Welcome / Bienvenid@​

Hello/Hola! I'm an astrophysicist and planetary scientist currently working in the Theoretical Astrophysics group (TAPIR) at Caltech as a Postdoctoral Fellow. My research combines numerical simulations and analytical theory to study how the interior physics of stars and planets shapes what we observe. In practice, this means I am interested in almost anything round! Recently, I have focused on how convection mixes the core of gas giant planets, oscillation modes in planets and stars, mixing processes in polluted white dwarfs, crystallization-driven dynamos in white dwarfs, and superfluidity in neutron stars. For a list of publications, you can visit my profile on ADS Library and Google Scholar.  You can also have a look at my CV here.​
​Outside of research, I enjoy exploring the mountains surrounding the city.  I'm an avid trail runner and have participated in long-distance races (50–100 km) in the Andes Mountains and the Rockies. Follow me on Strava!

Interested in collaborating? 
​J. Rafael Fuentes
California Institute of Technology
TAPIR 350-17
1200 E. California Boulevard
Pasadena, California 91125-0001
jorafb at caltech.edu