BENITEZ LLAMBAY ALEJANDRO

Role
Assistant Professor  
Academic disciplines
Astrophysics, Cosmology and Space Science (PHYS-05/A)
Scientific-Disciplinary Group:
ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY, EARTH- SPACE- AND CLIMATE PHYSICS (02/PHYS-05)
Office phone
Room:
  • U02, Floor: 2, Room: 2006

Biography

Dr Benitez-Llambay is an Assistant Professor in the Physics Department at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Milan, Italy. His research intersects numerical cosmology, galaxy formation at the smallest scales, and 21 cm radio observations. Before arriving in Milan, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Astronomical Observatory of Córdoba, Argentina, and conducted research at the University of Victoria, Canada, and the Institute for Computational Cosmology in Durham, UK.

He tackles research challenges using advanced computational methods and large-scale cosmological simulations. He also develops high-performance software for creating and analyzing these datasets. Some of these tools are publicly available, including Py-SPHViewer, a high-performance code widely used to visualize complex simulations using clustering techniques (see Py-SPHViewer on GitHub).

Additionally, Dr Benitez-Llambay is involved in major international collaborations focused on producing advanced hydrodynamical numerical models of galaxy formation within a cosmological context and exploring cosmological probes at the smallest scales using cutting-edge ground and space-based facilities.

Publications

  • Chan, T., Benítez-Llambay, A., Theuns, T., Frenk, C., Bower, R. (2024). The impact and response of mini-haloes and the interhalo medium on cosmic reionization. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 528(2), 1296-1326 [10.1093/mnras/stae114]. Detail

  • Benitez-Llambay, A., Dutta, R., Fumagalli, M., Navarro, J. (2024). Examining the Nature of the Starless Dark Matter Halo Candidate Cloud-9 with Very Large Array Observations. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 973(1) [10.3847/1538-4357/ad65d9]. Detail

  • Finn, A., Kyle, A., Carlos, S., Benitez-Llambay, A., Julio, F., Isabel M, E. (2023). The diversity of rotation curves of simulated galaxies with cusps and cores. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 521(1), 1316-1336 [10.1093/mnras/stad549]. Detail

  • Benitez-Llambay, A., Navarro, J. (2023). Is a Recently Discovered H i Cloud near M94 a Starless Dark Matter Halo?. THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 956(1), 1-6 [10.3847/1538-4357/acf767]. Detail

  • Keung Chan, T., Benitez Llambay, A., Theuns, T., Frenk, C. (2023). Simulations of the reionization of the clumpy intergalactic medium with a novel particle-based two-moment radiative transfer scheme. In Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union (pp.15-20) [10.1017/S1743921322001235]. Detail

Research projects

Astrophysical constraints to the nature of dark matter at the edge of galaxy formation
Year: 2024
Call: FAQC 2024 - seconda finestra
Grantors: Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA

Awards

Research and teaching assignments

  • Ricercatore universitario a t.d. - Università degli Studi di MILANO-BICOCCA, 2024 - 2027