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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
PhD in Physics from Université Paris-Diderot/Paris-7 (2012), he served as an assistant professor at the same institution (2010-2012) and as an associate researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg (2012-2017). He holds a bachelor's degree in Astronomy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2008), an engineering diploma (Engenheiro Polytechnicien) from École Polytechnique (France, 2008), and a master's degree in Physics and Theoretical Astrophysics from École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (France, 2009). Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at the São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo (USP). Since 2009, he has been a member of the H.E.S.S. scientific collaboration, where he held the positions of coordinator ("Convener") of the Astroparticle Working Group, member of the Observations Committee, and member of the Executive Council (2014-2017). He is also part of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) consortium (since 2011), where he coordinated the Galactic Center and Inner Galaxy Astrophysics division from 2017 to 2023. Since 2019, he has represented the São Carlos Institute of Physics in the SWGO (Southern Wide-Field Gamma-ray Observatory) collaboration. In 2024, he joined the LST (Large Size Telescopes) collaboration, which operates the Large Telescopes already active at the northern site of the future CTAO. Between 2019 and 2024, he coordinated a FAPESP-funded Young Researcher project, and in 2025, he was invited as a Visiting Research Fellow at the Max-Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in Heidelberg. His research focuses on high-energy astrophysics and particle astrophysics, with an emphasis on data analysis, atmospheric shower simulations, dark matter searches, modeling of gamma-ray emissions from black holes, Galactic Center astrophysics, as well as the acceleration and propagation of cosmic rays. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Astrophysical observations of high-energy gamma-rays play a crucial role in the exploration of non-thermal phenomena in the Universe in their most extreme and violent forms. It can also provide unique information about exotic Particle Physics phenomena beyond the Standard Model. For instance, an intense gamma-ray production might be expected from the annihilation of non-baryonic dark matt…
The Milky Way emits a wide range of radiation spanning the entire electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma rays. Through observations at various wavelengths, we gain valuable insights into the structure of our galaxy and pinpoint sources of the most high-energy photons. In the case of gamma rays with energies exceeding 1 giga-electronvolt (GeV), the Milky Way's plane becomes th…
The true nature of the largest matter density component of the Universe, the so-called dark matter (DM), is one of the most elusive problems of Physics. One primary direction for DM searches are for Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs). These are particles with masses in the GeV -- TeV range and weak-scale interaction strength. In high density environments of the Universe, DM may …
The region surrounding the center of our Galaxy is one of most complex and richest regions studied in high energy astrophysics harboring a variety of potential sources of high-energy radiation. Among these sources there is the closest supermassive black hole to Earth, a cosmic Pevatron, dense molecular clouds, strong star-forming activity, multiple supernova remnants and pulsar wind nebul…
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The nature of dark matter stands as one of the most intriguing puzzles in particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. The Galactic Center, with its high density of dark matter and close proximity, is predicted to be the most intense source of gamma rays from annihilation or decay of these novel particles, potentially surpassing other sources by several orders of magnitude. Even with th…
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