CV

Employment

• 2026-present: Postdoctoral researcher, Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble
  • Topic: Small transiting exoplanets with NIRPS.
  • Supervisor: Prof. Xavier Bonfils.
• 2023-2026: Postdoctoral researcher, Observatoire de Genève
  • Topic: Discovery and characterization of small transiting exoplanets.
  • Supervisors: Prof. François Bouchy & Prof. Christophe Lovis.
• 2021-2023: Postdoctoral researcher, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  • Topic: Discovery and characterization of warm giant exoplanets.
  • Supervisor: Prof. Thomas Henning.
• 2019-2021: Postdoctoral researcher, Millennium Institute of Astrophysics MAS / Insituto de Astrofísica - PUC
  • Topic: Discovery and characterization of warm giant exoplanets.
  • Supervisor: Prof. Andrés Jordán.

Education

• 2016-2019: PhD in Astrophysics and Cosmology, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Université d’Aix-Marseille
  • Thesis: “Exoplanet Detection Around M-dwarfs with Near Infrared and Visible Spectroscopy”.
  • Supervisors: Dr. Isabelle Boisse & Prof. François Bouchy.
• 2009-2015: “Licenciatura” (5-year first degree) in Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics, Astronomy, and Physics (FaMAF), National University of Córdoba
  • Dissertation: “Multiple Exoplanetary Systems”.
  • Supervisor: Prof. Mercedes Gomez.

Recent Publications (first author)

The small transiting planet population revealed by ESPRESSO with extreme precision radial velocities

Hobson, M.J. et al. (2026). "The small transiting planet population revealed by ESPRESSO with extreme precision radial velocities" Astronomy & Astrophysics, in press.

TOI-2322: Two transiting rocky planets close to the stellar rotation period and its first harmonic

Hobson, M.J. et al. (2025). "TOI-2322: Two transiting rocky planets close to the stellar rotation period and its first harmonic" Astronomy & Astrophysics, 702, A32.

Three super-Earths and a possible water world from TESS and ESPRESSO

Hobson, M.J. et al. (2024). "Three super-Earths and a possible water world from TESS and ESPRESSO" Astronomy & Astrophysics, 688, A216.

Talks

ESPRESSO characterizes the small transiting exoplanet population with extreme precision radial velocities

July 03, 2026

Talk at Exoplanets 6, Porto, Portugal

ESPRESSO characterizes the small transiting exoplanet population with extreme precision radial velocities

June 25, 2026

Talk at Journées 2026 de la Société Française d’Astronomie & d’Astrophysique, Grenoble, France

The ESPRESSO follow-up of small transiting exoplanets

July 03, 2025

Talk at The Sixth Workshop on Extremely Precise Radial Velocities (EPRV 6), Porto, Portugal

The ESPRESSO follow-up of transiting exoplanets: perspectives for PLATO

June 30, 2025

Talk at EAS 2025, Cork, Ireland

Planets at the stellar rotation period from ESPRESSO and TESS

February 25, 2025

Talk at Know Thy Star Know Thy Planet 2, Pasadena, USA

Exoplanets with Radial Velocities and Transits: an Overview

April 09, 2024

Invited talk at Friends of Friends Meeting XIII, Cordoba, Argentina

TOI-3235 b: a gas giant transiting an M5 dwarf

December 08, 2022

Talk at TESS Science Meeting 30, Online

The SOPHIE exoplanet hunt around M-dwarfs: latest results and future perspectives

June 25, 2019

Talk at EWASS 2019, Lyon, France

Mentoring

• Supervision of Sidney Oe’s TP3 bachelor project at the Observatoire de Genève, 2025
• Supervision of Michael Kreuziger’s bachelor thesis at MPIA, 2023.
• Supervision of Giannina Boggiano Beiza’s undergrad thesis at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2021.

Teaching

• 2017-2019: Tutor, Maths department, Université Aix-Marseille
• 2015: Teaching Assistant, Astrometry I, Faculty of Maths, Astronomy, and Physics (FaMAF), National University of Córdoba

Service

• Journal referee, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021-present.
• SOC co-chair for Special Session 1, “PLATO’s Prospects in Exoplanet and Stellar Science”, EAS 2025
• JWST Exoplanet Atmospheres & Habitability Discussion Panelist, cycle 4.
• HST External Panelist, cycle 31.
• ESPRESSO GTO WG3 meeting organiser, 2023-present.
• FEROS time pool coordination, 2021 - 2023.
• WINE collaboration monthly meeting organiser, 2021 - 2023.
• IA-PUC Postdoc co-representative, 2020-2021.
• LAM Seminar Organising Committee member, 2017-2019.
• LAM Planetary Systems Group Journal Club co-organiser, 2017-2019.

Languages

• Spanish: native speaker.
• English: native speaker.
• French: very good command.
• German: basic level.
• Dutch: basic level.