Joan Alcaide-Núñez

I attended the Cambridge-LMU Cosmology Meeting, where members of both universities share progress and new ideas. The talks covered Large Scale Structures (LSS), the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), and methods with cross-correlations and AI as big topics. I enjoyed discovering areas of cosmology beyond what I knew and meeting others in the field.

Participated in online discussions and gravity/black hole lectures with PI researchers. Enhanced understanding of theoretical physics concepts.

5-week research stay at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera on multi-messenger cosmology, using Gamma-Ray Burst data and simulated Binary Neutron Star merger populations to constrain cosmological parameters.

Received the Abiturpreis for outstanding performance in physics during high school, awarded by the German Physical Society (DPG).

Graduated with 1.0/1.0 Abitur and Spanish diploma (best grade possible). Outstanding academic achievement across dual diploma program.

Reached the 2025 final round of Germany's top youth science competition. Met inspiring youngn researchers from across the nation.

World's most inspiring festival: lectures from Nobel laureates, astronautes, and Jane Goodall. An incredible experience that deepened my passion for science.

Won first prize and special award in scientific photography for SNIa cosmological distance project at Jugend Forscht Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Won the first prize at Jugend Forscht Iberia 2025, Spain-Portugal international level, presenting a project on SNIa measurement of the Hubble-Lemaître constant.

Presented CAPIBARA at first CosmoXarxa event for science communicators and the public. I focused on explained the general vision of the project, what our progress has been so far and what are our plans for the future together with our already established partnerships.

Featured in the Explainers Coneguem-nos ("Let's get to know") interviewing project among the CosmoCaixa's Explainers community, where I discussed current and future academic projects as well as some museum curiosities.

I conducted a 2-month-long research stay at the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) in Barcelona, working with the supernova group (SN-ICE) developing a project on Type Ia Supernovae as cosmological distance indicators. My stay was featured in a news article by the Institut d'Estudies Espacials de Catalunya.

Received advanced training in computational image analysis, focusing on processing Landsat 8 thermal images, some of the work being accessible here. During this time at IMF-DLR, I also visited major facilities including the German Space Operations Center (GSOC).

I began participating at Cycling Without Age, an organization that promotes social inclusion and intergenerational exchange. As a volunteer I assisted in providing bike rides and listening to the stories of elderly passengers, fostering their connection with their surroundings.

News article by Deutsche Schulen Iberien on my successful participation in the Jugend Forscht science competition in the state-level at Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Won the first prize at Jugend Forscht Ibera 2024, Spain-Portugal international level, presenting a project on recalculating the Hubble constant using Cepheid variable stars. This achievement allowed me to advance to the next competition level in Germany.

Participated in the Explainers program at Barcelona's Science Museum CosmoCaixa, where I engaged visitors in hands-on scientific demonstrations and interactive activities. This role involved communicating complex scientific concepts in an accessible and engaging way.

Featured on Ràdio Desvern (local radio station) for completing an internship developing a code to count and publish the local election results and future prospects participating in the Youth and Science program.