Talks, Posters and Outreach

    Invited Talks

    11.06.2025 “The radius valley of exoplanets for single and binary stars”, Institute colloquium, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    08.11.2024 “The radius valley of exoplanets for single and binary stars”, CSIC-ICE Barcelona, invited seminar.
    05.04.2024 “The radius valley across spectral types and stellar multiplicity”. CAUP, Porto, Portugal, invited seminar.
    10.07.2023 “A density valley across stellar types”, European Astronomical Society Annual Meeting. Krakow, Poland.
    16.02.2022 “Super- Tierras, mini-Neptunos, y el valle de radios de los exoplanetas”. XI Taller de Ciencias Planetarias (Workshop of Planetary Sciences of South America, online).
    08.11.2021 “The nature of the radius valley”, online Seminar at the University of Birmingham, UK.
    17.09.2021 “Super-Earths, mini-Neptunes and the Radius Valley: linking theory with observations”. Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society (online).
    16.09.2021 “Planet Formation on the Outer Disk”. Europlanet Science Congress 2021 (online).
    04.03.2021 “The origin of the Radius Valley”. NCCR PlanetS virtual seminars, Switzerland.
    03.02.2021 “Super-Earths, mini-Neptunes and the Radius Valley”. ISSI Seminar, Bern, Switzerland.
    14.01.2021 “Super-Earths, mini-Neptunes and the Radius Valley”. Online seminar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
    26.08.2020 “The nature of the Radius Valley: insights from formation and evolution”. Observatory of Cordoba, Argentina (online).
    20.09.2019 “Jupiter’s formation: heavy element enrichment and link to giant exoplanets”. EPSC-DPS JointMeeting 2019. Geneva, Switzerland.
    12-16.11.2018 “Planet Formation and the Origin of Water”. ISSI Workshop: “Understanding the diversity of Planetary Atmospheres”. ISSI Bern, Switzerland.
    26.02-02.03.2018 “Formacion de planetas gaseosos”. IX Taller de Ciencias Planetarias, La Plata.
    27-30.11.2017 “The formation of gas-rich planets”. 10th RESCEU/Planet2 Symposium: “Planet Formation around Snowline”. University of Tokyo, Japan.
    13.06.2018 “The formation of gas-rich planets”. DLR, Berlin. June 13, 2018.
    26.06.2017 “The formation ofmini-Neptunes”. Cornell University, USA. June 26, 2017.
    16.06.2017 “The formation ofmini-Neptunes”. Yale University, USA.
    16.12.2016 “La formacion de planetas gaseosos”. University of the Republic, Rocha, Uruguay.
    15.11.2016 “The formation of gas-rich planets”. Nice Observatory, France.
    27.04.2015 “Atmospheric enrichment during planet formation: effect of water condensation in the critical core mass”. University of Tokyo, Japan.

    Contributed Talks

    October 2024 “S-type planets: new PLATOWG proposal”. PlatoWeek #15. Göttingen, Germany.
    June 2024 “A fading radius valley towards M-dwarfs”. Exoplanets V. Leiden, The Netherlands.
    May 2024 “The emerging field of planets in binaries”. ESP2024: PLATO Planetary Systems – formation to observed architectures. Catania, Italy.
    February 2024 “The radius valley for single a binary stars”. Density Matters Workshop, Ringberg Castle, Germany.
    November 2023 “S-Valley: new CHEOPS GTOprogramme”. CHEOPS Science Team #29. Bern, Switzerland.
    January 2022 “The radius valley across stellar types”. CHEOPS ScienceWorkshop (online).
    August 2021 “The Origin of the Radius Valley: insights from formation and evolution models”. TESS Science Conference 2 (online).
    May 2021 “Super-Earths, mini-Neptunes and the Radius Valley”. European Astronomical Society AnnualMeeting (online).
    March, 2021 “The origin of the Radius Valley.” NCCR Domain 2 ScienceMeeting (online).
    Nov.-Dec. 2020. “The origin of the Radius Valley: insights from formation and evolution”. PLATO Theory Workshop (online).
    March 2020 “Formation of ice giants and link to sub-Neptunes”. ISSI Team “Ice giants: formation, structure and link to exoplanets”, 2ndmeeting.
    February 2019 “The formation of mini-Neptunes and Neptunes”. ISSI Team “Ice giants: formation, structure and link to exoplanets”, 1stmeeting.
    December 2018 “Jupiter’s formation: heavy element content and link to gaseous exoplanets”. PLATO Theory Workshop. Cambridge, UK
    November 2018 “Gas-rich planets: towards an understanding on the formation of mini-Neptunes andNeptunes”. ISSI Science BoardMeeting.
    May 2018 “The formation of Jupiter by hybrid pebble-planetesimal accretion”. 4th PlanetS-NCCR Site Visit. Bern, Switzerland.
    September 2017 “The formation of mini-Neptunes”. European Planetary Science Congress. Riga, Latvia.
    September 2017 “The formation ofmini-Neptunes” Juniors’ Research Assembly of PlanetS,NCCR. Switzerland.
    July 2017 “The formation ofmini-Neptunes”. Transiting exoplanets. Keele University, UK.
    May 2017 “Formation and occurrence rate of mini-Neptunes”. NCCR PlanetS Workshop “Exoplanetary densities”.Bern, Switzerland.
    April 2017 “The formation of gas-rich planets”. European Geosciences Union General Assembly. Vienna, Austria.
    January 2017 “Planetesimals vs. pebbles: a perspective fromenvelope enrichment” NCCR PlanetS General Assembly. Grindelwald, Switzerland.
    July 2016 “Envelope enrichment and the formation of gas-rich planets”. Workshop “New Directions in Planet Formation”. Leiden, The Netherlands.
    January 2016 “Growing planets with water-rich envelopes”. ISSI Workshop “The Delivery of Water to Protoplanets, Planets and Satellites”. Bern, Switzerland.
    June 2015 “Atmospheric enrichment during planet formation” 3rd ISSI Meeting of the ISSI Team “Planet Population Synthesis: interpreting future space data”. Bern, Switzerland.
    November 2014 “Critical core mass forwater-rich envelopes: the role of H2O condensation”. Workshop “Getting ready for Planetology beyond the Solar System”. Ringberg, Germany.
    June 2014 “Water condensation and heavy element distribution in the atmosphere of planets”. 2nd ISSIMeeting of the ISSI Team “Planet Population Synthesis: interpreting future space data”. Bern, Switzerland.
    June 2014 “Water condensation during formation: signatures on the mass-radius relation of exoplanets”. 2nd CHEOPS ScienceMeeting. Venice, Italy.
    March, 2014 “Critical core mass for enriched envelopes: the role of H2O condensation”. 2nd ELSI Symposium. Tokyo, Japan
    September 2013 “The effect of metallicity in the envelope of protoplanets”. Joint AnnualMeeting of the Austrian Physical Society and the Swiss Physical Society. Johannes Kepler University, Linz.
    March 2013 “The effect of metallicity in the envelope of protoplanets”. 1st ELSI Symposium. Tokyo, Japan.
    December 2012 “Envelope enrichment and critical mass”. 1st ISSIMeeting of the ISSI Team: “Planet Population Synthesis: interpreting future space data”. Bern, Switzerland.
    February 2012 “Orbital instability due to disk-planet interactions”. VI Workshop of Planetary Sciences. Montevideo, Uruguay.
    February 2010 “Modelling the relativistic effects in the Solar System”. V Workshop of Planetary Sciences. La Plata, Argentina.
    October 2008 “Mean Lifetime of the 1:2 Mars Resonant Asteroids”. XV Meeting of the Astronomical Uruguayan Society. Montevideo, Uruguay.

    Contributed Posters in Conferences

    June 2017 “The formation of mini-Neptunes”. Origins of Solar Systems Gordon Research Conference. Mount Holyoke College, USA.
    February 2018 “Jupiter must have grown by sequential pebble-planetesimal accretion”. Workshop “Water during planet formation and evolution”. University of Zurich, Switzerland.
    December 2016 “Forming planets with water-rich envelopes: linking theory with observations”. Workshop “Exoplanets: Bridging the gap between theory and observations”. Bad Honnef, Germany.
    June 2015 “Water condensation during formation: the impact on the critical core mass”. From super-Earths to brown dwarfs: who’s who?. Paris, France.
    September 2014 “Critical core mass for enriched envelopes: the role of H2O condensation”. Planet formation & Evolution. Kiel, Germany.
    July 2013 “Critical core mass and the abundance of heavy elements”. Protostars and Planets VI. Heidelberg, Germany.
    December 2010 “Crossing the Mars 1:2 Resonance”. XV Coloquio de Dinamica Orbital. Teresopolis, Brazil.
    August 2009 “How to take into account relativistic effects in dynamical studies of comets”. IAU General Assembly. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

    Outreach

    February 9, 2024 Press release about “Water-worlds”. Support on the drafting.
    June 17-18, 2023 Participation in the Open Days of the Geneva Observatory (CHEOPS Booth) celebrating its 250 Anniversary.
    May, 2022 Article for the general public at the blog of 500Women Scientists Bern-Fribourg reflecting about maternity in academia.
    December 9, 2021 Public Talk about Exoplanets organised by theUruguayan Physics Society and the Institute of Physics, Faculty of Engineering of the University of the Republic (Uruguay).
    June 2021 Science talk for general public at the Science Flashmob organised by 500 Women Scientists Bern-Fribourg during the 2021 Swiss Frauenstreik.
    May 2021. Pro-ISSI Talk titled “Super-earths, mini-Neptunes and the Radius Valley of Exoplanets”. Bern, Switzerland.
    March 2021 Interview about scientific careers for the group “Fisicamente Posible” (Physically possible), a group of Uruguayan female teenagers dedicated to promote women in Physics. (In Spanish). Uruguay.
    February, 2021 Interview about exoplanets and space exploration for the newspaper “El Eco”, Colonia, Uruguay. (In Spanish).
    November, 2020 Radio Interview in Radio Uruguay to speak about Exoplanets (in Spanish).
    October, 2020 Interview given to A. Bastani about the origin of the Radius Valley, for an NCCR PlanetS press release.
    October, 2020 Interview given to M. Guisande about the origin of the Radius Valley, for a press release in Argentina (in Spanish).
    November, 2018 Interview given to R. Fischer about Jupiter’s formation.
    August, 2018 Support on writing the original draft of the press release of the paper “The formation of Jupiter by hybrid pebble-planetesimal accretion”.
    October 2010 Uruguayan Astronomy Olympics 2010: planning and correcting the evaluation for high school students. Montevideo, Uruguay.
    October 2010 Talk to astronomy/physics high school teachers about planets and protoplanetary disks during the Uruguayan Astronomy Olympics,Montevideo, Uruguay.
    June 2009 Talk to ∼50 primary school children about Galileo Galilei, in the framework of the International year of Astronomy. Montevideo, Uruguay.
    2009 Interview in the framework of the International Year of Astronomy.