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Álvaro Parra-López

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Visiting address Sem Sælands vei 24 Fysikkbygningen 0371 Oslo
Postal address Postboks 1048 Blindern 0316 Oslo

I am a theoretical physicist working at the interface between cosmology, quantum field theory, quantum many-body systems, and quantum information. 

A large part of my work focuses on the study of pair creation phenomena in the context of quantum field theory in curved spacetimes, in particular as a dark matter production mechanism during the early Universe. At the same time, I have investigated the simulation of quantum field dynamics in analogue gravity setups, primarily in Bose-Einstein condensates and trapped-ion systems. This has allowed me to study properties of quantum fields such as entanglement or quantisation ambiguities, from different perspectives.

As a postdoctoral fellow at the group of Prof. Torsten Bringmann at the University of Oslo, I aim to characterise non-thermal dark matter production from both gravitational and a particle physics perspectives, employing tools from both fields. 

My broader goal is to understand how quantum fields and gravity intertwine in the early Universe, and how these processes may leave observable imprints in the form of dark matter, gravitational waves, or quantum correlations.

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Academic history

  • 2025 – Present: Ramón Areces Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Oslo
  • 2025 – 2025: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Theoretical Physics UAM/CSIC, Madrid
  • 2024 – 2025: FPU Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Theoretical Physics and IPARCOS, Complutense University of Madrid
  • 2021 – 2024: FPU PhD Fellow, Department of Theoretical Physics and IPARCOS, Complutense University of Madrid
  • 2019 – 2021: MSc in Physics, Heidelberg University
  • 2018 – 2019: BSc in Physics, University of Oslo (Erasmus+)
  • 2015 – 2019: BSc in Physics, University of Murcia
Tags: theoretical physics, qft in curved spacetimes, analogue gravity, dark matter, cosmology, quantum many-body physics

Publications

A complete list of publications can be found on Google Scholar or InspireHEP

Published Oct. 22, 2025 9:02 AM - Last modified Nov. 26, 2025 6:13 PM