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Biography

Maria J. Rodriguez studied physics in La Plata (Argentina), Santa Barbara (USA) and Barcelona (Spain), and authored works on classical and quantum aspects of black holes. Her research focuses on black hole scattering, energy extraction models, shadows and gravitational perturbations. She held postdoctoral positions at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics – Albert Einstein Institute, Germany; CEA/Saclay, France, and Harvard University, USA. She is currently an Associate Professor of Physics at Utah State University and holds research appointments at Instituto de Física Teórica, Spain and (visiting) at Black Hole Initiative, Harvard.