My main area of research is galaxy evolution over cosmological timescales. In particular, I study the structure, kinematics and stellar populations of galaxies both in the nearby universe and in the distant universe. The comparative analysis of these galaxy properties at differente epochs allows us to describe how galaxies have evolved in the last 12 billion years.
This type of work requires large amounts of data from galaxy surveys obtained using state-of-the-art instrumentation in the largest observatories through major international collaborations. I am the Principal Investigator (PI) of the "Galaxy Origins and Young Assembly" Survey (using EMIR at the GTC), and the Local Luminous Compact Blue Galaxies Survey (using PPAK at CAHA). I am also co-PI of the FLAMINGOS-2 Galaxy Evolution Survey (using F2 in Gemini), and co-I of the HST Treasury Survey of the Coma cluster (using ACS at HST). Finally, I am also a Core Team member of the All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey (using all the largest observatories on Earth and in Space).
Other research interests include astronomical instrumentation, specially IR spectrographs and Integral Field Units for the new generation of large observatories. I am co-PI or co-I of the following instruments: EMIR at GTC, FISICA at KPNO, and IRMOS at TMT.
