Active Galactic Nuclei and their host galaxies

My research focuses on the physical properties of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and their host galaxies, with the goal of understanding how supermassive black holes and galaxies evolve together across cosmic time. I investigate the connections between AGN activity, galaxy structure, and star formation, and how these relationships shape the observed population of AGN from the early Universe to the present day.

In Euclid I’m part of the Science Working Group Galaxy Evolution/AGN, actively involved in the Work Package 9 (Type 1 and type 2 AGN) and I coordinate the Tiger Team TG01:  AGN Catalog and Data

In LSST I’m actively working on the AGN Science collaboration and I lead one of the INAF LSST in-kind contribution aimed at developing an end-to-end simulation software able to anticipate Rubin-LSST observations (AGILE)

My CV