Biography

Dr. Yero graduated from Florida International University in 2020 where he defended his dissertation based on the deuteron electro-disintegration experiment carried out as one of several nuclear physics experiments used to commission the Super High Momentum Spectrometer (SHMS) at Jefferson Lab, Hall C. Subsequently, Dr. Yero joined Hall C as a post-doctoral research fellow, where he contributed in various current and future scheduled experiments, either as experimental run coordinator or in analysis software.

In 2022, Dr. Yero was the recipient of a research grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue his proposed research in short-range nuclear physics at Old Dominion University. During this time, he contributed to the development of the experimental run plans and execution of two complementary nuclear physics experiments as well as in the subsequent data analysis software of these experiments.

Dr. Yero joined the Experimental Nuclear Physics Group at The Catholic University of America in August 2023, where he continues to be affiliated with Jefferson Lab and currently working on future experimental proposals, as well as mentoring students on current on-going data analysis.

Research Interests

• The deuteron repulsive core
• Final-state interaction in deuteron and heavier nuclei
• Color transparency phenomena in deuteron
• Short-range nuclear correlations in light and heavy nuclei

Current Projects

• Deuteron-electro-disintegration experiment analysis (mentoring Catholic University graduate student, Pramila Pokhrel)
• CaFe  experiment analysis (submitted for publication, 2026)
• Future (approved) color transparency experiment using the deuteron
• Deuteron final-state interactions studies (2026)
• Tensor-polarized deuteron electro-disintegration (2026)
• Genesis Mission: Quantum Computing applied to Nuclear Physic (in collaboration with Dr. Daniel Sierra-Sosa (2026)

Other Activities

When I'm not doing research or teaching, I like to spend my time listening to music, or "attempt" to play some musical instruments myself such as the piano or guitar. 

I also lately enjoy listening to, and hope to learn how to play (the best music ever) a sub-genre of Rumba known as Guaguanco, which originated from the African descendants in my home country of Cuba.