Jesús Falcón-Barroso

I am an astrophysicist studying how galaxies form, assemble, and evolve across cosmic time. My research combines integral-field spectroscopy, stellar population analysis, and galaxy dynamics to map how stellar kinematics, ages, and metallicities vary within galaxies, revealing how the internal motions of stars and gas connect to their chemical and structural evolution. Through this approach, I investigate the physical processes driving the long-term secular evolution of galaxies and the links between their dynamical properties and the enrichment of the interstellar medium.

I have authored more than 260 peer-reviewed publications with over 25,000 citations, including several papers among the most highly cited studies in galaxy formation. My work contributes to a broader effort to understand the mechanisms that regulate galaxy assembly and the interplay between stellar dynamics, star formation, and chemical evolution.

I am also the PI of the WEAVE-Apertif project, a specifically designed survey to transform our understanding the evolution of nearby galaxies, by combining spatially resolved optical spectroscopy with high-fidelity HI mapping across a statistically powerful and structurally diverse sample.