Job Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

2024 - present
Valongo Observatory

Data Release Manager

2023 - present
S-PLUS survey

Postdoctoral Researcher

2019 - 2021 | 2023 - 2024
University of São Paulo

Visiting Researcher

2022
NOIRLab

Supported by the Post-doctorate research internship abroad (BEPE) of FAPESP (São Paulo Research Funding Agency), I spent the year of 2022 working as a visiting researcher at the NOIRLab institute, in Tucson, Arizona. During my time there, I worked on projects related to metal-poor stars. In particular, we used photometric criteria to select metal-poor stars in S-PLUS and studied them in greater details using data from spectroscopic follow-ups using the telescopes Blanco, Gemini and Magellan-Clay. This collaboration is still ongoing even now that I’m back in Brazil.

Collaborating Professor

2020 - 2021
University of São Paulo

Selected in the ‘Attraction and Retention of Talents Program’ (PART - Programa de Atração e Retenção de Talentos) of the University of São Paulo, I was hired as a Collaborating Professor and was responsible for teaching the class ‘Introduction to Astronomy’ to students of several different majors. In each of the four semesters, I had around 50 students in my class.

Main Research Topics

Stellar Ages - Evolution of kinematical properties in the disk; Model-dependent ages; Isochrones;
Low Metallicity Stars - Use of narrow-band photometry to identify metal-poor stars; chrono-chemo-dynamical characterization of low metallicity stars.
Galactic Structure - Characterization of halo substructures using photometric metallicities; Metallicity gradient in the Sagittarius Stream.
Interstellar Asteroids - Constraining the age of interstellar asteroids from its Galactic orbit; Age for 1I/'Oumuamua
Photometric Calibration Techniques - Template-fitting technique for multiband surveys; Calibration using Gaia DR3 spectra.

Teaching Experience

Introduction to Astronomy (AGA210)

Professor
IAG/USP
2020.1, 2020.2, 2021.1, 2021.2

Astrobiology (OVL504)

Teaching Internship
OV/UFRJ
2015.1

General Astrophysics (OVL241)

Teaching Internship
OV/UFRJ
2015.2

Physics III (FIM231)

Student Tutor
IF/UFRJ
2012.2, 2014.1, 2014.2

+ Invited Lectures

IAG/USP, OV/UFRJ & UFU

Outreach Activities

Astrotubers

Co-founder
Youtube Channel
2018-2020

Ad Astra

Collaborator
INPAR (Cidade de Deus, RJ)
2018-2019

Astronomia ao Meio Dia

Organizer
IAG/USP
2019-2020

Outreach telescope observations

Guide
OV/UFRJ
2014-2017

Outreach Talks

Speaker
Multiple locations
2015-

Top-10 Selected Publications

The Fourth S-PLUS Data Release: 12-filter photometry covering ∼3000 square degrees in the southern hemisphere
Herpich, F. R.; Almeida-Fernandes, F.; Oliveira Schwarz, G. B.; +68 authors
Acpt; A&A, v., p.
SPLUS J142445.34-254247.1: An R-Process Enhanced, Actinide-Boost, Extremely Metal-Poor star observed with GHOST
Placco, Vinicius M.; Almeida-Fernandes, Felipe; Holmbeck, Erika M., +33 authors
2023; ApJ, v.959, p.id60
Chemodynamical properties and ages of metal-poor stars in S-PLUS
Almeida-Fernandes, F.; Placco, V. M.; Rocha-Pinto, H. J.; +10 authors
2023; MNRAS, v.523, p.2934
Mining S-PLUS for Metal-poor Stars in the Milky Way
Placco, Vinicius M.; Almeida-Fernandes, Felipe; Arentsen, Anke; +4 authors
2022; ApJS, v.262, p.id8
Data Release 2 of S-PLUS: Accurate template-fitting based photometry covering 1000 deg2 in 12 optical filters
Almeida-Fernandes, F.; SamPedro, L.; Herpich, F. R.; +32 authors
2022; MNRAS, v.511, p.4590
SPLUS J210428.01-004934.2: An Ultra Metal-poor Star Identified from Narrowband Photometry
Placco, Vinicius M.; Roederer, Ian U.; Lee, Young Sun; Almeida-Fernandes, Felipe; +5 authors
2021; ApJL, v.912, p.32
The Photometric Metallicity and Carbon Distributions of the Milky Way's Halo and Solar Neighborhood from S-PLUS Observations of SDSS Stripe 82
Whitten, Devin D.; Placco, Vinicius M.; Beers, Timothy C.; ... (6th) Almeida-Fernandes, Felipe; +13 authors
2021; ApJ, v.912, p.147
The Southern Photometric Local Universe Survey (S-PLUS): improved SEDs, morphologies, and redshifts with 12 optical filters
Mendes de Oliveira, C.; Ribeiro, T.; Schoenell, W.; ... (24th) Almeida-Fernandes, F.; +141 authors
2019; MNRAS, v.489, p.241
A kinematical age for the interstellar object 1I/`Oumuamua
Almeida-Fernandes, F.; Rocha-Pinto, H. J.
2018; MNRAS, v.480, p.4903
A method to estimate stellar ages from kinematical data
Almeida-Fernandes, F.; Rocha-Pinto, H. J.
2018; MNRAS, v.486, p.843

Upcoming events

Águas de Lindóia, São Paulo, Brasil
22-26/Sep/2024
Águas de Lindóia, São Paulo, Brasil
26/Sep/2024
Ciclo de Seminários do Observatório do Valongo
Invited Talk
Observatório do Valongo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
08/Oct/2024

Additional Experience

Peer-Reviewer for Astronomy and Astrophysics

2024 -
EDP Sciences

Peer-Reviewer for Astronomy and Computing

2023 -
Elsevier

Peer-Reviewer for The Astrophysical Journal

2022 -
AAS Journals

Graduate Student's representative

2017 - 2018
Observatório do Valongo