Curriculum vitae
Physicist and astronomer working on astrometry and photometry of small Solar System bodies. Physics teacher in Ceará's state public-school network. I am also a technology and artificial intelligence enthusiast.
Education
- Master's degree in Astronomy
- Observatório Nacional (ON/MCTI), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- 2025 thesis: Astrometria e fotometria de pequenos corpos do Sistema Solar em imagens com campos estelares densos.
- Supervisor: Dr. Julio I. Bueno de Camargo. Co-supervisor: Dr. Adriano Pieres. Thesis PDF (Portuguese).
- Licenciatura in Physics
- Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (UVA), Sobral, Ceará, Brazil. Undergraduate degree including teacher education.
- 2018 thesis: Astronomia de Posição. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Antônio Fernandes Siqueira. Summary & figures.
Teaching & public service
- Physics teacher · SEDUC-CE
- Ceará state public-school network, Brazil.
- Approved in the SEDUC-CE 2018 competitive examination for Physics teachers; final approved-candidate list published on 30 December 2019. Official CEV/UECE result, p. 16 (PDF).
Research
- Astrometry and photometry of small Solar System bodies in dense stellar fields.
- Difference image analysis with DIAPL2; reference-star measurements with PRAIA; comparison with DAOPHOT.
- SOAR/SOI observations of (10199) Chariklo, light curves, and astrometric support for stellar occultations.
- Beginning doctoral studies focused on astrometric software incorporating machine learning and AI.
Educational projects
Purely collaborative initiatives of my own. I contribute tools for the school from my knowledge of technology and artificial intelligence.
- Chamada: attendance for regrouped classes, consolidated by original class and synchronized with spreadsheets.
- BuscApp: attendance follow-up and communication with families, with Emanuel Lázaro (Computer Engineering, UFC, Sobral).
- Lesson notes, activities, and Python animations for secondary Physics and ENEM preparation.