One of my main research goals is to understand the physical mechanism by which all supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies grow, as well as to investigate the interplay between black hole growth, in the form of Active Galactic Nuclei, and the properties of their host galaxies. In particular, I study how the first black holes in the Universe grew from their initial seeds; how known relations between black holes and their galaxies become established; are black holes hidden from our view by the same material that makes them grow? If so, how did this fuel arrive at the black hole, and what is its geometric configuration - does this affect the rate at which the black hole grows? What was the trigger for the growth of the black hole; and are growing black holes preferentially hosted in particular galaxy types?

My research makes use of cutting-edge multi-wavelength survey data from a variety of ground-based and space-based telescopes, including the James Webb Space Telescope and Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam instrument. I'm an active member of the UNCOVER survey, the HSC-Strategic Survey Program, the Prime Focus Spectrograph Survey, the MASSIVE collaboration, as well as various X-ray survey teams.