I will motivate current work in weak gravitational lensing with
cosmic and astrophysical puzzles. The evolution of dark energy, the
growth of structure and feedback from supermassive black holes are
some of the debated questions. I will describe how...
Tidal disruption events — where an unfortunate star is destroyed
by a previously quiescent supermassive black hole — offer a unique
probe of the low mass end of the supermassive black hole
population. Recent observational advances have lead to the...
After ten years of gravitational-wave observations with the
LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA interferometers, over 200 signals from merging
black hole binaries have been detected, bringing us closer to
understanding how these systems form. Addressing this
question...
Cold Neptunes appear to be among the most abundant planets in
the Galaxy, yet their role in shaping planetary systems remains
poorly understood. We study the dynamical evolution of cold Neptune
systems born in resonant chains through disk-driven...
Discs of stars around super-massive black holes, like the one at
the Galactic centre, evolve primarily via resonant relaxation,
which is the process governing the evolution of the
angular-momentum vectors of stellar orbits about the
super-massive...
The evolution of planets and planetary systems depends on the
environments created by their host stars in a number of ways.
In this talk, I will discuss several observable impacts of stellar
winds, radiation pressure, and non-thermal ionizing...
Massive black holes (MBHs) exist at the centers of many dense
star systems, particularly in galactic nuclei. Steady
accretion onto MBHs powers active galactic nuclei, but dynamical
processes near MBHs can generate various forms of transient...
In the era of high-dimensional data and simulation-based
science, machine learning is transforming the different stages of
the scientific method in astrophysics. I will present a summary of
my research connected to generative models in two main...
In the past decade, we have detected hundreds of gravitational
waves, advancing our understanding of the Universe and its
governing laws. In this talk, I will present the theoretical models
and data analysis tools I have developed for interfacing...
