Radio astronomy enables us to investigate the remarkable diversity of galaxies by measuring the molecular gas reservoirs that fuel star formation and by studying how supermassive black holes regulate galaxy growth. In this talk, we will highlight the transformative contributions of current facilities such as ALMA and the VLA, while also discussing their present limitations. We will then explore how next-generation radio observatories will revolutionize the field by delivering sensitivities and angular resolutions up to an order of magnitude better than those available today, enabling discoveries that will be carried out by the future generation of radio astronomers — many of whom are currently primary and secondary school students.

About Eric Faustino Jimenez-Andrade

Eric Faustino Jiménez-Andrade has been a professor at the Institute of Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico since 2022. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Bonn, Germany, and later held a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in the United States. His research focuses on galaxy formation and evolution, particularly on understanding how star formation and supermassive black hole activity shape galaxies across cosmic time. He is also an active advocate for the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA), a future radio interferometer distributed across the United States and Mexico.