My main research interests deal with star and planet formation at both ends of the mass function (with emphasis on the role of multiplicity), coupled with the use and development of Virtual Observatory tools and astornomy mirror production.

In particular many of my projects are related to putting observational constraints to the formation of low mass stars, brown dwarfs and isolated planetary mass objects. The most widely discussed formation scenarios include turbulent fragmentation, ejection from multiple protostellar systems, and photoevaporation of massive prestellar cores. Proper census well below the hydrogen burning limit in star forming regions and the study of the properties of the lowest mass members are essential to distinguish among the possible scenarios

I am also interested in the impact of multiplicity on the evolution of the disks around solar type stars, its impact in planet formation and the new instrumentation being developed to resolve the hill sphere of proto-planets (PFI).