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Cédric Pereira received his MSc degree in Astrophysics and Space Instrumentation from the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies of the University of Coimbra, in 2019. Currently he is a PhD student in Physics and Astrophysics at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon working on, and assisting the development of ARIEL, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey telescope. His research interests include instrumentation in astrophysics and space sciences.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Cédric Pedroso Pereira

Citation names

  • Pereira, Cédric P.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3B1D-8B84-B4F4
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2839-6479

Telephones

Mobile phone
  • 925549977 (Personal)

Addresses

  • Rua Acácio de Paiva, 14, 2 Dto, 1700-005, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology
  • Exact Sciences - Physical Sciences - Astronomy

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2025/01/08
Concluded
Astronomia e Astrofísica (Doutoramento)
Major in Sem especialidade
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências, Portugal
"Stabilization of calibration light sources for High Accuracy Photometry Instruments " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2019/02/28
Concluded
Astrofísica e Instrumentação para o Espaço (Mestrado)
Major in Sem especialização
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"A Virtual Observatory methodology to identify and characterize asteroids in wide-field images" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2008/09/01 - 2013/01/13
Concluded
Engenharia Mecatrónica (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Évora Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2018/04/01 - 2018/10/01 Research Trainee (Research) ESA - Agência Espacial Europeia, Spain
2017/01/01 - 2018/04/01 Research Trainee (Research) Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2019/06/01 - 2019/09/01 Engenheiro de Programação Aeroespacial GMV, Portugal
2012/06/01 - 2016/06/01 Engenheiro de Processos, Coordenador de Melhoria Continua, Coordenador de Segurança, Gestor de Projectos TE Connectivity, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2019/10/01 - Current On-Ground Support Equipment (OGSE) for the ARIEL Space Mission
PD/BD/150443/2019
PhD Student Fellow
2017/01/01 - 2018/04/01 Projecto LZ: Detecção de matéria escura
Other
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal
Ongoing

Contract

Designation Funders
2018/04/01 - 2018/10/01 Detecção e Caracterização de Asteróides em Imagens Astronómicas de Grande Campo
cv-prod-id-1676841
Other
ESA - Agência Espacial Europeia, Spain
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Fonte, Cidália C.; Jesus, Ismael; Pereira, Cédric; Cardoso, Alberto; Estima, Jacinto; Patriarca, Joaquim; Almeida, José-Paulo de. "The FireLoc system - methodologies for geolocating the observed fires". In Advances in Forest Fire Research 2022, 400-404. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2022.
    10.14195/978-989-26-2298-9_64
Conference poster
  1. Bowles, Neil E.; Abreu, Manuel; van Kempen, Tim; Krijger, Matthijs; Spry, Robert; Evans, Rory; Watkins, Robert; et al. "Ground calibration of the Ariel space telescope: optical ground support equipment design and description". 2022.
    10.1117/12.2627049
Journal article
  1. Kokori, A.; Tsiaras, A.; Edwards, B.; Jones, A.; Pantelidou, G.; Tinetti, G.; Bewersdorff, L.; et al. "ExoClock Project. III. 450 New Exoplanet Ephemerides from Ground and Space Observations". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 265 1 (2023): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ac9da4.
    10.3847/1538-4365/ac9da4
  2. Pereira, C; Abreu, M; Cabral, A; Rebordão, J M. "Characterization of Light Diffraction by a Digital Micromirror Device". Journal of Physics: Conference Series 2407 1 (2022): 012048. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2407/1/012048.
    10.1088/1742-6596/2407/1/012048
  3. Kokori, A.; Tsiaras, A.; Edwards, B.; Rocchetto, M.; Tinetti, G.; Bewersdorff, L.; Jongen, Y.; et al. "ExoClock Project. II. A Large-scale Integrated Study with 180 Updated Exoplanet Ephemerides". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 258 2 (2022): 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ac3a10.
  4. Kokori, Anastasia; Tsiaras, Angelos; Edwards, Billy; Rocchetto, Marco; Tinetti, Giovanna; Wünsche, Anaël; Paschalis, Nikolaos; et al. "ExoClock project: an open platform for monitoring the ephemerides of Ariel targets with contributions from the public". Experimental Astronomy 53 2 (2021): 547-588. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10686-020-09696-3.
    10.1007/s10686-020-09696-3
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Pereira, Cedric Pedroso. "A Virtual Observatory methodology to identify and characterize asteroids in wide-field images". Master, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/86550.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2023/11/08 VIS/NIR Illumination System for the OGSE of ARIEL Space Mission Nyria: Network for Young Researchers in Instrumentation for Astronomy
2023/10/15 A Calibration System for the ARIEL Space Mission Congresso Physis: 3 Day Mission: SP4C3 EXPLORATION
2023/09/08 Optical Sub-System to characterize the future ARIEL Space Mission XXXIII ENAA: Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofísica
2022/09/06 VIS/NIR Illumination System for the OGSE of ARIEL Space Mission XXXII ENAA: Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofísica
2022/07/19 Characterization of Light Diffraction by a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) V International Conference on Applications of Optics and Photonics - AOP 2022
2021/11/11 Stabilization of calibration light sources for High Accuracy Photometry Instruments IA-ON8: 8th Workshop of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
2020/10/20 Stabilization of calibration light sources for High Accuracy Photometry Instruments IA-ON7
(Portugal)
2020/10/20 Stabilization of calibration light sources for High Accuracy Photometry Instruments IA-ON7: 7th Workshop of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
2020/03/03 Photometric Light Curves in the study and characterization of other worlds Jornadas Doutorais do Departamento de Física
2020/02/21 Não só com Grandes Telescópios se faz Ciência Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Física
2019/11/05 Pro-Am Collaboration for Photometric Data of Exoplanet Transit Light Curves NYRIA WORKSHOP 2019

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2017/09/30 - Current Detection of Exoplanets and Photometry (2017/09/30) Universidade de Coimbra Observatório Geofísico e Astronómico, Portugal
2023/03/29 - 2023/03/30 Jornadas Doutorais do Departamento de Física (2023/03/29 - 2023/03/30) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2022/02/16 - 2022/02/17 Jornadas Doutorais do Departamento de Física (2022/02/16 - 2022/02/17) Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2022/11/11 - Current The IA-ON10 meeting marks the tenth internal annual meeting of the IA team, where the progress of the research, outreach, and management activities will be discussed. With the participation of all IA members, IA-ON10 will be a major opportunity to discuss and keep improving IA's strategy, as well as to foster synergies between IA groups across all activity areas. IA-ON9: 9th Workshop of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
2023/01/26 - 2023/01/27 The IA-ON10 meeting marks the tenth internal annual meeting of the IA team, where the progress of the research, outreach, and management activities will be discussed. With the participation of all IA members, IA-ON10 will be a major opportunity to discuss and keep improving IA's strategy, as well as to foster synergies between IA groups across all activity areas. IA-ON10: 10th Workshop of the Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
2020/10/26 - 2020/10/30 Every year, NYRIA organizes a meeting, always at a different institute, to create a space to present work, hold open discussions and encourage collaborations between participants and institutes. The workshop is aimed at early career researchers, i.e. undergraduate students, master's students, doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers working on ground-based, visible and infrared instrumentation for astronomy.
Workshop
NYRIA - Network of Young Researchers in Instrumentation for Astronomy
2019/11/04 - 2019/11/08 Every year, NYRIA organizes a meeting, always at a different institute, to create a space to present work, hold open discussions and encourage collaborations between participants and institutes. The workshop is aimed at early career researchers, i.e. undergraduate students, master's students, doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers working on ground-based, visible and infrared instrumentation for astronomy. NYRIA - Network of Young Researchers in Instrumentation for Astronomy
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/02/16 - 2018/02/18 The Conferences are national meetings that promote the sharing and discussion of ideas among all LIP members. Jornadas LIP - 2018
Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas Coimbra, Portugal