Ivonne Zavala

Theoretical cosmology · Swansea University

Ivonne Zavala

Ivonne Zavala

I am a theoretical physicist working on understanding the fundamental structure of the Universe. I want to understand how inflation, dark energy and dark matter can arise from a fundamental theory of gravity, and how cosmological data and gravitational waves can put those theories to the test.

  • String cosmology
  • String phenomenology
  • Multifield inflation
  • Dark energy
  • Dark matter
  • Primordial gravitational waves
  • Machine learning for cosmology
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2026

Awarded a Cátedra de la Diáspora Mexicana (SECIHTI, Mexico). Estudiantes en México: información aquí.

2026

Eleanna Kolonia joined my group as a PhD student with a Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship, the first in Swansea Physics. Read her interview.

2025

Our 2024 paper Cosmological constraints on curved quintessence (JCAP) was selected by IOP Publishing as one of its most impactful UK publications of 2024.

The cosmology and gravitational waves group at Swansea Marina, April 2025 Group dinner in Swansea Lunch with the group on campus, including Eleanna
The cosmology and gravitational waves group in Swansea

About

My research focuses on understanding the fundamental structure of the Universe. I want to understand the origin and evolution of the Universe and some of its biggest mysteries: what drove the accelerated expansion of the very early Universe (inflation), what drives the acceleration we see today (dark energy), and what dark matter is. My aim is to understand how these phenomena can be explained by a fundamental theory of gravity such as string theory.

I also want to find out whether, and how, such fundamental theories can be tested with the latest observations. That means cosmological data, and also gravitational waves, especially those of primordial origin. These will become accessible in the coming years with LISA (the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) and the Einstein Telescope, and pulsar timing arrays such as NANOGrav are already probing them. To get there I use analytic and numerical techniques and, more recently, machine learning.

Collaborations

Research

From string theory to observations String theory at the top feeds three cosmological puzzles: inflation, dark matter and dark energy, placed along cosmic time. These connect to observations: gravitational waves from pulsar timing arrays, LISA and the Einstein Telescope, and cosmological data from the CMB, galaxy surveys and supernovae. String theory extra dimensions · branes and fluxes · moduli · axions · symmetries Inflation multifield, in the first instant Dark matter most of the matter in the Universe Dark energy acceleration today cosmic time ≈ 10⁻³⁶ s today, 13.8 Gyr primordial GWs, PBHs CMB imprints expansion history Gravitational waves Pulsar timing arrays LISA Einstein Telescope nanohertz millihertz hertz frequency Cosmological data Cosmic microwave background Galaxy surveys (DESI, Euclid) Supernovae Tools: analytic · numerical · machine learning and Bayesian inference
How my work fits together: string theory sets the possible dynamics of the early and late Universe, and gravitational waves and cosmological data decide which of them nature chose.

String Phenomenology

How does the geometry of extra dimensions shape the physics of our four-dimensional world?

Moduli, supergravity and quantum gravity

Warped throats, anti-branes and non-linear supergravity, and the swampland conjectures that constrain which effective theories can come from quantum gravity.

Heterotic orbifolds and their symmetries

Coupling selection rules, discrete R-symmetries and modular symmetry, and moduli stabilisation in heterotic string models close to the Standard Model.

Selected papers 11
Moduli, supergravity and quantum gravity
  1. A guide to frames, 2π’s, scales and corrections in string compactificationsB. Valeixo Bento, D. Chakraborty, S. Parameswaran, I. ZavalaInt. J. Mod. Phys. D 34 (2025) 2530003 arXiv:2301.05178
  2. The Stückelberg Path to Pure de Sitter SupergravityS. Bansal, S. Nagy, A. Padilla, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 111 (2025) arXiv:2411.05710
  3. Gravity at the Tip of the ThroatB. Valeixo Bento, D. Chakraborty, S. L. Parameswaran, I. ZavalaJHEP 09 (2022) 208 arXiv:2204.02086
  4. Anti-D3 branes and moduli in non-linear supergravityM. P. García del Moral, S. Parameswaran, N. Quiroz, I. ZavalaJHEP 10 (2017) 185 arXiv:1707.07059
  5. Warping the Weak Gravity ConjectureK. Kooner, S. Parameswaran, I. ZavalaPhys. Lett. B 759 (2016) 402 arXiv:1509.07049
Heterotic orbifolds and their symmetries
  1. Discrete R-symmetries and Anomaly Universality in Heterotic OrbifoldsN. G. Cabo Bizet, T. Kobayashi, D. K. Mayorga Peña, S. L. Parameswaran, M. Schmitz, I. ZavalaJHEP 02 (2014) 098 arXiv:1308.5669
  2. R-charge Conservation and More in Factorizable and Non-Factorizable OrbifoldsN. G. Cabo Bizet, T. Kobayashi, D. K. Mayorga Peña, S. L. Parameswaran, M. Schmitz, I. ZavalaJHEP 05 (2013) 076 arXiv:1301.2322
  3. Revisiting Coupling Selection Rules in Heterotic Orbifold ModelsT. Kobayashi, S. L. Parameswaran, S. Ramos-Sánchez, I. ZavalaJHEP 05 (2012) 008 arXiv:1107.2137
  4. On Moduli Stabilisation and de Sitter Vacua in MSSM Heterotic OrbifoldsS. Parameswaran, S. Ramos-Sánchez, I. ZavalaJHEP 01 (2011) 071 arXiv:1009.3931
  5. Oddness from RigidnessS. Förste, I. ZavalaJHEP 07 (2008) 086 arXiv:0806.2328
  6. Orientifold’s Landscape: Non-Factorisable Six-ToriS. Förste, C. Timirgaziu, I. ZavalaJHEP 10 (2007) 025 arXiv:0707.0747

Extra Dimensions and Brane Worlds

What if our Universe is a brane in a spacetime with more dimensions?

Brane worlds and self-tuning

Our Universe as a brane in a higher-dimensional spacetime: self-tuning of the cosmological constant, brane geometries from gauged supergravities and accelerating brane cosmologies.

Supersymmetric large extra dimensions

Warped and axisymmetric solutions of six-dimensional chiral gauged supergravity (SLED), their stability, and what they say about the cosmological constant problem.

Selected papers 7
Brane worlds and self-tuning
  1. Nontrivial Cosmological Constant in Brane Worlds with Unorthodox LagrangiansS. Förste, H. P. Nilles, I. ZavalaJCAP 07 (2011) 007 arXiv:1104.2570
  2. General brane geometries from scalar potentials: Gauged supergravities and accelerating universesC. P. Burgess, C. Núñez, F. Quevedo, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJHEP 08 (2003) 056 arXiv:hep-th/0305211
  3. Branes on charged dilatonic backgrounds: Self-tuning, Lorentz violations and cosmologyC. Grojean, F. Quevedo, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJHEP 08 (2001) 005 arXiv:hep-th/0106120
Supersymmetric large extra dimensions
  1. The Fate of Unstable Gauge Flux CompactificationsC. P. Burgess, S. L. Parameswaran, I. ZavalaJHEP 05 (2009) 008 arXiv:0812.3902
  2. The 6D SuperSwirlS. L. Parameswaran, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaNucl. Phys. B 737 (2006) 49 arXiv:hep-th/0509061
  3. General axisymmetric solutions and self-tuning in 6D chiral gauged supergravityC. P. Burgess, F. Quevedo, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJHEP 11 (2004) 069 arXiv:hep-th/0408109
  4. Warped brane worlds in six dimensional supergravityY. Aghababaie, C. P. Burgess, J. M. Cline, H. Firouzjahi, S. Parameswaran, F. Quevedo, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJHEP 09 (2003) 037 arXiv:hep-th/0308064

String Cosmology

Can the Universe we observe emerge from string theory?

Inflation from strings and branes

Building inflation from D-branes, warped throats and string axions, and asking what string compactifications predict for primordial black holes and gravitational waves.

Time-dependent solutions in supergravity and string theory

S-branes and other time-dependent backgrounds as models of cosmological spacetimes: bouncing brane worlds, negative-tension branes and particle production.

Dark energy and de Sitter in string theory

Whether string theory admits de Sitter vacua or quintessence, how well controlled those constructions are, and how to confront them with data.

Selected papers 18
Inflation from strings and branes
  1. String cosmology: From the early universe to todayM. Cicoli, J. P. Conlon, A. Maharana, S. Parameswaran, F. Quevedo, I. ZavalaPhys. Rept. 1059 (2024) 1–155. Review arXiv:2303.04819
  2. On chromonatural inflation in string theoryJ. Holland, I. Zavala, G. TasinatoJCAP 12 (2020) 026 arXiv:2009.00653
  3. Mechanisms for Primordial Black Hole Production in String TheoryO. Özsoy, S. Parameswaran, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJCAP 07 (2018) 005 arXiv:1803.07626
  4. Mirror quintic vacua: hierarchies and inflationN. Cabo Bizet, O. Loaiza-Brito, I. ZavalaJHEP 10 (2016) 082 arXiv:1605.03974
  5. Prospects for Primordial Gravitational Waves in String InflationS. L. Parameswaran, I. ZavalaInt. J. Mod. Phys. D 25 (2016) 1644011 arXiv:1606.02537
  6. Warped Wilson Line DBI InflationA. Avgoustidis, I. ZavalaJCAP 01 (2009) 045 arXiv:0810.5001
  7. Recombination of intersecting D-branes and cosmological inflationM. Gómez-Reino, I. ZavalaJHEP 09 (2002) 020 arXiv:hep-th/0207278
Time-dependent solutions in supergravity and string theory
  1. Regular S-brane backgroundsG. Tasinato, I. Zavala, C. P. Burgess, F. QuevedoJHEP 04 (2004) 038 arXiv:hep-th/0403156
  2. On bouncing brane worlds, S-branes and branonium cosmologyC. P. Burgess, F. Quevedo, R. Rabadán, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJCAP 02 (2004) 008 arXiv:hep-th/0310122
  3. Instabilities and particle production in S-brane geometriesC. P. Burgess, P. Martineau, F. Quevedo, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJHEP 03 (2003) 050 arXiv:hep-th/0301122
  4. Cosmological spacetimes from negative tension brane backgroundsC. P. Burgess, F. Quevedo, S. J. Rey, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJHEP 10 (2002) 028 arXiv:hep-th/0207104
Dark energy and de Sitter in string theory
  1. Rolling with modular symmetry: quintessence and de Sitter in heterotic orbifoldsH. Gordillo-Ruiz, M. Hernández-Segura, I. Portillo-Castillo, S. Ramos-Sánchez, I. ZavalaJHEP 04 (2026) 211 arXiv:2509.22781
  2. Exponential quintessence: curved, steep and stringy?D. Andriot, S. Parameswaran, D. Tsimpis, T. Wrase, I. ZavalaJHEP 08 (2024) 117 arXiv:2405.09323
  3. De Sitter vacua: when are ‘subleading corrections’ really subleading?B. Valeixo Bento, D. Chakraborty, S. Parameswaran, I. ZavalaJHEP 11 (2023) 075 arXiv:2306.07332
  4. A new de Sitter solution with a weakly warped deformed conifoldB. Valeixo Bento, D. Chakraborty, S. L. Parameswaran, I. ZavalaJHEP 12 (2021) 124 arXiv:2105.03370
  5. Runaway Quintessence, Out of the SwamplandY. Olguín-Trejo, S. L. Parameswaran, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJCAP 01 (2019) 031 arXiv:1810.08634
  6. Dark energy, D-branes and pulsar timing arraysD. Chowdhury, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJCAP 11 (2023) 090 arXiv:2307.01188
  7. De Sitter Vacua from Non-perturbative Flux CompactificationsJ. Blåbäck, D. Roest, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 90 (2014) 024065 arXiv:1312.5328

Cosmological Inflation

What happened in the first instant, when several fields shaped the expansion?

Multifield inflation and turning trajectories

Inflation driven by several fields whose trajectory bends in field space: from Spinflation to rapid and sharp turns, heavy fields, the η-problem and vector fields during inflation.

Observational signatures

Non-Gaussianity, reheating, the inflaton field range and tensor modes, and what CMB data can and cannot tell us about the inflationary potential.

Selected papers 14
Multifield inflation and turning trajectories
  1. Sharp turns in axion monodromy: primordial black holes and gravitational wavesS. Bhattacharya, I. ZavalaJCAP 04 (2023) 065 arXiv:2205.06065
  2. Rapid-turn inflation in supergravity is rare and tachyonicV. Aragam, R. Chiovoloni, S. Paban, R. Rosati, I. ZavalaJCAP 03 (2022) 002 arXiv:2110.05516
  3. Fat Inflatons, Large Turns and the η-problemD. Chakraborty, R. Chiovoloni, O. Loaiza-Brito, G. Niz, I. ZavalaJCAP 01 (2020) 020 arXiv:1908.09797
  4. Anisotropic Inflation with Derivative CouplingsJ. Holland, S. Kanno, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 97 (2018) 103534 arXiv:1711.07450
  5. Effects of the speed of sound at large-NI. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 91 (2015) 063005 arXiv:1412.3732
  6. Statistical Anisotropy from Vector Curvaton in D-brane InflationK. Dimopoulos, D. Wills, I. ZavalaNucl. Phys. B 868 (2013) 120 arXiv:1108.4424
  7. SpinflationD. Easson, R. Gregory, D. Mota, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJCAP 02 (2008) 010 arXiv:0709.2666
Observational signatures
  1. Squeezed tensor non-Gaussianity in non-attractor inflationO. Özsoy, M. Mylova, S. Parameswaran, C. Powell, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJCAP 09 (2019) 036 arXiv:1902.04976
  2. Subleading Effects and the Field Range in Axion InflationS. Parameswaran, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJCAP 04 (2016) 008 arXiv:1602.02812
  3. Lyth bound of inflation with a tiltJ. García-Bellido, D. Roest, M. Scalisi, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 90 (2014) 123539 arXiv:1408.6839
  4. Can CMB data constrain the inflationary field range?J. García-Bellido, D. Roest, M. Scalisi, I. ZavalaJCAP 09 (2014) 006 arXiv:1405.7399
  5. Kähler potentials for Planck inflationD. Roest, M. Scalisi, I. ZavalaJCAP 11 (2013) 007 arXiv:1307.4343
  6. Modulated Reheating and Large Non-Gaussianity in String CosmologyM. Cicoli, G. Tasinato, I. Zavala, C. P. Burgess, F. QuevedoJCAP 05 (2012) 039 arXiv:1202.4580
  7. Non-standard primordial fluctuations and non-gaussianity in string inflationC. P. Burgess, M. Cicoli, M. Gómez-Reino, F. Quevedo, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJHEP 08 (2010) 045 arXiv:1005.4840

The Dark Universe

What are dark energy and dark matter, and what can the newest data tell us about them?

Dark energy meets data

Quintessence motivated by quantum gravity, bounded and phantom-crossing dark energy, and data-driven reconstructions with Bayesian and machine-learning tools.

Coupled dark sectors and dark matter

Interactions between dark energy and dark matter, multi-field dynamical systems, and how dark matter relics depend on the expansion history of the early Universe.

Selected papers 10
Dark energy meets data
  1. Data-Driven Discovery of a Simple Phantom-Crossing Dark Energy ParametrizationG. Borghetto, A. Malhotra, S. Arora, A. De Felice, S. Mukohyama, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaPreprint (2026) arXiv:2606.17951
  2. Bounded dark energyG. Borghetto, A. Malhotra, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 112 (2025) 023521 arXiv:2503.11628
  3. Cosmological tests of quintessence in quantum gravityS. Bhattacharya, G. Borghetto, A. Malhotra, S. Parameswaran, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJCAP 04 (2025) 086 arXiv:2410.21243
  4. Cosmological constraints on curved quintessenceS. Bhattacharya, G. Borghetto, A. Malhotra, S. Parameswaran, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJCAP 09 (2024) 073. One of IOP Publishing’s most impactful UK publications of 2024 arXiv:2405.17396
  5. The CosmoVerse White Paper: Addressing observational tensions in cosmology with systematics and fundamental physicsE. Di Valentino et al. (CosmoVerse Network), including I. ZavalaPhys. Dark Univ. 49 (2025) 101965 arXiv:2504.01669
Coupled dark sectors and dark matter
  1. Extending the Dynamical Systems Toolkit: Coupled Fields in Multiscalar Dark EnergyD. Licciardello, S. Rahimy, I. ZavalaJCAP 04 (2026) 057 arXiv:2509.02539
  2. Deciphering coupled scalar dark sectorsS. Rahimy, E. M. Teixeira, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 112 (2025) 043512 arXiv:2503.01961
  3. D-brane Disformal Coupling and Thermal Dark MatterB. Dutta, E. Jimenez, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 96 (2017) 103506 arXiv:1708.07153
  4. Dark Matter Relics and the Expansion Rate in Scalar-Tensor TheoriesB. Dutta, E. Jimenez, I. ZavalaJCAP 06 (2017) 032 arXiv:1612.05553
  5. Dark D-brane CosmologyT. Koivisto, D. Wills, I. ZavalaJCAP 06 (2014) 036 arXiv:1312.2597

Gravitational Waves

Can gravitational waves from the early Universe reveal physics at the highest energies?

Primordial gravitational waves

Enhanced tensor spectra, scalar-induced gravitational waves and primordial black holes, and reconstructing primordial perturbations with LISA.

Detecting the gravitational-wave background

Anisotropies and circular polarisation of the stochastic background with pulsar timing arrays, astrometry, the SKA and the Einstein Telescope.

Selected papers 11
Primordial gravitational waves
  1. Bayesian reconstruction of primordial perturbations from induced gravitational wavesA. Ghaleb, A. Malhotra, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 112 (2025) 123538 arXiv:2505.22534
  2. Reconstructing primordial curvature perturbations via scalar-induced gravitational waves with LISAJ. E. Gammal et al. (LISA Cosmology Working Group), including I. ZavalaJCAP 05 (2025) 062 arXiv:2501.11320
  3. The rise of the primordial tensor spectrum from an early scalar-tensor epochD. Chowdhury, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJCAP 08 (2022) 010 arXiv:2204.10218
  4. A new mechanism to enhance primordial tensor fluctuations in single field inflationM. Mylova, O. Özsoy, S. Parameswaran, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaJCAP 12 (2018) 024 arXiv:1808.10475
Detecting the gravitational-wave background
  1. Probing Kinematic Anisotropies in the Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background with the SKAN. M. J. Cruz, A. Malhotra, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaPreprint (2026) arXiv:2606.25845
  2. Astrometry meets Pulsar Timing Arrays: Synergies for Gravitational Wave DetectionN. M. J. Cruz, A. Malhotra, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 112 (2025) arXiv:2412.14010
  3. Measuring the circular polarization of gravitational waves with pulsar timing arraysN. M. J. Cruz, A. Malhotra, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 110 (2024) 103505 arXiv:2406.04957
  4. Measuring kinematic anisotropies with pulsar timing arraysN. M. J. Cruz, A. Malhotra, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 110 (2024) 063526 arXiv:2402.17312
  5. On the response of the Einstein Telescope to Doppler anisotropiesD. Chowdhury, G. Tasinato, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. D 107 (2023) 083516 arXiv:2209.05770
  6. Effect of extra dimensions on gravitational waves from cosmic stringsE. O’Callaghan, S. Chadburn, G. Geshnizjani, R. Gregory, I. ZavalaPhys. Rev. Lett. 105 (2010) 081602 arXiv:1003.4395
  7. The effect of extra dimensions on gravity wave bursts from cosmic string cuspsE. O’Callaghan, S. Chadburn, G. Geshnizjani, R. Gregory, I. ZavalaJCAP 09 (2010) 013 arXiv:1005.3220

The full, up-to-date list is on INSPIRE.

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Group

I am part of the Cosmology & Gravity @ Swansea group, together with Azadeh Maleknejad and Gianmassimo Tasinato.

Our group belongs to the Centre for Quantum Fields and Gravity, the theory group of the Physics Department, which runs a weekly theory seminar. We also run our own group seminars, with talks from visitors and group members.

PhD students

  • Giulia Borghetto
  • Aya Ghaleb
  • Saba Rahimy
  • Eleanna KoloniaFirst Bell Burnell Graduate Scholar in Swansea Physics

Former postdocs

Former PhD students

  • Roberta ChiovoloniPhD 2022
  • Jonathan HollandPhD 2020
  • Karta KoonerPhD 2018
  • Dibya ChakrabortyPhD 2021, Universidad de Guanajuato, co-supervised with Óscar Loaiza-Brito and Gustavo Niz

Former visiting students

  • Jagan KaurMaster's student, University of Padova, 2026
  • Daniele LicciardelloMaster's student, University of Bologna, 2025
  • Yessenia Olguín-TrejoPhD student, IF-UNAM, Mexico, 2018
Celebrating Daniele's birthday with the group, June 2025

Conferences and workshops organised

  1. Jan 2026Recent Progress in Computational String GeometryBIRS–CMI, Chennai, India
  2. Apr 2022Bethe Forum on InflationBethe Center for Theoretical Physics, Bonn, Germany
  3. May 2019Geometrical Tools for String CosmologyBIRS–CMO, Oaxaca, Mexico
  4. May 2018UK Cosmo MeetingSwansea University, UK
  5. Sep 2016String Inflation After PlanckLiverpool, UK
  6. Jul 2016School and Workshop on String Phenomenology and CosmologySichuan University, Chengdu, China

Teaching

At Swansea

  1. CurrentSpecial RelativityFirst year
  2. CurrentThe Gravitational Universe: Black Holes and Gravitational WavesFourth year
  3. CurrentTheoretical Physics and AstrophysicsSecond year
  4. EarlierParticle Physics I; Waves, Optics and Thermal Physics; Bulk and Thermal Physics; Third-year laboratory

Invited lectures

  1. 2024Lectures on CosmologyDutch Research School of Theoretical Physics (DRSTP), Wageningen
  2. 2022Mathematical Methods for PhysicsGuest lecturer, University of Bologna, Italy
  3. 2018Lectures on String CosmologyMitchell Institute, Texas A&M University, USA

Outreach and equality

  1. 2021Interview on dark matterBBC Science Café, Radio Wales
  2. 2017Dark Matter Day, SwanseaMain organiser. Covered by S4C’s Prynhawn Da
  3. 2016Soapbox Science SwanseaStreet science talk
  4. 2016Swansea and Bridgend astronomical societiesInvited public talks

Opening doors to physics

Making physics open to everyone matters to me. I am proud to supervise Eleanna Kolonia, the first Bell Burnell Graduate Scholar in Swansea Physics. The scholarship, created by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell through the Institute of Physics, supports PhD students from groups that are under-represented in physics.

Join us

We welcome PhD students, postdocs and visitors who want to work on string cosmology, string phenomenology, dark energy or gravitational waves. When we have funded positions in the Cosmology & Gravity @ Swansea group we advertise them on INSPIRE Jobs.

We are also glad to host researchers who bring their own funding, and to help strong candidates prepare fellowship applications with Swansea as host. Get in touch early, ideally a few months before the deadline.

PhD students

Postdocs and fellows

  • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • STFC Ernest Rutherford Fellowships
  • Royal Society University Research and Newton International Fellowships
  • Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships

Para estudiantes e investigadores en México

La Cátedra de la Diáspora Mexicana abre un camino para fortalecer la colaboración entre Swansea y México. Me interesa mucho colaborar con grupos en México y explorar proyectos conjuntos, estancias e intercambios. Si eres estudiante de posgrado o investigador y te interesa trabajar conmigo, escríbeme y vemos juntos qué opciones hay. Las estancias en Swansea normalmente requieren financiamiento propio, por ejemplo una beca de SECIHTI para estudios en el extranjero.

Beyond physics

Outside physics you will often find me upside down: in a gym in Swansea, or anywhere with a bar to hang from, airports included. Gymnastics has been my passion for as long as I can remember; physics, maths and science joined it a little later, as I started to discover how the world works. I train at the Swansea Gymnastics Club and defy gravity at the Buzz Trampoline Park in Swansea.

If you are new to Swansea and also enjoy flips and handstands, feel free to come and talk to me.

Ivonne hanging upside down from a climbing frame at Tallinn Airport Ivonne in a handstand on the bar at gymnastics training
Tallinn Airport, and a handstand on the bar

Contact

Email

Address

Department of Physics
Swansea University, Singleton Park
Swansea SA2 8PP, UK