Andreea Font is a theoretical cosmologist at Liverpool John Moores University. Her interests are in the formation and evolution of galaxies, in particular in the formation of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. To this end, she builds computer simulations that follow the evolution of Milky Way-type galaxies since their birth until the present time.
She is particularly interested in making detailed comparisons between cosmological simulations of the Milky Way and the most up-to-date observational data in our galaxy, for example, the data obtained from the Gaia satellite. Examples of her recent work include modeling of stellar haloes of Milky Way-type galaxies and of satellite dwarf galaxies orbiting these systems.
She also has an interest in deciphering the nature of dark matter and develops models that help us distinguish between various possible dark matter particle candidates using cosmological simulations.
