Members

Joshua G. Albert
Affiliation
California Institute of Technology, Leiden Observatory
Research
Machine learning, Computational physics, Astrophysical foundation models

Joshua G. Albert

Joined 2025-03-26

Joshua works on machine learning and computational physics, with a focus on building the open-science roadmap for specialised foundation models that can reason over multimodal astrophysical data.

Roberto Ruiz de Austri
Affiliation
IFIC, CSIC, Universidad de Valencia
Research
Particle physics, Astroparticle physics, Physics-informed inference

Roberto Ruiz de Austri

Joined 2025-03-26

Roberto contributes particle- and astroparticle-physics expertise, grounding the workshop roadmap in problems where multimessenger evidence and physical constraints are central.

Sascha Caron
Affiliation
Radboud University, Nikhef
Research
Machine learning in physics, Fundamental physics, Scientific AI

Sascha Caron

Joined 2025-05-19

Sascha develops and applies machine learning methods across fundamental physics, helping shape the technical and collaboration plan for open, physics-aware foundation models.

Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro
Affiliation
Simons Foundation
Research
Cosmology, Astrophysics, Scientific machine learning

Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro

Joined 2025-05-19

Francisco brings expertise in cosmology, astrophysics, simulations, and data-driven modelling, helping connect foundation-model capabilities to concrete cosmological and simulation use cases.

Gabrijela Zaharijas
Affiliation
University of Nova Gorica
Research
Astroparticle physics, Gamma rays, Multimessenger dark matter searches

Gabrijela Zaharijas

Joined 2025-05-19

Gabrijela works on astroparticle physics, gamma-ray astronomy, and multiwavelength and multimessenger dark matter searches, bringing key scientific use cases for anomaly detection and multimodal reasoning.