A spectroscopic survey using ALMA to observe a large and complete sample of bright SMGs. The goals are to measure spectroscopic redshifts and study the ISM properties of one of the most violent star-forming systems in the Universe. 

Publications:

1. Chen et al. 2022, ApJ, 929, 159

2. Frias Castillo et al. 2023, ApJ, 945, 128

3. Hirashita & Chen 2023, MNRAS, 526, 4710

4. Liao et al. 2024, ApJ, 961, 226

5. Taylor et al. 2025, MNRAS, 536, 1149

6. Frias Castillo et al. 2025, ApJ, 987, 158

7. Rybak et al. 2025, A&A, 700, 278

8. Mizukoshi et al. 2026, ApJ, submitted

Public articles:

• AAS Nova Highlights [2022]

A systematic campaign to study the multi-phase environment of quasars that host enormous Lyman alpha nebulae (ELANe), particularly from the far-infrared and submillimeter point of view. 

Publications:

1. Arrigoni Battaia et al. 2018, A&A, 620, 202

2. Chen et al. 2021, ApJ, 923, 200

3. Nowotka et al. 2022, A&A, 658, 77 

4. Arrigoni Battaia et al. 2022, ApJ, 930, 72

5. Arrigoni Battaia et al. 2023, A&A, 676, 51

6. Traina et al. 2025, A&A, 701, 158

7. Wang et al. 2025, ApJ, 993, 111

8. Herwig et al. 2025, A&A, 703, 17

Public articles:

• JCMT Science News [2018]

• Astrobites Featured Article [2021]

Videos:

• EAO Seminar (2023-11-15)

• Gemini Seminar (2025-10-21)

STUDIES is a JCMT large program that has obtained confusion limited 450 micron images in the CANDELS fields in COSMOS and UDS. The main goal is to study a representative sample of the high-redshift far-infrared galaxy population that gives rise to the bulk of the far-infrared background. 

Publications:

1. Wang et al., 2017, ApJ, 850, 37

2. Chang et al., 2018, ApJ, 865, 103

3. Lim et al., 2020, ApJ, 889, 80

4. Lim et al., 2020, ApJ, 895, 104

5. Dudzevičiūtė et al., 2021, MNRAS, 500, 942

6. Huang et al., 2021, ApJ, 913, 6

7. Pearson et al., 2024, MNRAS, 527, 12044

8. Gao et al., 2024, ApJ, 971, 117

9. Yang et al., 2025, ApJL, 990, 38

Public articles:

• ASIAA Science Highlight [2025]

• MKO Stories [2025]