Gabriel Rodrigues Hickel

Graduate at Astronomia from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1994), master's at Astrophysics (astrophysical water masers - radioastronomy) from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (1997) and ph.d. at Astrophysics (cometary globules at IRAS Vela Shell - infrared dust emission, molecular lines, dust polarization) from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (2002). Professor at the Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP), between 2002 and 2009. Member of the team of the postgraduate program in Physics Astronomy at UNIVAP, from 2004 to 2009. Coordinator of the Computer Science undergraduate course at UNIVAP from 2005 to 2009. professor and coordinator of the Bachelor's Physics undergraduate course, at the Institute of Physics and Chemistry at the Universidade Federal de Itajubá (UNIFEI). Member of the team of the postgraduate program in Physics at UNIFEI, from 2012 to 2017. Research topics of interest: interstellar medium: dark clouds; star formation and pre-main sequence stars; exoplanets. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)