This research area deals with large-scale distribution of matter in the Universe, ranging from smaller scales of galaxies to vast cosmic networks of filaments, voids, and superclusters. Our aim is to understand the formation of this complex structure from the original state of affairs created by the Big Bang and how it evolves influenced by other component’s gravity and hydrodynamics like dark matter, dark energy and ordinary baryonic matter.

Main research topics/inquiries:

• Inferring properties and behaviour of galaxies and matter, core components in the universe, from their distribution.
• Examining how galaxy clusters, filaments and voids are made up and evolve throughout cosmic time.
• Applying the gravitational lenses phenomenon to determine the distribution of dark matter and restrict cosmological models.
• Analysing the cross-correlation function and other clustering statistics to understand how galaxies are related to the underlying structure of dark matter.
• Testing and restricting standard and alternative cosmological models using large-scale structure data.
• Investigating hydrodynamic processes effects (baryons) in the formation of the large-scale structure and cosmological observations.

Abilities/Strengths:

This team stands out in the use of high resolution cosmological simulations to model structure formation. In addition to that, the team is highly qualified to analyse data from large-scale galaxy surveys (Sloan Digital Sky Survey, DESI, Euclid, Rubin Observatory) and also has experience in developing statistical and computational tools for the analysis of large amounts of data.