Program

Summary of Activities

Priority for delegation officials (limited to 60 participants)
Full day event - confirmation needed

Posters

*Posters will be on display throughout the day on both Monday and Tuesday.

• Abdelmajid Benhida — Astronomy at Oukaïmeden Observatory (Morocco)
• Alexandre Valentim — Simulações N-Corpos Para Galáxias Interagentes (Brasil)
• Amira Hussein — Egyptian Space Weather Centre's (ESWC) initiative and activities to monitor severe space weather events (Egypt)
• André Almeida Trovello — Non-parametric Decomposition of Morphological Structures in Disc Galaxies (Brazil)
• Andrey Shugarov — Toward multiwavelength distributed astronomical observations from the Moon (Russia)
• Ankur Ghosh — Late-time spectropolarimetry of GRB 250129A: evidence of an off-Axis Gaussian jet (South Aftrica)
• Anmol Gandhi — When Stars Collapse in Silence: Magnetar-Black Hole Variability Under the Veil of Dark Matter (India)
• Arthur Magalhães — Probing atomic diffusion in the globular cluster NGC6397 using VLT/FLAMES-UVES data (Brazil)
• Bongumusa Ngema — Tourism Compliance and the Rise of Astro-Tourism in Southern Africa’s Emerging Space Science Economies (South Africa)
• Bruno Garcia - Applying Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) for the 3D Reconstruction of the Solar Magnetic Field (Brazil)
• Bruno Santos — The Nova Synthetic Data Base: a PCA Analysis of Novae Spectra (Brazil)
• Daniele da Silva Ferreira Medeiros — AI-Based Detection of Magnetic Reconnection in the Magnetosphere (Brazil)
• Danish Sayyed — Spectral and timings analysis of ulxps (Brazil)
• Derebe Dessale — Astronomy in ancient times (Ethiopia)
• Dereje Wakgari Amente — Photometric and Period Variation study of Two contact binaries (Ethiopia)
• Diego Carvalho — Multiwavelength Analysis of the Intermediate Polar Cataclysmic Variable IGR J17014–4306 (Brazil)
• Edith Tueros Cuadros — Integrating Reanalysis Data and Machine Learning for Atmospheric Turbulence Profiling at the Pico dos Dias Observatory (Brazil)
• Edu Pacheco Rockenbach — Solar Wind Conditions and Wave Activity Associated with a Long Quiescent Period of Relativistic Electron Flux in the Outer Radiation Belt (Brazil)
• Femi Olajide-Owoyomi — Dual-Wavelength LIDAR Probing of Meteor Trails: Composition and Dynamics through Simultaneous Na and K Observations (Brazil)
• Francisco Jablonski — The observational campaign around the 2025 periastron of eta Carinae (Brazil)
• Gabriel L. Ferreira-Santos — The Impact of β-Dependent Tearing Instability Suppression on Cosmic Ray Acceleration and Multi-Messenger Transients (Brazil)
• Gesesew Reta Habtie — Spectroscopic study of the quiescent stages in between the 2006 and 2021 outbursts of RS Ophiuchi (Ethiopia)
• Gislayne Nóbrega — Energy and pitch angle diffusion by whistler-mode chorus driving relativistic electron variability in the outer radiation belt: a case study (Brazil)
• Giovana Nascimento — Morphological and non-parametric properties of clusters: Abell 1644 and Abell 1631 (Brazil)
• Giovanna Rodrigues — Poissonian Analysis of Glitches Observed in the LIGO Gravitational Wave Interferometers (Brazil)
• Guilherme Renato Cunha Sampaio — Synthesis of compact binaries in the Cosmos (Brazil)
• Hrishav Das — The Peculiar Thermonuclear Transients (India)
• Idowu Raji — Comparative Analysis of SOM-Autoencoder-LSTM and SOM-Autoencoder-GRU models for TSI Prediction (Brazil)
• Igor Zinchenko — Outbursts and variability of the massive protostar S255IR NIRS3 in various bands (Russia)
• Ilkham Galiullin — Accreting white dwarfs in the era of all-sky surveys (Russia)
• Isabel de Jesus Lima — Circular polarimetry of V1082 Sgr: an extraordinary long-period magnetic cataclysmic variable (Brazil)
• Itumeleng Monageng — Long term multiwavelength monitoring of high mass X-ray binaries (South Africa)
• Jayne Alencar de Melo — Solar Wind-Magnetosphere Coupling through Pc5 Pulsations in the SAMA (Brazil)
• Julio César Martins — Evaluating the Mario Schenberg Antenna in the Search of Continuous Gravitational Wave from Galactic Center using LIGO O3 data (Brazil)
• Karen Júlia Coldebella Ferreira — EMIC Wave Generation During CIR-Driven Geomagnetic Storms: Multi-Satellite Insights (Brazil)
• Kibrop Webber — Kenya Space Agency's Initiative in Planetary Defense: A Case Study on Near-Earth Object Detection Using Astrometrica Software (Kenya)
• Laíne Bengo Soares Rosales — Construction of the Vlasov-Maxwell Tensor and its Application to the Magnetic Signatures of the Extraordinary Slow Mode (Brasil)
• Laysa Resende — Extra ionization resulted in anomalous precipitation-induced sporadic E (Es) layers over Brazilian stations during the May 10, 2024 storm (Brazil)
• Lígia A. Da Silva - Main Drivers Governing High-Energy Electron Flux Enhancement Patterns Under Distinct Solar Cycle Phases (Brazil)
• Linying Mi — Mini-Sitian data release 1 (China)
• Luiz Fillip Rodrigues Vital — Evening-Side Inhibition Of Equatorial Plasma Bubbles During the December 2015 Geomagnetic Storm (Brazil)
• Luísa Santos — The Space Mining: Opportunities, BRICS Cooperation, and the AURORAS Framework for Brazilian Technological Capabilities (Brazil)
• Lutendo Nyadzani — Investigating neutron star ULXs as evolutionary precursors to short gamma-ray bursts (South Africa)
• Márcio Alves — Unmodeled gravitational-wave searches triggered by other cosmic messengers (Brazil)
• Marcio Guilherme Bronzato de Avellar — Modelling Fast Radio Bursts at the dawn of the 21st century: a quantitative roadmap with eXTP (Brazil)
• Marcos Rincon Voelzke — Vision, conception and practice of teachers who teach Astrobiology (Brazil)
• Marcos William S Oliveira — Solar Flare Precursors via Machine Learning (Brazil)
• Mariana Rubet — A protocluster in formation traced by LAEs at z ∼ 4.5 in the COSMOS field (Brasil)
• Mayara Hilgert Pacheco — Constraining Cosmology with Bright Standard Sirens: Fisher and DALI Approaches for Third-Generation Detectors (Brazil)
• Mfuphi Ntshatsha — Compton-induced cascade γ-rays in radio galaxy NGC 1275 (South Africa)
• Miguel de Loreto Neto — Uncovering galactic disk properties with GECKOS (Brazil)
• Mikhail Pogodin — Search for circumstellar envelopes among magnetic chemically peculiar young A-B stars in the Orion OB1 Association (Russia)
• Miracle Chibuzor Marcel — BN CVn Distance determination using Period-Luminosity-Metallicity Relation (Nigeria)
• Moleboge Lekoloane — Astronomy for a Better world: BRICS Astronomy Data Analytics Course (South Africa)
• Morgan Sabino Camargo — Searching for P-rich stars in bulge Globular Clusters (Brazil)
• Narusha Isaacs-Klein — Empowering Innovation and Discovery: The BRICS Hackathon and the PANOPTES Project (South Africa)
• Natalia Palivanas — SPARC4 Polarimetry and TESS Photometry of the polar cataclysmic variable CRTS J150354.0-220710 (Brazil)
• Noela Weramundi — Searching for exoplanets: detection and modelling magnetic interactions with host stars (Kenya)
• Nokulunga Zamahlubi Dlamini — Harnessing Multi-User Virtual Reality Collaboration to Address Challenges in Multi-Messenger and Multi-Wavelength Transients Across BRICS Nations (South Africa)
• Orapeleng Mogawana — Archival supernovae co-discovered and detected with the MeerLICHT telescope (South Africa)
• Parth Pariwandh — Cross-Disciplinary Modelling of Multi-Messenger Transients Using AI and Machine Learning Frameworks (India)
• Pedro Henrique Ferreira Fister — Comparison of plasmaspheric density during the plume formation under geomagnetic storm conditions and quiet-time periods (Brazil)
• Priya Shah Hasan — Star Formation in the Gaia Era (Brazil)
• Raniere de Menezes — easyspec: An open-source Python package for long-slit spectroscopy (Brazil)
• Reinaldo Roberto Rosa — Transfer Learning in Astronomy: Galaxy Morphology Classification and Anomaly Detection (Brazil)
• Rodolfo de Jesus — Ionospheric response, over the Brazilian sector, to the geomagnetic storms of 15 and 16 April 2025 (Brazil)
• Sachin Pandey — GRB 210306A: A Multi Wavelength Analysis (India)
• Salma Makhtich — Direct imaging of exoplanets with Coronography (Morocco)
• Seblu H. Negu — Modeling Mass Transfer Evolution in Algol-Type Eclipsing Binaries (Ethiopia)
• Shubh Mittal — Optically Thin Inverse Compton Scattering in the Prompt Emission of Gamma Ray Bursts (India)
• Simthembile Dlamini — The Extended Hı Environment of PHANGS Galaxies with MeerKAT (South Africa)
• Sosina Desu Sisay — Innovating Science Outreach in Africa: Scalable Planetarium Models and Astronomy-Based STEM Education for Sustainable Development (Ethiopia)
• Stella Faria Costa — NGC 1566 from JWST Data: Pitch Angle Estimation in Spiral Arms and Feathers (Brazil)
• Surhud More — Cosmology from Gravitational waves: importance of multiwavelength astronomy (India)
• Taísa Oliveira — Constraining how dependent bar ages are on different stellar population models (Brazil)
• Thiago Sant Anna — A Machine Learning Approach to Space Weather (Brazil)
• Thuto Ndlovu — A Multiwavelength Study of Be/X-ray Binary Stars (South Africa)
• Toushif Alam — Explaining the Filamentary Structure Connecting the Radio Lobes of the Galaxy ESO 137−006 (India)
• Toushif Alam — Simulating Blast Wave Scenarios in Astrophysical Phenomena and Multiwavelength Analysis of Threads in ESO 137-006 Galaxy (India)
• Vaibhav Yenare — Identification of White Dwarf–Main Sequence Binary Candidates Using GALEX and Gaia Photometric Data (India)
• Vinicius Deggeroni — Relativistic Electron Loss and Acceleration Driven by Chorus Waves During a High-Speed Stream Event (HSS) (Brazil)
• Vitória Bellecerie da Fonseca — Analysis of Transits and Habitability of Exoplanets with Pico dos Dias Observatory (OPD/LNA) (Brazil)
• Zakaria Belhaj — SpaceKidx: Inspiring Young Minds through Astronomy, Coding, Robotics and Authentic Data in Morocco (Morocco)