About

   Hi, a brief introduction:
  • ​I'm a physicist and I work in astrophysics, cosmology and gravitation.
  • I'm an associate (permanent) professor at the Department of Physics, Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil.
  • Here we have a center on research and science communication called Cosmo-Ufes. 
  • We also have two postgraduate programs (for Masters and PhD) related to physics and astronomy: PPGCosmo and PPGFis. I have students in both of them, I was the coordinator of PPGFis from 2017 to 2019,  and since 2022 I am the vice-coordinator of PPGCosmo.
  • I live in Vitória, the capital of the Espírito Santo (ES) state. I was not born here, and I find it a very pleasant and practical city. Here you can live in walking distance (15 min) to the beach and the university.  
Positions and affiliations
  • Associate Professor (permanent) at UFES (ES, Brazil) (2018- )
  • Visiting Professor at Heidelberg University, Germany (2023-2024)
  • Professor Adjunto (permanent) at UFES (ES, Brazil) (2010 - 2018)
  • Postdoc at Unicamp (SP, Brazil) (2009-2010)
  • Postdoc at Usach & PUC-Chile (RM, Chile) (2007-2008)
  • Ph.D. on Physics from UFRJ (RJ, Brazil) (2006)
  • B.S. & M.S. on Physics from UFJF (MG, Brazil) (2001 & 2002)

Research interests
Testing general relativity and its extensions, dark matter, cosmology, galaxies, and more recently gravitational waves.
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Inside the main campus of UFES.

Work activities

This is a brief list on what I do, intended for people outside the academia:
» Research in astrophysics, cosmology and gravitation.
» Advising and teaching undergrad and grad students (DFis, PPGCosmo and PPGFis). 
» Research proposals and reports...
» Science communication.
» Manager of the Wolfram Mathematica at UFES. All UFES members have access, see here for the instructions.
» Administration of websites and other technical-stuff  related to Cosmo-Ufes and PPGCosmo.


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