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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, Universidade de Sao Paulo
Award Date: 26 Jun 2009
External positions
Associate Professor, 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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Modeling Globular Cluster Counts with Bayesian Latent Models
S. de Souza, R. & Chies-Santos, A. L., 3 Nov 2025, In: Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society . 9, 11, 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Brief History of Inference in Astronomy
de Souza, R. S., Ishida, E. E. O. & Krone-Martins, A., 20 Oct 2025, In: Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Volume. 72, 10, 10.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing forest expansion (1930s–present) by invasive and native trees in relation to climatic, socio-economic, and landscape variables
Sitzia, T., Campagnaro, T., Ciolli, M., Pettenella, D., Secco, L., C. Douma , J., de Souza, R. S. & Iacopino, S., 30 Sept 2025, In: Ecological Indicators. 178, 12 p., 113961.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Probing the origins. II. Unravelling lithium depletion and stellar motion: Intrinsic stellar properties drive depletion, not kinematics
Dantas, M. L. L., Smiljanic, R., Romano, D., Guiglion, G., Magrini, L., Tissera, P. B. & de Souza, R. S., 8 Jul 2025, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 699, 12 p., A173.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Capivara: a spectral-based segmentation method for IFU data cubes
de Souza, R. S., Dahmer-Hahn, L. G., Shen, S., Chies-Santos, A. L., Chen, M., Rahna, P. T., Coelho, P., Riffel, R., Ye, R. & Tahmasebzade, B., 1 Jun 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). 539, 4, p. 3166-3179 14 p., staf688.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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