Prof. Rafael Alves de Souza Ribeiro

Rafael Ribeiro has a Ph.D. in astronomical instrumentation (optical design), a master's degree in physics, major in optical sciences, and a bachelor's degree in physics, all of them at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. He has experience developing and testing optical systems for aerospace payloads, military instruments, and medical applications for private companies and the Brazilian government. He works as an optical designer of GMACS, the Giant Magellan Telescope Multi-object Astronomical and Cosmological Spectrograph at The Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences (IAG), University of São Paulo (USP).