Session 2 · Europe
Mélanie Habouzit
Department of Astronomy, University of Geneva
Talk preview
What to expect
How did the first massive black holes form, and how did they grow alongside their host galaxies? This talk preview connects cosmological simulations with observations across cosmic time, showing how electromagnetic surveys and future gravitational-wave missions such as LISA can test competing black-hole formation and growth scenarios.
Professional bio
About Mélanie Habouzit
Mélanie Habouzit is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Geneva. She is a computational astrophysicist studying the formation and evolution of supermassive black holes and their connection to galaxy evolution, using cosmological simulations to interpret current and future observations.