We study the powerful cores of galaxies driven by supermassive black holes, examining how AGN influence their host galaxies.

As we enter a new era of time domain astronomy, the Vera Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time will allow us to explore how active galaxies vary. This will open new windows into accretion physics, how black holes grow, and the transient universe.

We investigate how galaxy interactions and mergers trigger star formation, fuel AGN, alter morphology, and reshape galaxies over time.

Using spatially resolved spectroscopy we can probe different environments within galaxies. We use the MUSE instrument on ESO's VLT and large IFU surveys SAMI and Hector.