Farinaldo Queiroz
Physics
Passionate about dark matter, Farinaldo Queiroz graduated in physics from the Federal University of Paraíba, where he also earned a master’s and a doctorate in the field. During his doctorate, he spent time at FERMILAB in the United States and won the best thesis award from the Brazilian Physics Society in 2013. He also completed two post-doctoral fellowships abroad: at the University of California, USA, and the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, Germany.
Married and the father of two girls, he balances work with caring for his family. He also enjoys watching São Paulo Football Club matches and producing physics comic books at home to encourage public school students to enjoy science. He is a professor at the International Institute of Physics at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, leading the Particles and Astroparticles group.
