Researcher in Quantum Field Theory and Gravity
and
Bandoneonist
I am a theoretical physicist and a bandoneonist.
As a physicist, I work at the interface between quantum fields and classical backgrounds, developing the necessary mathematical tools and making testable predictions. Currently, I am a Permanent Researcher at CONICET & Universidad Nacional de La Plata, and an Associate Researcher at the Institut Denis Poisson, Université de Tours.
My research focuses on both perturbative and nonperturbative quantum effects in gravitational and gauge backgrounds, including quantum effective actions, particle production, spectral methods, heat-kernel techniques, resummation methods and the worldline formalism.
As a bandoneón player, I have developed a solo repertoire, also playing frequently in small groups (I used to play in orchestras until 2019). I started learning bandoneón in 2000 and have performed in Argentina and several European countries. In parallel, I have developed a passion for tango dance, having taught dance courses in Argentina and Germany.
With Orquesta Típica Bien Frappé, 2015, Argentina
Quantum field theory with background fields
Resummations and nonperturbative effects
Worldline formalism, worldline numerics
Noncommutative quantum field theory
Spectral techniques, heat-kernel
Renormalization group
Casimir effect
Bad Honnef 2025: F. Bastianelli (top), S. Pla (bottom)
Series of virtual seminar dedicated to the Worldline Formalism and related aspects of quantum field theory.
Some past events
13-17 April 2025
New Trends in First Quantisation: Field Theory, Gravity and Quantum Computing, Bad Honnef, Germany.
Co-organizer of the Workshop (with J. Edwards and H. Gies).
8-12 July 2024
XVII Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Pescara, Italy.
Chairperson of the session "Quantum field theory in curved spacetimes and perturbative quantum gravity" (together with M. Fröb).
03/26 Theory seminar, Bologna.
03/26 Seminar, Poitiers.
03/26 Balzan conference, IHES, Paris.
04/26 Seminar IFIC, Valencia.
04/26 Amplitudes, strong-field and resummations, Nordita, Stockholm.
06/26 Vacuum decay and matter production, Namur.
06/26 University of Manchester.
06/26 Conformal Symmetries, Tours.
06/26 State quantistica, Scalea.
Tours 2024
Ph: M. Vozmediano
01/25 Avenues of Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetimes, IDP, Tours.
01/25 Theory seminar, CTP, Marseille.
02/25 Rencontres de Physique des Particules, LAPTh, Annecy.
02/25 CERN, Geneve.
02/25 First quantization for physics in strong fields, Edinburgh.
05/25 Theory seminar, LPC2E, Orléans.
06/25 Astrophysics Colloquium, Radboud University, Nijmegen.
07/25 Theory seminar, University of Pisa, Pisa.
07/25 XXIX ISQS, Prague.
07/25 Theory seminar, CEICO, Prague.
08/25 Regular seminar, SUBATECH, Nantes.
09/25 XXVI SIGRAV meeting, Università di Milano-Bicocca, Milano.
10/25 Cosmo@ar, Universidad de La Plata, La Plata.
11/25 Regular seminar, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao.
With D. Mazzitelli, Bariloche, 2024
With S. Mignemi, 2024
8-12 July 2024
XVII Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Pescara, Italia.
18-21 June 2024
Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime III, Lisboa, Portugal
4-7 June 2024
Trace anomalies 2024, Tours, France