Pedro G. Ferreira

Pedro Gil Ferreira
Born (1968-03-18) 18 March 1968 (age 56)
Lisbon, Portugal
NationalityBritish and Portuguese
CitizenshipBritish/Portuguese
Alma materTechnical University of Lisbon
Imperial College London
Known forQuintessence
Modified gravity
Scientific career
FieldsCosmology
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
CERN
University of California Berkeley
Doctoral advisorAndreas Albrecht
Notable studentsJo Dunkley[1]

Pedro Gil Ferreira (born 18 March 1968) is a Portuguese astrophysicist and author.[2][3] As of 2016 he is Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford,[4] and a fellow of Wolfson College.

  1. ^ Dunkley, Joanna (2005). Modern methods for cosmological parameter estimation : beyond the adiabatic paradigm. bodleian.ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 500732473. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.441310.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Janna Levin (29 March 2016). Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. pp. 226–. ISBN 978-0-307-95820-4.
  3. ^ Paul Halpern (10 August 2012). Edge of the Universe: A Voyage to the Cosmic Horizon and Beyond. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 57–. ISBN 978-1-118-23460-0.
  4. ^ "Watch this spacetime: gravitational wave discovery expected". The Guardian, Ian Sample, 9 February 2016