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Andr\u00e9 Moitinho de Almeida is an astrophysicist, professor at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, and a researcher at LIP \u2013 the Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics. He obtained his PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Granada and was a researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico before returning to Portugal. His research focuses on the structure, dynamics and evolution of the Milky Way and its star clusters, combining more than 200 nights of astronomical observations with physical modelling and data science.
He has participated in the European Space Agency\u2019s (ESA) Gaia space mission since its preparatory phase and has coordinated the Portuguese participation since 2006. He leads the development of the Gaia Archive Visualisation Service, a service integrated into ESA\u2019s Gaia archive for the visual exploration of the billions of stars observed by the mission, and which has produced some of ESA\u2019s most widely disseminated images of the Milky Way.
He is also interested in how large volumes of scientific data can be explored, visualised and shared, including the development of scientific cloud-computing platforms. Education is another area of his activity, with a particular interest in creating international initiatives that use science as a setting for learning, exchange and collaboration between countries and cultures. His science communication work also includes audiovisual production, notably documentaries and series on astronomy.
He was President of the Portuguese Astronomical Society (2010\u20132022) and Chair of the Board of Directors of the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics (2016\u20132022). He has served on scientific committees of the European Space Agency and the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and as a Portuguese delegate to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), contributing to the development of international guidelines for the long-term sustainability of outer space activities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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