Andreea Font is a Reader in Theoretical Astrophysics, Liverpool John Moores University. "I am a theoretical cosmologist and my interests are in the formation and evolution of galaxies, in particular in the formation of our own galaxy, the Milky Way. To this aim, I build computer simulations that follow the evolution of Milky Way-type galaxies since their birth until the present time. I am particularly interested in making detailed comparisons between cosmological simulations of the Milky Way ...