Vivian U

Title: Staff Scientist

Room Number: KS-370H'B'

Mail Code: 314-6

Email (@ipac.caltech.edu): vivianu

Website: https://vivian-u.github.io/

Research Interests: My research focuses on the co-evolution of galaxies and supermassive black holes through multiwavelength, high-resolution observations. Within my GOALS/MAUNA project, I use JWST and Keck IFU spectroscopy to investigate gas dynamics, multiphase outflows, and obscured nuclear activity in nearby infrared galaxies and mergers. Complementing this baseline, my FIRESIDE program ("Probing Cosmic Ecosystems in the Far-Infrared") extends this work across cosmic time to trace gas, dust, and black hole fueling. Furthermore, I lead precursor science studies for HWO, driving initiatives in intermediate-mass black hole reverberation mapping and circumgalactic medium diagnostics to lay the groundwork for next-generation flagship missions.