Research
My research focuses on understanding the evolution of galaxies, from the most distant high redshift systems we can observe to the grand-design Hubble-type spiral galaxies that dominate the local Universe. Some of my research projects include:
Sub-millimetre Galaxies (SMGs):
Using multi-wavelength JWST imaging of both ALMA and SCUBA-2 detected SMGs we can constrain their rest-frame near-infrared emission. With this unique view of the galaxies, we can begin to discern their differences to less active typical star-forming galaxies at the same epoch and the origin of their extreme properties. Our recent study of the AS2COSMOS and AS2UDS SMGs observed with JWST as part of the PRIMER project can be found here here.
MIDIS: MIRI Deep Imaging Survey (ID #1283):
Using the unique wavelength coverage and depth of MIRI 5.6µm observations from the MIDIS survey (PI: Prof. Göran Östlin), in combination with deep legacy surveys from NIRCam and HST that constrian galaxy emission from 0.4µm - 4.4µm, we are able to build up a multi-wavelength picture of the morphological evolution of galaxies across cosmic time.
This unique dataset further allows us to constrain the properties of distinct galaxy populations such as X-ray detected sources and ALMA selected gas-rich galaxies (e.g. Boogaard et al. 2024).
ISM Conditions of Cosmic Noon SFGs:
Using near-infrared integral field spectroscopy observations of high-redshift star-forming galaxies, we constain the dynamical motions of the galaxies' ionised interstellar medium. We formulate a picture of how star-forming galaxies evolve with cosmic time by analysing the correlations between the galaxies dynamical properties (e.g. rotation velocity, velocity dispersion) and fundamental properties (e.g. stellar mass, star-formation rate, gas-phase metallicity and rest-frame optical morphology). More information on the KMOS (GTO) surveys and published papers can be founds here.
