My research interests include ISM diagnostics
for star-formation processes,
and structural properties
of AGN host galaxies and normal spiral bulges and disks.
At the moment, the main topic is the molecular content
and dust properties of low-metallicity starbursts and
GRB host galaxies with observations from
Spitzer,
IRAM,
Herschel,
and
ALMA,
In the context of the NUclei of GAlaxies
(NUGA) consortium,
based on data from the Plateau de Bure interferometer
and now NUGA south with data from
ALMA,
I study AGN feeding mechanisms and star-formation processes around AGN.
I'm a CoI in the
Herschel
Open Time Key Project for nearby star-forming galaxies,
KINGFISH, headed
by Rob Kennicutt and Daniela Calzetti.
Like others at Arcetri, I'm also a member of the
HeViCS collaboration,
a Herschel Open Time Key Project led by Jon Davies
to image the Virgo Cluster at infrared wavelengths.