysics and Particle Physics at the University of Granada. Her main research interests are Neutrino Physics and Artificial Intelligence. Besides Physics and Computer Science, she enjoys nature, practicing taekwondo and spending time with her family and animals.

Fernando Fuentes-Guerra Fernández

Fernando is our electronic technician. He joined the group in 2021 after being awarded with a contract funded byJunta de Andalucía. He is based at our cryogenic lab working for the DUNE experiment. His main research interest are hardware developing, data acquisition and automation. Besides this, his other interests are programming and video games.