The formation and evolution of galaxies are governed by the continuous flow of gas in & out of the system. Galaxies accrete fresh gas from the environment, convert it into stars, and release enriched material into the ISM via stellar winds, supernovae explosions, and AGN feedback. I will present multiwavelength observational studies to characterise the galaxy baryon cycle and test galaxy formation models. In particular I will focus on (1) the connection between cold gas, dust and star-formation activity, exploiting the synergy between millimetre observations and optical spectroscopy (e.g., the ALMAQUEST survey), and (2) the demographics of multi-phase galactic outflows at both low and high z, using optical and NIR spectroscopy (e.g., the KLEVER survey).

Brief CV of Dr. Alice Concas:

She is currently a fellow at the European Southern Observatory (ESO), working on the formation and evolution of galaxies. She completed her Bachelor and Master studies at the University of Bologna in 2013 and obtained her Ph.D. degree in Astronomy at the Excellence Cluster Universe and Technical University of Munich, Germany, in 2018. During 2019-2020, she was a postdoctoral research associate at the Kavli Institute for Cosmology of the University of Cambridge, UK. After a short postdoc position at the University of Florence, she joined ESO in 2021, where she is involved in the development of the Extremely Large Telescope.