Valeria Torres-Gomez

I'm exploring

Desi spectra animation

Large-Scale Structure Classification in the DESI Survey

Mapping the cosmic web in DESI, identifying voids, sheets, filaments, and knots across galaxy survey data

Umap animation

Quality assessment of spectroscopic data reduction pipelines using ML

Survey-scale anomaly detection in DESI spectroscopy, revealing pipeline systematics and unusual astrophysical sources

Characterizing shock waves in interstellar medium collisions

Characterizing shock fronts in interstellar-medium simulations using compression, pressure gradients, and Mach-number maps

Radio background noise analysis in cosmic-ray air showers

Using Galactic radio noise to estimate antenna orientation in the IceCube Surface Array

Estimating halo merging timescales through emulation-based models

Predicting dark-matter halo merger times with N-body simulations and emulation-based models

Galaxy stellar mass estimation with Graph Neural Networks

Exploring machine-learning methods for fast stellar-mass estimation in DESI BGS galaxies

Outreach

Creating spaces for astronomy outreach and scientific discussion, with a focus on building community, sharing research ideas, and making astrophysics more accessible to students!

Uniandes Astronomy Journal Club

Founded in 2025 as the first astronomy journal club at Uniandes and one of the first of its kind in Colombia, it brings students together to discuss current research in astronomy and astrophysics

Uniandes Astronomy Journal Club poster

Photography

A small collection of my 35 mm photographs exploring atmosphere, texture, and everyday light.

Black and white city scene on film
House and trees on film
Radio telescope landscape on film
Warm interior lights on film