I work on cosmological aspects of the assembly of million solar masses black holes in the center of galaxies, and their connection to the evolution of cosmic structures and the high redshift universe. I am the PI of the research project BLACK, the cosmic evolution of massive black holes, funded by the European Research Council.

Honors, major awards and Fellowships
Blaauw Professorship, Groningen University (2019), Professor by special appointment,
University of Amsterdam (2019-2029), ERC Consolidator Grant (2014-2019),
NASA/NSF/Chandra grants (2007-2014); High End Computing, 49 Mhours (2012-2019),
Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (2012-2016), NSF Astronomy Grant (2011-2014),
NASA Theory Award (2010-2013)