Dr. Liliana Caballero

Biography

Professor Liliana Caballero received her BSc from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogota and her MSc and PhD from Indiana University. She has worked as a postdoctoral researcher at North Carolina State University, the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington, the Extreme Matter Institute at the Technical University of Darmstadt, and the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University. She held joint positions at TRIUMF and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Professor Caballero joined the University of Guelph as an Assistant Professor in 2016. Her research is centered on theoretical nuclear astrophysics and explores the connections between nuclear forces and phenomena observed in the universe, including the synthesis of heavy elements and neutrino emissions from core-collapse supernovae and neutron star mergers. Her work aims to expand understanding of the interplay between neutrinos, nuclear interactions, and gravity in astrophysics. She investigates extreme astrophysical phenomena resulting from high temperature and density conditions, exploring how neutron stars and gravitational waves relate to the synthesis of heavy elements like gold.

Research Interests