I am Associate Professor (Profesor Titular) at the high-energy physics group (FTAE) of the Dpto. de Física Teórica y del Cosmos of the Universidad de Granada. Previously, I held posdoctoral positions in DESY (Germany) for two years and in the IFIC (Spain) for one year; and I was Research Fellow of the Royal Society in the IPPP Durham (United Kingdom) for two years and Ramón y Cajal researcher for four years.

My research covers different aspects of physics beyond the Standard Model, including: collider physics, effective field theories, dark matter, gravitational waves from phase transitions, flavour physics as well as Higgs, top and neutrino physics.

1) Hot news on the phase-structure of the SMEFT, M. Chala, MC. Fiore and L. Gil, arXiv:2507.16905.

2) Running in the ALPS, M. Chala, G. Guedes, M. Ramos and J. Santiago, arXiv:2012.09017.

3) Positivity bounds in the SMEFT beyond tree level, M. Chala and J. Santiago, arXiv:2110.01624.

4) Novel B-decay signatures of light scalars at high energy facilities, A. Blance, M. Chala, M. Ramos and M. Spannowsky, arXiv:1907.13151.

5) A light sneutrino rescues the light stop, M. Chala, A. Delgado, G. Nardini and M. Quirós, arXiv:1702.07359.