About

I'm a physicist and Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil. My main area of research is Astrophysics and Gravitation, with a specific emphasis on Compact Objects, Gravitational Waves, and Multimessenger Astrophysics
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Positions and affiliations

Professor Adjunto  (permanent) at UFES (ES, Brazil) (2022 -)
Professor Adjunto (permanent) at UTFPR (Paraná, Brazil) (2018 - 2022)
Postdoctoral Fellow at INPE (SP, Brazil) (2015 - 2018) 
Postdoctoral Fellow at Dipartimento di Fisica & ICRANet, Sapienza Università di Roma (Roma, Itália) (2014 - 2015)
Ph.D. in Physics at Technological Institute of Aeronautics - ITA (SP, Brazil) (2013) 
M.S. in Physics at Technological Institute of Aeronautics - ITA (SP, Brazil) (2009) 
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​Press Release: 
​2023: A New Predicted Class of Astrophysical Sources: White Dwarf Binary Mergers Poised for Discovery at The Vera Rubin Observatory

Destaque SBF 2024: Estudo coordenado por brasileiros deve aprimorar a astrofísica multimensageira

Destaque SBF 2023: Observatório Vera Rubin poderá contribuir com o estudo de uma nova classe de anãs brancas


Recent Publications:  New paper accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett.: Binary coalescences as sources of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays, Pereira et al. 2024

Work activities

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» Advising  and teaching undergrad and grad students (PPGCosmo, PPGFis, PPGFA and PGAST-INPE).

» Research on Relativistic Astrophysics, Gravitation, Compact Objects, and High energy Astronomy.
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» Member of the Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology Cosmo-ufes
​» Member of Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) and Southern Wide-field Gamma-ray Observatory (SWGO)

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