Brief Introduction
Sebastian Garcia-Saenz is a theoretical cosmologist whose research covers a wide range of topics in early-universe physics, gravitation, particle astrophysics and high-energy physics. He is particularly interested in developing new approaches to the dark energy problem as well as new paradigms of cosmic inflation.
Research Interests
Theoretical cosmology
Gravitation
High-energy physics
Theoretical astrophysics.
Educational Background
Ph.D. in Physics (2016), Columbia University, USA
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral researcher (2016-2019), Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France
Research associate (2019-2021), Imperial College London, UK
Assistant professor (2021-present), SUSTech, China
Honors & awards
Young Scientist Fellowship (2021), Institute for Basic Science, Korea (declined)
JSPS International Fellowship (2019), Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Japan (declined)
Allan M. Sachs Teaching Award (2016), Columbia University, USA
Joseph C. Pfister fellowship (2014), Columbia University, USA
Selected Publication
S. Garcia-Saenz, A. Held, J. Zhang, “Destabilization of black holes and stars by generalized Proca fields,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 127 (2021), 131104
S. Garcia-Saenz, L. Pinol, S. Renaux-Petel, “Revisiting non-Gaussianity in multifield inflation with curved field space”, JHEP 2001 (2020) 073
N. Boulanger, C. Deffayet, S. Garcia-Saenz, L. Traina, “Theory for multiple partially massless spin-2 fields”, Phys. Rev. D 100 (2019), 101701(R)
J. Fumagalli, S. Garcia-Saenz, L. Pinol, S. Renaux-Petel, J. Ronayne, “Hyper nonGaussianities in inflation with strongly non-geodesic motion”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123 (2019), 201302
S. Garcia-Saenz, K. Hinterbichler, R. A. Rosen, “Supersymmetric Partially Massless Fields and Non-Unitary Superconformal Representations,” JHEP 1811 (2018) 166
S. Garcia-Saenz, S. Renaux-Petel, J. Ronayne, “Primordial fluctuations and nonGaussianities in sidetracked inflation,” JCAP 1807 (2018) 057
A. Esposito, S. Garcia-Saenz, A. Nicolis, R. Penco, “Conformal solids and holography,” JHEP 1712 (2017) 113
S. Garcia-Saenz, R. A. Rosen, “A nonlinear extension of the spin-2 partially massless symmetry,” JHEP 1505 (2015) 042
