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Rafael S. de Souza is an astrophysicist specialising in Astrostatistics and Extragalactic Astrophysics. He has published over 70 papers in refereed journals and is the founder and chair of the Cosmostatistics Initiative. Rafael is also a Prose Award Winner for his book, Bayesian Models for Astrophysical Data, published by Cambridge University Press, and former Vice-President of the International Astrostatistics Association. Before coming to the University of Hertfordshire, Rafael worked at several institutions, including the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Eotvos Lorand University, the Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute, and the Kavli IPMU.
Research interests
- Astrostatistics
- Machine Learning
- Open Clusters
- Globular Clusters
- Cosmic Web
- Extragalactic Astrophysics
Education/Academic qualification
Astrophysics, PhD, Origin of Cosmological Magnetic Fields, HEI: University of Sao Paulo
Award Date: 26 Jun 2009
External positions
Associate Professor, HEI: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1 Oct 2024 → 1 Oct 2026
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Projects
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MESCAL: Multidimensional Exploration of Stellar Clusters via Automated Learning
1/01/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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SAGUI: SED-based Segmentation of Multi-band Galaxy Images -- Application to JADES in GOODS-South
de Souza, R. S., Wille, A., Shenoy, S., Patil, A. A., Krone-Martins, A., Chies-Santos, A. L., Boehm, C., Rosa, R. R., Pessi, T., Ishida, E. E. ~., Dage, K. C., Nakazono, L., Darc, P. & Durgesh, R., 31 Jul 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). 549, 4, 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Blowing Star Formation Away in Active Galactic Nucleus Hosts. V. The Feeding–Feedback Cycle in Local Active Galactic Nuclei as Revealed by their Stellar Populations
Riffel, R., Riffel, R. A., Souza-Oliveira, G. L., Zakamska, N. L., Storchi-Bergmann, T., Bianchin, M., Marinho, L. N., Jaison, S., Parekh, S., de Mellos, M. S. Z., Costa-Souza, J. H. & de Souza, R. S., 3 Jul 2026, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 1005, 2, 14 p., 168.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The contribution of the color space in LSST-like photometry for the selection of extragalactic globular cluster candidates
Schweder-Souza, N., Chies-Santos, A. L., de Souza, R. S., Dage, K. C., Bonatto, C. J., Caso, J. P., Cantiello, M., dos Santos-Lopes, P., Floriano, P., Pacheco, T. A., Rhode, K. L., Barmby, P., Sobeck, J., Ennis, A. I., Ordenes-Briceño, Y., Saifollahi, T., Gschwend, J., Niranjana, P. & Machado, R. E. G., 1 Jul 2026, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 1005, 1, 22 p., 96.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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ELMA: Ellipse-based Bar Major Axis Estimator
de Lima, B. R. B., Wille, A., S. de Souza, R. & Chies-Santos, A. L., 17 Jun 2026, In: Research Notes of the AAS. 10, 6, 5 p., 161.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Lightstack: A Python Package for Creating Photometric Data Cubes
Wille, A., S. de Souza, R., Chies-Santos, A. L., Pessi, T., Ishida, E. E. O. & Krone-Martins, A., 17 Jun 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Research Notes of the AAS. 10, 6, 5 p., 159.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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