My research interests are primarily extragalactic. In general terms I am interested in the evolution of galaxies and the interaction between galaxies and the central supermassive black holes they harbor.
More specifically I study the dynamics of merging galaxies with the intent of framing star formation and accretion onto supermassive black holes in the context of merger driven activity. This is done as part of my work on the GOALS Project. Neutral hydrogen in the galaxies provides important dynamical information which can be used to model the merger of two galaxies in a computer simulation. I am using radio and optical data to learn about the mergers in a sample of luminous infrared galaxies.
Additionally, I study the interaction between AGN and the host galaxy by looking at outflows of neutral and ionized gas. In the systems I study, these appear to occur due to interactions with a radio jet.
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