Paola Arias is a particle physicist based in Santiago, Chile, at San Sebastian University, where she is an associate professor. She earned her PhD from the University of Santiago, Chile, and has held two postdoctoral research positions: one at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Germany, as a Humboldt fellow; and another at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Her research focuses on extensions of the standard model, with a particular interest in WISPy particles, such as axions and dark photons. She is deeply fascinated by the interplay between particle physics and cosmology, especially in how it can help us uncover the properties of dark matter.
