Antonio Candido de Camargo Guimarães Junior

Associate Professor at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Campus UFRJ-Macaé. Was postdoctoral researcher at Instituto de Astronomia, Geofísica e Ciências Atmosféricas of Universidade de São Paulo and at the Physics Department at Durham University. PhD in Physics at Brown University, MSc at Instituto de Física Teórica, UNESP, BSc in Molecular Sciences by Universidade de São Paulo. Has experience in Physics and Astronomy, with focus on Cosmology and Astrophysics, acting mainly in the following topics: gravitational lenses, large scale structure, statistical analysis of cosmological data, Bayesian analysis, cosmic expansion, dark matter and energy. Woks with research, teaching and scientific outreach. Acts as student advisor for the National Prfessional Master Program in Physics Education and carries research on active learning. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)