PPGCosmo

PPGCosmo is an international PhD program on Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation that aims to give PhD students the opportunity to develop a successful international scientific career. ​The research topics range from theoretical to observational aspects of Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation, including participation in collaborations such as ET, LIGO, Virgo, J-PAS, Euclid, LSST, Pierre Auger Observatory, SWGO and CTA. PPGCosmo is a joint program of 15 institutions in 9 countries.

​​Positions and scholarships​

Positions, when available, are detailed at APPLICATIONS. Scholarships are possible from different funding agencies. The selection is based on an online interview together with the candidate's CV and reference letters.

Activities

PPGCosmo promotes several activities, not only for its students.

Together with the Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology of UFES (Cosmo-ufes), seminars, mini-courses, international meetings and outreach activities are periodically and intensely organized.  For details, visit the Cosmo-ufes​ website. 

Events

Mini-courses

Outreach

Photo taken during an outreach presentation.

Journal: Cadernos de Astronomia
(in portuguese)

PPGCOSMO is organizing a new journal dedicated to research outreach

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Visit: https://periodicos.ufes.br/astronomia

Faculty in Brazil

Rita dos Anjos  (UFPR)
Humberto Belich  (UFES)
Marc Casals  (CBPF & Universität Leipzig)
Jaziel G. Coelho  (UFES)
Júlio Fabris  (UFES)
Martin Makler  (CBPF & UNSAM)
Wiliam Hipólito-Ricaldi  (UFES)
Valerio Marra  (UFES)
Nelson Pinto-Neto  (CBPF)
Miguel Quartin  (UFRJ)
Davi Rodrigues  (UFES)
Ilya Shapiro  (UFJF)
Riccardo Sturani  (UNESP)
Felipe T. Falciano  (CBPF)
Hermano Velten  (UFOP)

Faculty outside Brazil

Luca Amendola  (Heidelberg U., Germany)
Yi-Fu Cai  (University of Science and Technology of China)
Ruth Durrer  (Université de Genève, Switzerland)
José de Freitas Pacheco  (OCA, France)
Oliver Piattella  (Insubria U., Italy)
Alexey Starobinsky  (L. D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russia)
David Wands​  (Portsmouth U., UK)
Jorge Zanelli  (Valdivia-CECs, Chile)

Organization

Dean: Valerio Marra
Vice-dean: Davi C. Rodrigues​
Secretary: Rubia Nascimento

Contact: ppgcosmo@cosmo-ufes.org 

Correspondence: PPGCosmo, CCE, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Av. Fernando Ferrari, 514. 29075-910. Vitória, ES, Brazil.

Long term visiting professors

Martin Richarte

Winfried Zimdahl

See also previous postdocs.

PhD Students

Alejandro Hernández- Arboleda

Alex Ferreira

Eunice Omwoyo

Felipe Barbosa

Guilherme Oyadomari

Hamidreza Fazlollahi

Idaiane Machado

Jéferson Fortunato

Jonas Silva

Michael Bacchi

Paola Seidel

Pedro Bessa

Prajwal Puttasiddappa

Rahima Mokeddem

Ranier Menote

Renan Oliveira

Samuel Oliveira

Syrios Gomes

Tulio Ottoni

Tunç Türker

See also previous students.

Coursework

Below is a list of courses offered by PPGCosmo. To qualify for thesis defense, a student must accumulate 36 credits, which entails passing all the Basic and Specific courses listed below. Courses of similar content completed elsewhere could be considered equivalent (refer to this syllabus for more information). Additionally, at least one Elective course must be completed prior to the thesis defense. An unofficial English version of the PPGCosmo internal regulations can be found here, while the official Portuguese version is available here.

During the initial phase of their study, students will primarily be based in Vitória-ES. By the end of the second year, students are expected to pass a qualifying exam. Students are anticipated to have the chance to visit other collaborating Brazilian institutions, and more notably, the opportunity to spend up to one year at the co-advisor's overseas institution.

Basic	Specific	Elective
Quantum Mechanics (4 CR) Electromagnetism (4 CR) Statistical Mechanics (4CR)	General Relativity I (4 CR) Cosmology I (4 CR) Astrophysics I (4 CR) Quantum Field Theory (4 CR) Tutoring for 2 courses​ (2 CR each)	General Relativity II (4 CR) Cosmology II (4 CR) Astrophysics II (4 CR) Advanced topics without a fixed program (4 CR) Practice in Scientific Outreach (2 CR)

Mailing lists

Seminars (open)

For anyone interested on news on our activities, including seminars, meetings, outreach and other news.

PPGCosmo Students

For the PPGCosmo students.

Cosmo-ufes

For the Cosmo-ufes members.

​Vitória, ES, Brazil

Vitória is the capital of the Espírito Santo state​. It is a human size city on the south east coast of Brazil, it is well connected and pleasant. 

The PhD students usually live at walking distance from both the UFES campus and the beach. The airport is also very close to the campus, just ten minutes by car.

Photo used under Creative Commons from Yuri Barichivich.