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Paula Izquierdo is a postdoctoral research fellow in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Warwick. Her research primarily focuses on the study of metal-polluted white dwarfs, particularly those that are accreting tidally disrupted planetary bodies. She completed her PhD at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, where her dissertation focused on evolved planetary systems around white dwarfs and their implications for the ultimate fate of the Solar System. During her career, Paula has explored how stars transition from the Main Sequence to the white dwarf phase, undergoing significant structural and physical changes that affect their planetary systems. Her investigations highlight the dynamical stability of these systems and the survival of outer planetary bodies during the engulfment of their inner counterparts. Paula's work utilizes spectroscopic studies of metal-polluted white dwarfs, offering unique insights into the chemical composition of exoplanets. Moreover, she is interested in the analysis and comparison of cosmochemical properties of exoplanets with those of white dwarfs undergoing disruptive tidal events.
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