How galaxies formed and evolved through cosmic time is one of the key questions of modern astronomy and astrophysics. Cosmological time- and length-scales are so large that the evolution of individual galaxies cannot be directly observed. Only through numerical simulations can one follow the emergence of cosmic structures within the current

Galaxies in the universe can be located in different environments, some of them are isolated or in low density regions and they are usually called field galaxies. The others can be located in galaxy associations, going from loose groups to clusters or even superclusters of galaxies. One of the foremost challenges of the modern Astrophysics is to

The goal of this project is to initiate a line of research in theoretical astroparticle physics that can exploit synergies with other areas and observations developed within the Institute. The starting point will be the investigation of the phenomenology derived from particle-physics laboratories such as CERN and to bring it closer to its possible