Marcelo Augusto do Amaral Ferreira
Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo
Brazil
PhD student in History of Science at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), Master in History of Sciences and Techniques and Epistemology (HCTE) at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Estácio de Sá University (UNESA). I also have technical training in Mechatronics from the Rezende Rammel Technical School and an incomplete degree in Astronomy from UFRJ. I was a scholarship holder of the Institutional Program for Scientific Initiation Scholarships (PIBIC) and also received a master's scholarship from CAPES. Currently, I am a doctoral scholarship holder from CAPES. I have extensive experience in teaching astronomy, physics, and mathematics. I have worked in museum and public research, as well as teaching and disseminating astronomy. My experience in Cultural Astronomy is focused on the knowledge of Brazilian indigenous peoples. Member of the Sociedad Interamericana de Astronomía en la Cultura (SIAC) and Active Associate of Commission C5 Cultural Astronomy of the International Astronomical Union (IAU).