This area encompasses the study of astrophysical objects and events beyond the Milky Way. Due to the finite speed of light, looking farther away also means observing the Universe at earlier times. In this field, we primarily study galaxies across a significant portion of the Universe’s history.
More specifically, we are leading researchers actively investigating a range of topics. These include accreting supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies—objects known as quasars or AGN—spanning from nearby examples to those in the early Universe and from systems barely accreting to those with the highest gas accretion rates. Our research also covers the interstellar medium (ISM) and stellar populations of galaxies, both in the early Universe and in local galaxies, including those magnified by strong gravitational lensing.
For our studies, we utilize a wide range of observatories, including ground-based facilities such as ALMA, VLA, VLT, Magellan, Gemini, and CTIO, as well as space-based telescopes like HST, JWST, XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, Swift, and Chandra. Additionally, we are actively involved in current and upcoming large-scale projects, such as SDSS-V, Rubin LSST, and 4MOST.