Rasmi Enrique Hajjar Muñoz

Hi everyone! I am a Predoctoral Researcher in Neutrino Physics within the Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), a mixed centre between the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) and the University of Valencia (UV). I am a member of the SOM (Sabor y Origen de la Materia) group, and I give lectures as part of the Department of Theoretical Physics of the University of Valencia. I obtained the degree in Physics and the Master in Advanced Physics with specialization in Theoretical Physics at the UV.

I am a neutrino physicist interested in the role that the neutrino particle plays in Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, where we can use neutrinos to disentangle some unknowns of the Universe as well as the different natural neutrino sources in order to probe properties of the neutrino particle. This makes my work a combination of coding (of course I mean debbugging) plus pen and paper calculations in order to understand the physics behind. In order to work on this fascinating field it is required a lot of knowledge in Quantum Mechanics, Cosmology, Astrophysics, Particle Physics, Statistics and Computer Programming. I know how to code in Python, C++, C, Mathematica, LaTeX and I learned html to set up this webpage.

I am from a small town in Spain called Casinos (with 0 units of casinos to answer your question), near Valencia, where I spent my whole life before moving to Valencia during the University years and after. I have also lived in another countries like the UK, Germany, Italy, USA and Denmark ranging from some months up to a year, and I loved the experience of discovering new cities and cultures, even though I had to take some Vitamine D to compensate the sun difference with Spain.

During those years I had the opportunity to learn English and Italian apart from my two mothertongues Catalan and Spanish. Actually, my town is the westmost town in Valencia in which Catalan is the main language, and I received my education in Catalan up to the Masters Degree, that was taught in English and Spanish.

Outside of physics, I enjoy playing tennis and I am a huge tennis fan. Wherever I go I bring my racquet with me just in case. I also like biking and hiking. I have also received musical education and I play the trombone, although I am a little bit out of practice right now.