CENTRA is a research unit of Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), and a leading center for astrophysics and gravitation. The main topics of research are black hole physics, gravitational waves, big bang and the inflationary universe, supernovae, stellar physics, galaxies, and dark matter.
CENTRA is composed of two groups: Cosmos and Stars (COSTAR) and Gravitation in Técnico (GRIT) and their members are at IST and Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto.
Executive Committee of CENTRA 2022-2025
President - Ilídio Lopes
Vice-President - José Pizarro de Sande e Lemos
Vogal - David Hilditch
External Advisory Board of CENTRA 2022-2025
Frans Pretorius (University of Princeton, USA)
Chris Haniff (University of Cambridge, UK)
Kostas Kokkotas (University of Tubingen, Germany)
CENTRA Social Media Team
2022-present Matteo Piani
2022-present Joan Bachs-Esteban
Further and past information can be found at the History page.
This page is managed with the support of FCT, within the scope of Projects No. UIDB/00099/2020 and UIDP/00099/2020