Dr David Izquierdo Villalba
My name is David Izquierdo-Villalba and I'm currently a postdoctoral researcher at Universitá degli Studi di Milano Bicocca. During my academic career, I have been working with semi-analytical models (SAM) of galaxy formation. Particularly, I focused on how galactic bulges and massive black holes form and evolve through cosmic time. More specifically, regarding black holes, I developed a comprehensive model to study their cosmological assembly. I included in L-Galaxies SAM recipes for describing the physics of BH mass growth, spin evolution, the ejection of massive BHs from galactic bulges via gravitational recoil, and the formation of wandering black holes.
Currently, I am interested in using my expertise with semi-analytical models to study the formation and evolution of massive binary black holes. In particular, with SAMs we could understand where massive binaries can be found at different cosmological times and different galaxy types.
You can contact me via mail at: david.izquierdovillalba@unimib.it
Research Interests
Supermassive black holes: Nuclear and wandering
Spinning black holes
Galactic bulges: Formation and cosmologial assembly
Emission line galaxies (star forming and QSO/AGN)
Radio galaxies at high redshift: Environments
Mocks for the new generation of surveys
Publications
(See this link of NASA ADS for the most updated publication list)
The miniJPAS survey: a preview of the Universe in 56 colours. Bonoli, S.; Marín-Franch, A.; Varela, J.; Vázquez Ramió, H.; Abramo, L. R.; Cenarro, A. J.; Dupke, R. A.; Vílchez, J. M.; Cristóbal-Hornillos, D.; González Delgado, R. M.; Hernández-Monteagudo, C.; ... ; Izquierdo-Villalba, David; et al. 2020 arXiv200701910B
J-PLUS: Unveiling the brightest-end of the Ly_alpha luminosity function at 2<z<3.3 over 1000 deg2. Spinoso, Daniele; Orsi, Alvaro; López-Sanjuan, Carlos; Bonoli, Silvia; Viironen, Kerttu; Izquierdo-Villalba, David; Sobral, David; Gurung-López, Siddhartha; et al. 2020 A&A , Volume 643, id.A149, 27 pp.
From galactic nuclei to the halo outskirts: tracing supermassive black holes across cosmic history and environments. Izquierdo-Villalba, David; Bonoli, Silvia; Dotti, Massimo; Sesana, Alberto; Rosas-Guevara, Yetli; Spinoso, Daniele; 2020 MNRAS 495 4681
J-PLUS: Synthetic galaxy catalogues with emission lines for photometric surveys. Izquierdo-Villalba, David; Angulo, Raul E.; Orsi, Alvaro; Hurier, Guillaume; Vilella-Rojo, Gonzalo; Bonoli, Silvia; López-Sanjuan, Carlos; et al. 2019 A&A, 631, A82
The buildup of strongly-barred galaxies in the TNG100 simulation. Rosas-Guevara, Yetli; Bonoli, Silvia; Dotti, Massimo; Zana, Tommaso; Nelson, Dylan; Pillepich, Annalisa; Ho, Luis C.; Izquierdo-Villalba, David; Hernquist, Lars; Pakmor, Ruediger 2019 MNRAS 491 2547
The build-up of pseudo-bulges in a hierarchical universe. Izquierdo-Villalba, David; Bonoli, Silvia; Spinoso, Daniele; Rosas-Guevara, Yetli; Henriques, Bruno M. B.; Hernández-Monteagudo, Carlos 2019 MNRAS 488 609
J-PLUS: The Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey. Cenarro, A. J.; Moles, M.; Cristóbal-Hornillos, D.; Marín-Franch, A.; Ederoclite, A.; Varela, J.; López-Sanjuan, C.; Hernández-Monteagudo, C.; Angulo, R. E.; Vázquez Ramió, H.; Viironen, K.; Bonoli, S.; Orsi, A. A.; Hurier, G.; San Roman, I.; Greisel, N.; Vilella-Rojo, G.; Díaz-García, L. A.; Logroño-García, R.; Gurung-López, S. Spinoso, D.; Izquierdo-Villalba, D.; et al. 2018 A\&A 622, A176
The environment of radio galaxies: a signature of AGN feedback at high redshifts. Izquierdo-Villalba, David; Orsi, Álvaro A.; Bonoli, Silvia; Lacey, Cedric G.; Baugh, Carlton M.; Griffin, Andrew J. 2018, MNRAS, 480, 1340
Curriculum vitae
Curriculum_vitae_v2.pdf