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 very nice center on research and science communication called Cosmo-Ufes.  I am an active member.
  • 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 live in Vitória, the capital of the Espírito Santo (ES) state. It is a very pleasant,  touristic and practical city. Here you can live in walking distance to the beach and the university. It sounds fun, but I am not a beach enthusiast, hence I mostly go to the university.
  • I'm Brazilian but I am not from this state. I have lived in all the 4 states of the Brazilian southern region, besides Brasília, DF, where I was born.
Positions and affiliations
  • Associate Professor (permanent) at UFES (ES, Brazil) (2018- )
  • 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
Dark matter, general relativity, galaxies, cosmology, general relativity extensions, post-Newtonian physics, and aspects of mathematical physics.
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Inside the main campus of UFES.

Work activities

This is a brief list on what I do, mainly intended for people outside the academia.
» Research in astrophysics, cosmology and gravitation.
» Advising and teaching undergrad and grad students (DFis, PPGCosmo and PPGFis). 
» Science communication.
» Administration of websites and other technical-stuff  related to Cosmo-Ufes and PPGCosmo.
» Administrating Wolfram Mathematica at UFES. All UFES members have access, see here for the instructions.
» Other administrative duties, research proposals and reports, events co-organization, Cosmo-Ufes computer cluster development, among others.


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