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Laura Sommovigo, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Center for Computational Astrophysics

Email: [email protected]

Bio

Laura Sommovigo joined the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) as a Flatiron Research Fellow in October 2023. She earned her Ph.D. in astrophysics from Scuola Normale Superiore in 2023. Her research focuses on modeling the impact of dust and ISM properties on the emission spectra of galaxies in the early Universe. She frequently collaborates with observational astronomers and is part of three large collaborations, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) large programs Reionization Era Bright Emission Line Survey (REBELS) and COSMOS High-z ALMA-MIRI Population Survey (CHAMPS), and the Atacama Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (AtLAST) team. Sommovigo is committed to improving diversity in STEM and is the designer of the outreach project “ISPIRA” aimed at encouraging young girls to consider a career in science.

Publications

Blue Monsters and Dusty Descendants: Reconciling UV and IR Emission from Galaxies from z \(\sim\) 7, up to z = 14

The Astrophysical Journal, arXiv:2602.18556, June 2026

L. Sommovigo, L. Lancaster, S. Menon, Joseph A. O'Leary, Rachel S. Somerville, and G. Bryan

The ALPINE─CRISTAL─JWST Survey: The Fast Metal Enrichment of Massive Galaxies at z \(\sim\) 5

The Astrophysical Journal, arXiv:2510.16106, June 2026

Andreas L. Faisst, Lun-Jun Liu, Yohan Dubois, Y. Nakazato, et al.

Evolution of galaxy attenuation curves driven by evolving dust mass and grain size distributions

Astronomy & Astrophysics, arXiv:2508.21157, January 2026

Kosei Matsumoto, L. Sommovigo, Andrea Gebek, Kentaro Nagamine, et al.

A first systematic study of [OIII] 88\(mu\)m at \(z>8\): two luminous oxygen lines and a powerful ionized outflow in the first 600 million years

arxiv:2512.14486, December 16, 2025

Hiddo S. B. Algera, John R. Weaver, Tom J. L. C. Bakx, Manuel Aravena, et al.

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