The dark side of the universe - understanding dark matter and dark energy

This project aims on understanding the theoretical and observational aspects of dark energy and dark matter. The main topics include dark energy/matter phenomenology, extended theories of gravity, large scale structure theory and observations, supernova and high redshift cosmology and the physics of gravitational waves. The successful applicant will join the Department of Physics at UFOP (Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto) and should carry an investigation with Prof. Dr. Hermano Velten on the topics described above. It is also desired that the applicant deliver courses at the undergraduate or graduate level.

Host: Prof. 

Hermano Endlich Schneider Velten

Email address: 

hermano.velten@ufop.edu.br

CV: 

http://lattes.cnpq.br/0282590467459210

Federal University of Ouro Preto

Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto - Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) is a higher education and research institution located in Minas Gerais State, southeastern Brazil. It was founded on August 21st, 1969, as a consolidation of two significant preexisting institutions:

Escola de Farmácia - School of Pharmacy (1839), the first School of Pharmacy in Latin America, and Escola de Minas - School of Mines (1876), founded by the French mineralogist Henry Gorceix and the first Brazilian institution aimed to teach Mining, Metallurgy, and Geology.

In addition to Escola de Minas and the Escola de Farmácia, UFOP covers all areas of knowledge in 13 academic units, distributed across four campi (located in the cities of Ouro Preto, Mariana, and João Monlevade). The main campus is located in Ouro Preto, a multicultural city with a vast calendar with some of the biggest cultural and artistic events in Brazil. It was the first place in Brazil to be considered by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage. UFOP comprises 142 research laboratories (in 2018 its patent number130 was registered), approximately 300 outreach projects (community engagement), 12 libraries (including a rare books library from 18th and 19th centuries), a Center of Arts and Conventions, a Movie Theater, and some museums, as the Museum of Pharmacy and the Museum of Mineralogy.