São Paulo Astronomy, Relativity and Cosmology network

Our network

From spacetime to cosmic structure

We connect researchers and students at institutions in São Paulo and collaborating groups across Brazil. Our work spans astronomy, relativity, cosmology, and particle physics: from black holes and gravitational waves to the origin and evolution of the Universe.

Gravity & spacetime

Black-hole physics, relativistic dynamics, scattering amplitudes, and fundamental theories.

Cosmology & structure

Dark matter, dark energy, cosmic surveys, gravitational lensing, and numerical simulations.

Waves & messengers

Gravitational waves, standard sirens, neutrinos, and multi-messenger observations.

People behind the science

Meet the network

Faculty, researchers & students

Alan Muller
PhD studentIFT–UNESP
Gravitational waves, post-Newtonian expansion, effective field theory.
Alexandra Turmina Petreca
PhD studentIF–USP
The Hubble tension, Type Ia supernovae, the cosmic distance ladder, standardization of supernova apparent magnitudes.
Alexandre Le Tiec
ProfessorIF–USP
Black-hole physics, relativistic two-body dynamics, gravitational self-force, gravitational-wave modelling, strong-field gravity.
Bernardo Veronese
PhD studentPPGCosmo–UFES
Gravitational-wave cosmology, third-generation gravitational-wave detectors.
Edivaldo Moura Santos
ProfessorIF–USP
Cosmology, standard candles, cosmic microwave background, gamma-ray astronomy.
Gabriel Santos Menezes
ProfessorIF–USP
Scattering amplitudes in gauge theories and gravity; classical and quantum gravity; inflationary cosmology; particle physics, quantum field theory, and superstring theory.
Guilherme de Souza
PhD studentAffiliation pending
Large-scale structure of the universe, dark energy, cosmological parameters, dark matter, weak lensing.
Hugo Diniz
Master’s studentIF–USP
Gravitational-wave cosmology.
Kaynan Rafael de Oliveira Pompeu
PhD studentIFT–UNESP
Cosmology, quintessence, dark sector phenomenology, large-scale structure.
Leandro Fontes
PhD studentIFT–UNESP
Gravitational waves, effective field theory, cosmology, primordial black holes.
Mateus França Giordano
Master’s studentIF–USP
Large-scale structure with J-PAS galaxies and quasars.
Pedro Delbem
Master’s studentIFT–UNESP
The gravitational two-body problem, post-Newtonian approximation.
Pedro Kiss Galera
Master’s studentIF–USP
General relativity, gravitational waves, quantum gravity.
Ranier Menote
Postdoctoral researcherIFT–UNESP
Observational cosmology, cosmological tests with gravitational waves, correlations between gravitational waves and large-scale structure.
Raul Abramo
ProfessorIF–USP
Cosmology, large-scale structure, the halo–galaxy connection, multi-tracer and multi-messenger approaches to cosmology.
Renan Pereira
Master’s studentIFT–UNESP
Gravitational waves.
Ricardo Medina
ProfessorIMC–UNIFEI
The general relativistic two-body problem, gravitational self-force.
Riccardo Sturani
ResearcherIFT–UNESP
Gravitational waves, post-Newtonian approximation, standard sirens, cosmology, large-scale structure.
Roberta Vassallo Bordoni
Master’s studentIF–USP
Cosmology, large-scale structure, galaxy clustering.
Rogerio Rosenfeld
ProfessorIFT–UNESP
Dark energy, dark matter, large-scale structure.
Samim Akhtar
Postdoctoral researcherICTP–SAIFR / IFT–UNESP
Gravitational waves, scattering amplitudes.
Sheng Fong
ProfessorCCNH–UFABC
Baryogenesis, leptogenesis, inflation, neutrinos, dark matter, astroparticles.
Tiago Batalha Castro
ProfessorIF–USP
Cosmology, cosmological simulations, large-scale structure, galaxy clusters, baryonic effects.
Victor Roberto Soares da Silva
PhD studentIF–USP
Cosmology, Lyman-alpha cosmology, cosmological simulations.
William Iania
PhD studentPPGCosmo–UFES
Cosmology, gravitational waves.