MEET THE TEAM: ANA CAROLINA DE SOUZA-FELICIANO, PH.D
ANA’S BIOGRAPHY
Ana Carolina de Souza-Feliciano is an Associate Professor at the Florida Space Institute. Carol de Souza-Feliciano’s main scientific interest is the characterization of the surface properties of smaller bodies in the Solar System through an observational perspective. She has been deeply involved in the study of the surface composition of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), small bodies in the Solar System that lie beyond Neptune. In particular, she is interested in better understanding the diversity of the entire population using both ground-based and space-based facilities. Because of this, she is involved in several projects using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
ANA’S RESEARCH
Anas interest in astronomy began when he was an undergraduate student of physics at the Universidade Federal Fluminense in Brazil. Due to that, she ingresses in a master’s degree and Ph.D. in Astronomy on the Observatório Nacional, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The focus of her dissertation was on the observational analysis of minor bodies of the Solar System, such as Jupiter Trojans asteroids (targets of NASA Lucy mission) and trans-Neptunian objects using ground- and space-based facilities.
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