RESEARCH AREAS
1
Phylogenetic reconstruction of galaxies:
Development of phylogenetic tools to unravel the evolutionary history of galaxies.
2
Stellar chemical evolution:
Study of how stars process and distribute chemical elements in the interstellar medium, and their impact on galactic evolution.
3
Cosmological simulations:
Development of numerical models that trace the evolution of matter and energy in the universe, from the first galaxies to the present ones.
4
Stellar population data analysis:
Analysis of spectra from individual stars or galactic regions to determine chemical abundances and identify patterns, distributions, and evolutionary relationships among different stellar populations.
Publications
"Cosmic phylogeny: reconstructing the chemical history of the solar neighbourhood with an evolutionary tree" (Jofré+2017)
"Using heritability of stellar chemistry to reveal the history of the Milky Way" (Jackson+2021)
"On the Evolutionary History of a Simulated Disk Galaxy as Seen by Phylogenetic Trees" (Brito Silva+2024)
