08 Jun 2026André Felipe de Siqueira Cardoso (student)
Received FAPES fellowship for academic visit to the Laboratoire Univers et Particules de Montpellier, France to work with Prof. Alexandre Marcowith.
08 Jun 2026Tatiane de Paula Moraes (student)
Received FAPES fellowship for academic visit to Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
08 Jun 2026Camilo Crisman (student)
Received FAPES fellowship for academic visit to the Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille (CPPM), France.
30 May 2026V Workshop Antonio Brasil Batista (announcement)
WABB is the annual event where PPGCosmo members can meet in person. The next edition will be held at Ufes on November 10–12, 2026. It will also mark the 10th anniversary of the program. Save the date. The registration will be open soon.
27 May 2026Visiting professor position available (call)
Applications must be submitted by June 12, 2026, for a visiting professor position at PPGCosmo, with the appointment starting later this year. The position is intended for researchers with recognized expertise in Astrophysics, Cosmology, Gravitation or Particle Physics, and related fields. Complete information is available in Ufes Call No. 75/2026. The successfull candidate will be expected to contribute to the program's research and teaching activities, including mentoring students and collaborating with faculty members. The salary is compatible with full professor position.
2026Clécio R. Bom (faculty), Davi Rodrigues (faculty)
Published a study on the origin of the kilonova candidate associated with GRB 230307A in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, investigating the host galaxy and the large observed offset of the transient.
2026Clécio R. Bom (faculty)
Elected to the Global Young Academy, becoming Brazil's first physicist in the organization, recognized for work at the interface between Physics and Artificial Intelligence.
2026Rita dos Anjos (faculty)
Received the 2nd Women and Science Award from CNPq in the Early Career category, recognized for scientific contributions and efforts promoting women's participation in science.
2026Clécio R. Bom (faculty)
Co-authored a study in Nature Astronomy on chemical enrichment by primordial stars, based on observations of an extremely metal-poor star in the Pictor II dwarf galaxy.
2026Hermano Velten (faculty)
Recognized on the American Physical Society Outstanding Referees list for excellence in peer review quality and timeliness.
2025Hermano Velten (faculty)
As coordinator, contributed to restoring and reopening the Astronomical Observatory of the School of Mines in Ouro Preto.
2025Jonas P. Pereira (faculty)
Published a new method for understanding dynamical tides in neutron stars with first-order phase transitions in Physical Review Letters.
2025Alexandre Magno Rodrigues Almeida (student)
Received FAPES fellowship for academic visit to Silesian University in Opava, Czechia.
2025David Camarena (alum)
Demonstrated that local cosmological inhomogeneities can explain phantom crossing using DESI Baryon Acoustic Oscillation data; work highlighted as Physical Review D Editors' Suggestion.
2025Clécio R. Bom (faculty)
Received the Jacob Palis Award from the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and Fulbright Commission for the project Cross-Domain AI Innovation in Anomaly Detection, connecting artificial intelligence in time-domain astronomy and personalized healthcare.
2025Valerio Marra (faculty)
Received the SBF Physics Distinction Award for international contributions to cosmology, particularly in dark matter, dark energy, and alternative universe models.
2025Rita dos Anjos (faculty)
Received the IAU STEM Ambassador Recognition for efforts promoting gender balance in astronomy through awareness actions, funding initiatives, and training programs.
2025Clécio R. Bom (faculty)
is leading the organization of the LSST — Strong Lens Data Challenge(link is external), which aims to apply artificial intelligence and computer vision techniques to the detection and modeling of strong gravitational lenses in simulated and real data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory(link is external), preparing algorithms for the LSST era.
2025Cristina Furlanetto (faculty)
Pusblished work using gravitational lensing to measure the black hole mass in the Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy featured in Science, presenting perhaps the most massive black hole yet observed.
2025Leonardo Giani (alum)
Published a new method for understanding the effects of nonlinear structures in cosmology in Physical Review Letters; work highlighted by the Brazilian Physical Society.
2025Hermano Velten (faculty)
Serving as editor of a Universe journal special issue celebrating 10 years of the program.
2025Miguel Quartin (faculty), Luca Amendola (faculty)
Published a new model-independent technique for measuring the Universe's spatial curvature in Physical Review Letters; highlighted by the Brazilian Physical Society.
2025Martín Makler (faculty)
Published CONNIE experiment results in Physical Review Letters, testing physics beyond the standard model with more stringent low-energy limits for fractional-charge models.
2025Samuel William de Paulo Oliveira (student)
Received CONFAP fellowship for academic visit to the University of Zaragoza, Spain.
2025Felipe Augusto Silva Barbosa (student)
Received FAPES fellowship for academic visit to Aix-Marseille Université, France.
2025Tales Augusto Oliveira Gomes (student)
Received FAPES fellowship for academic visit to ELI Beamlines Laboratory, Czechia, and was awarded best poster at the ExHILP 2025 conference.
2025Clara Roldán Domínguez (student)
Received FAPES fellowship for academic visit to the University of Oviedo, Spain.
2025Idaiane Leandra Machado (student)
Received fellowship from the University of Science and Technology of China for an academic visit.
2025Özgen Tunç Türker (student)
Received FAPES fellowship for academic visit to the Astronomical Observatory of Trieste, Italy.
2025Michael Bacchi (student)
Received a FAPES fellowship to undertake an academic visit to CBPF, another FAPES fellowship to participate in an event at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy), and a CONFAP fellowship to develop a collaboration at the University of Pisa (Italy) with Prof. Marozzi.
