Professor Andrea Valerio Macciò is a leading researcher in the field of astrophysics, focusing on the understanding of dark energy and dark matter, which together constitute 95 percent of the universe's total energy and matter budget. He employs large-scale numerical simulations to explore the formation and evolution of galaxies within the context of the dark universe. His research specifically investigates the effects of dark energy on structure formation, the properties of dark matter halos, the distribution of dark matter in galaxies, and the formation of massive galaxies and supermassive black holes. Professor Macciò obtained his Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Milano and completed his PhD in Astrophysics at the University of Milano-Bicocca. Following his doctoral studies, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Zurich and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg. In September 2010, he started leading the "Galaxy Formation in the Dark Universe" group at the Max Planck Institute. He joined NYU Abu Dhabi in 2015 as an Associate Professor and currently oversees the exploration of galaxy formation and evolution in relation to the cosmic dark universe.