Aldo Batta

I study black holes for a living.

Lately my research has focused on simulations and semi-analytical calculations of supernova explosions in binary systems, tidal disruption events, and stellar black hole formation. I'm interested in processes that shape the mass and spin distribution of black holes, particularly the ones observed by the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) collaboration.

This year I joined the LMT (Large Millimeter Telescope) team @INAOE to work in the EMT (Event Horizon Telescope) collaboration studying accretion onto supermassive black holes.

My background.

Born and raised in México City, I got my Master's and PhD's degrees at the Astronomy Institute at UNAM (National Autonomous University of México). I then was awarded the UCMEXUS postdoctoral fellowship and worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer in the Astronomy and Astrophysics Department at UCSC for four years. I had a very brief postdoctoral position at the Dark Cosmology Centre in the University of Copenhaguen, before joining my current position at INAOE (National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics).