Research Interests
In the area of observational Astronomy, my research focuses on the field of galaxy formation and evolution, with a particular interest on the role of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and starbursts, and their feedback effects.
I am currently a 'Ramón y Cajal' Fellow at the Centro de Astrobiología (CAB). Previously, I was awarded an 'Atracción de Talento' Fellowship by the Comunidad de Madrid (2019-2023), and held postdoctoral positions at CAB and the Arcetri Observatory in Italy. I obtained my PhD from the University of Bologna in November 2016.
My work resulted in 120+ refereed publications, with 10000+ citations. I led 14 first author refereed papers, and I additionally contributed to 19 papers as second or third author. I have engaged in extensive dissemination activities, comprising 50+ oral presentations in international conferences, 19+ invited lectures/talks, several press releases and collaborations with media; I have also co-organized five workshops and two international conferences.
I have a leading role in several major projects targeting large samples of galaxies across the cosmic time. Among them, I co-lead the GA-NIFS project, with 330 hours of JWST time; I am responsible of the data reduction of several JWST/NIRSpec IFS programs. Moreover, I actively participate in other international projects, such as the JWST JADES survey (600 hours of JWST time), the XMM-Newton large program SUBWAYS (440 hours), the ESO large-program SUPER (280 hours at VLT), and ELT/HARMONI (as a member of the science team).
I have been awarded funds totalling 1.8 MEur (550 kEur as principal investigator), and telescope time exceeding 3000 hours as co-investigator on major telescopes (80+ hours as principal investigator, including optical, near-infrared, sub-mm, and X-ray facilities). I currently supervise one PhD student (since 2023), and I have contributed to the training of five graduate and PhD students.
CV & Resources
Useful Links
- 🔗 CAB Noticias
- 🔗 GA-NIFS