About meI am an associate professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Alabama. My research interests lie in high-energy neutrino, gamma-ray, and cosmic-ray astrophysics, and the development of new astroparticle physics instrumentation.
My research group is involved in the IceCube, VERITAS, CTA and SWGO Collaborations and also work with data from a number of ground- and space-based telescopes (in particular Fermi, Swift, and NuSTAR). EducationPh.D. (Physics) - University of Wisconsin-Madison (2013)
M.A. (Physics) - University of Wisconsin-Madison (2011) B.S. (Engineering) - Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina (2009) Research group |
Undergraduate research positions available
See here for contact information. Given the current pandemic, a number of research projects can also be performed remotely.
Recent and selected publications
- "Broadband Multi-wavelength Properties of M87 during the 2017 Event Horizon Telescope Campaign". J.C. Algaba et al. EHT-MWL Collaboration). ApJL 911:L11 (43pp), 2021. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/abef71. arXiv/2104.06855
- "Multimessenger observations of counterparts to IceCube-190331A" F. Krauss et al. MNRAS, 497, 3 (2020) 2553–2561. DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa2148. arXiv/2007.10193.
- "Multi-Epoch Modeling of TXS 0506+056 and Implications for Long-Term High-Energy Neutrino Emission", M. Petropoulou et al. ApJ 891 (2020) 115, DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab76d0, arXiv/1911.04010.
- “Multimessenger observations of a flaring blazar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube-170922A,” The IceCube, Fermi-LAT, MAGIC, AGILE, ASAS-SN, HAWC, H.E.S.S, INTEGRAL, Kanata, Kiso, Kapteyn, Liverpool telescope, Subaru, Swift/NuSTAR, VERITAS , and VLA/17B-403 teams, Science 361, eaat1378 (2018). DOI:10.1126/science.aat1378. See paper here. Contributing author for IceCube, corresponding author for VERITAS.
- “Neutrino emission from the direction of the blazar TXS 0506+056 prior to the IceCube-170922A alert,” IceCube Collaboration: M.G. Aartsen et al. Science 361, 147-151 (2018). DOI:10.1126/science.aat2890. See paper here.
- “VERITAS Observations of the BL Lac Object TXS 0506+056,” VERITAS Collaboration: Abeysekara et al. ApJL (2018), DOI:10.3847/2041-8213/aad053. Preprint: arXiv/1807.04607. Corresponding author.
- “A Multimessenger Picture of the Flaring Blazar TXS 0506+056: Implications for High-Energy Neutrino Emission and Cosmic Ray Acceleration,” A. Keivani et al., ApJ (2018) 864, 1. Preprint: arXiv/1807.04537.
- "Strategies for the Follow-up of Gravitational Wave Transients with the Cherenkov Telescope Array". I. Bartos et al. MNRAS (2018) DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty602, Preprint: arXiv/1802.00446
- "Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger", LIGO/Virgo and multiwavelength/multimessenger partners. ApJL, 848:L12 (2017), DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa91c9. Preprint: arXiv/1710.05833
- "The Dawn of Multi-Messenger Astronomy", M. Santander, review article in "Neutrino Astronomy- Current status, future prospects" Eds. T. Gaisser & A. Karle (World Scientific) arXiv/1606.09335.
- Full InSPIRE profile.
In the news
Selected articles
En español
- Motherboard (VICE): Hunting Elusive Particles from Outer Space in Antarctica - (video)
- UA News: UA Contributes to Unprecedented Observations of Black Hole
- UA News: UA Assists in Detection of Crab Nebula Using Innovative Telescope
- Physics World: Neutrinos, the only palpable evidence of physics beyond the standard model.
- CNN: 'Ghost particle' found in Antarctica provides astronomy breakthrough
- Popular Science: We may finally know where the 'ghost particles' that surround us come from
- USA Today: Ghost particles from outer space: Scientists discover distant source of neutrinos
- Business Insider: A ghostly particle detected in Antarctica has led astronomers to a super-massive spinning black hole called a 'blazar'
- Phys.org: VERITAS supplies critical piece to neutrino discovery puzzle
En español
- La Voz de Galicia (España): La fuente de partículas fantasma en el cosmos lejano, al descubierto
- El Espectador (Colombia): Descubrimiento histórico de una fuente de ‘partículas fantasma’ de alta energía
- NYTimes: Llegó a Antártida desde un agujero negro: el origen de los rayos cósmicos
Service and memberships
- APS, AAS and IAU member.
- Chair of the IceCube Realtime Oversight Committee.
- Chair of the VERITAS Astroparticle, Transient, Optical and Multimessenger science working group.
- Executive committee member of the NASA Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group and co-chair of the Cosmic Ray Science Interest Group.
- Member of the Fermi Users Group.
- Past reviewer in NASA, NSF, DPG panels.
- Referee for ApJ, ApJL.
Recent and upcoming talks and travel
2022
2021
2020
2019
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- Paris Saclay Astroparticle Symposium, Nov 2022
- SWGO candidate site visits (Chile & Argentina) Oct-Nov 2022
- 10th Fermi International Symposium, Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct 2022
- IceCube Collaboration Meeting, Madison, WI. Sept 2022
- (Invited) - Neutrinos as multimessenger probes of AGN environments, NASA TDAMM Workshop, Annapolis, MD, Aug 2022
- (Invited) - News from the very-high-energy gamma-ray sky - CCAPP Seminar - OSU, Apr 2022
- (Invited public lecture) - Neutrino Astronomy: A New Window into the Extreme Universe - STScI, Apr 2022
- (Invited lecture) - Multimessenger searches for cosmic-ray sources - ISAPP, Institut Pascal, Paris, France - Apr 2022
2021
- (Invited) - Multimessenger astrophysics with neutrinos and gamma rays in the coming decade - 88th meeting of SESAPS, FSU, Florida, US (Nov 2021)
- (Invited) - Paris Saclay Astroparticle Symposium 2021, Paris, France (Oct-Nov 2021)
- (Invited) - Synergies between IceCube and Fermi-LAT - Fermi-LAT Collaboration Meeting (Mar 2021)}
- (Invited) - The realtime multi-messenger program of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory - 2021 COSPAR General Assembly (Feb 2021)
- (Invited) - High-energy neutrinos as a multi-messenger probe of supermassive black hole environments - 2021 COSPAR General Assembly (Feb 2021)
- (Invited) - Highlights from the VERITAS IACT observing program. 2021 COSPAR General Assembly (Feb 2021).
- (Invited) - Probing the AGN-neutrino connection - Astrophysics Seminar - Dept. of Physics and Astronomy - Purdue University (Feb 2021)
- (Invited) - Monsters in the night: searching for the sources of the highest-energy particles in the universe - Cal Poly Physics Colloquium (Jan 2021)
2020
- (Invited) - Multiwavelength and multimessenger synergies for CMB-S4 - CMB-S4 Workshop, Aug 2020
- (Invited public talk) Capturing the highest-energy light from the universe - Winternitz Conference, UA CHC
- (Invited) Recent results in high-energy neutrino astrophysics with IceCube - Neutrino 2020 Conference (plenary talk).
- (Invited) The highest-energy particles in the universe - Nevis Labs Summer Colloquium Series (Columbia University)
- (Invited) 43rd COSPAR General Assembly, Sydney, Australia (Aug 15-22)
- VERITAS observing shift, Whipple Observatory, AZ (May 26-30)
- IceCube Collaboration meeting, Brussels, Belgium (May 9-15)
- Fermi Symposium 2020, Johannesburg, South Africa (Mar 29 - Apr 3)
- VERITAS Collaboration meeting, Tucson, AZ (Jan 12-17)
2019
- (Invited) CosNuMM2019, TD Lee Institute, Shanghai, China (Nov 26 - Nov 30)
- Fermi Users Group meeting- NASA Goddard (Oct 3)
- (Invited) CEA Saclay, France (Sep 21 - Sep 24)
- IceCube Collaboration Meeting, Chiba, Japan (Sep 15 - Sep 21)
- ICRC 2019 - Madison, WI (Jul 24 - Aug 1)
- pSCT/CTA meeting - Madison, WI (Jul 23 - Jul 24)
- Multimessenger Diversity Network meeting - Madison, WI (Jul 22 - Jul 24)
- IceCube Collaboration Meeting, Madison, WI (Apr 29- May 4)
- (Invited) LHAASO Scientific Observation and Multimessenger Astronomy Workshop - (Apr 22-28) Chengdu, China
- (Invited) APS April meeting - Unveiling the high-energy neutrino sky - Kavli plenary keynote speaker - (Apr 13-16). Chair of the NASA PhysPAG/CR-SIG minisymposium.
- (Co-organizer) IceCube Masterclass 2019 (UA - Mar 11, 2019)
- (Invited) AAS HEAD Meeting - "Nature's accelerators and neutrino sources" (Monterey, CA Mar 17-21)
- NSF Multimessenger@INCLUDES workshop (Madison, WI - Mar 7-9)
- (Co-organizer) CUWiP Alabama 2019 (UA, Jan 18-19)
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Contact
Email: jmsantander@ua.edu
Office phone: +1 (205) 348 4863 Address: 317B Gallalee Hall Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 |