Partners
 
The S-PLUS project, including the T80S robotic telescope and the S-PLUS scientific survey, was founded as a partnership between the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the Observatório Nacional (ON), the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), and the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), with important financial and practical contributions from other collaborating institutes in Brazil, Chile (Universidad de La Serena), and Spain (Centro de Estudios de Fisica del Cosmos de Aragon, CEFCA).
 
 
 
Membership
 
The consortium is open to all scientists from Brazil, other participating institutes as well as any member of the J-PLUS and J-PAS collaborations. Membership can be requested by contacting the PI or PS at splus@iag.usp.br. Any other scientist can request membership through a vigorous external collaborator program. Those interested in external collaboratorship should contact someone from the collaboration who can submit a request.
The consortium policies can be checked here.
 

PI:
Claudia Mendes de Oliveira (IAG/USP)

Survey Manager:
Fábio R. Herpich (IAG/USP)

Project Scientist:
Analía Smith Castelli (CONICET - UNLP)

Builders:
Antonio Kanaan (UFSC)
Claudia Mendes de Oliveira (IAG/USP)
Tiago Ribeiro (NOAO)
William Schoenell (GMTO)

Technical Committee:
Tiago Ribeiro (NOAO)
William Schoenell (GMTO)
Fábio R. Herpich (IAG/USP)
Antonio Kanaan (UFSC)

Science Committee:
Vinicius Placco (NOIRLab)
Roberto Saito (UFSC)
Raul Abramo (IF/USP)
Jorge Carvano (ON)
Roderik Overzier (ON)

Ombuds Committee:
Denise Gonçalves (OV/UFRJ)
Ana Chies (UFRGS)
Raimundo Lopes (UFS)

Website Committee:
Lilianne Mariko Izuti Nakazono
Natanael Magalhães
Marcelo Filho

Media contact:
Cassio Barbosa (FEI)

 

Members and External Collaborators (last updated on 29/01/2026)

 

IAG/USP

Amanda Huircan Universidad Andrés Bello
Analia Smith Castelli CONICET - UNLP
Amanda Lopes CONICET - UNLP
Antonela Monachesi Universidad de La Serena
Ana Leonor Chies Santiago Santos UFRGS
Ana Laura O'Mill CONICET - OAC Córdoba
André Luiz de Amorim UFSC
Andre Luiz Figueiredo IAG/USP
André Zamorano Vitorelli IAG/USP
Ileana Andruchow CONICET - UNLP
Bruno Dias Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB)
Bárbara Cubillos Palma Universidad de La Serena
Marcelo Borges Fernandes ON/MCTI
Douglas Brambila dos Santos IAG/USP
Camila Franco ON/MCTI
Carlos Escudero CONICET - UNLP
Carlos Feinstein CONICET - UNLP
Cássio Leandro Dal Ri Barbosa Centro Universitário da FEI
Claudia Lucia Mendes de Oliveira IAG/USP
Ciria Lima Dias Universidad de La Serena
Simone Daflon ON/MCTI
Daniela Olave Universidad de Talca
Debasish Hazarika INCT-UDA, Chile
Eduardo Alberto Duarte Lacerda IAG/USP
Eduardo Machado-Pereira ON/MCTI
Erik Vinicius Rodrigues de Lima IAG/USP
Eduardo Telles ON/MCTI
Federico Sestito University of Hertfordshire
Fábio R Herpich LNA/MCTI
Fernando Roig ON/MCTI
Felipe da Silva Avila ON/MCTI
Gustavo Baume CONICET - UNLP
Giovana Monteiro Nascimento IAG/USP
Marco Grossi OV/UFRJ
Luis Angel Gutiérrez Soto UFRGS
Guilherme Fabricio Bolutavicius IAG/USP
Hektor Monteiro Universidade Federal de Itajubá
Hugo Méndez Hernández Universidad de La Serena
Hyowon Kim Universidad tecnica federico santa maria
Ícaro Meidem ON/MCTI
Natanael de Isídio ESO, Garching
Julio Chanamé Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Joao Antonio SIlveira do Amarante Shanghai Jiao Tong University
João Victor Corrêa Rodrigues IAG/USP
Jorge Márcio Ferreira Carvano ON/MCTI
Jose Andres Hernandez Jimenez UNIVERSIDAD DE INVESTIGACION DESARROLLO
José Ibarra OV/UFRJ
Juan Pablo Calderon CONICET - UNLP
Júlia Thainá da Silva Cunha Batista IAG/USP
Kanak Saha Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Karín Menéndez-Delmestre OV/UFRJ
Laerte Sodré Jr IAG/USP
Leandro Sesto CONICET - UNLP
Lia Doubrawa IAG/USP
Liana Li IAG/USP
Lilianne Nakazono ON/MCTI
Catarina Lobo Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço
Raul Abramo IF/USP
Luciana Olivia Dias CBPF/MCTI
Luis Fernando Lomeli Nuñez OV/UFRJ
Marcelo Daniel Jaque Arancibia Universidad de La Serena
María Emilia De Rossi Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (UBA-CONICET)
Marília Jobim Sartori UNIVAP
Marina Izabela UNIVAP
Maria Celeste Artale UNAB
Marcos Antonio Fonseca Faria LNA/MCTI
Murilo Marinello LNA/MCTI
Gissel Dayana Pardo Montaguth IAG/USP
Maiara Sampaio Carvalho IAG/USP
Natanael Magalhães Cardoso IAG/USP
Nicholas Schweder Souza UTFPR
Nina S. T. Hirata IME/USP
Pedro Henrique do Vale Cunha IAG/USP
Paulo Afranio Augusto Lopes OV/UFRJ
Rafael Izbicki UFSCar
Rafael Miloni Santucci UFG
Raimundo Lopes de Oliveira Filho UFS
Rasha Samir Eldaly National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG)
Ricardo Demarco Universidad Andrés Bello
renato dupke ON/MCTI
Ribamar R R Reis IF/UFRJ
Roberto Bertoldo Menezes Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia
Roberto Cid Fernandes UFSC
Rodrigo Carrasco International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab
Rodrigo Facundo Haack IALP
Sofía Aldana Zayas Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas de La Plata (UNLP)
Swayamtrupta Panda NOIRLab
Sergio Torres Flores Universidad de La Serena
Stavros Akras National Observatory Athens
Tiago Vecchi Ricci Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul
Alvaro Alvarez-Candal Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC
Vera Jatenco Silva Pereira IAG/USP
Vasiliki Fragkou OV/UFRJ
Victor Hugo Sasse UFSC
Marcos Vinicius Emanuel Cordeiro da Silva ON/MCTI
Vinicius Placco NOIRLab
Raquel Ruiz Valença IAG/USP
William Schoenell The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution for Science
Yolanda Jiménez Teja Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA)
Branco Fernandes Peixoto PRG/USP
Carlos Henrique Soares da Silva IAG/USP
Natalí Soler Matubaro de Santi UC Berkeley
Patrícia Domingos Gomes ON/MCTI
Luana Alves Antônio IAG/USP
Matias Ewans Arredondo Acevedo Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Maximiliano Ignacio Blanco Flores Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Lucas Zenocratti FCAGLP-UNLP
Thais dos Santos Silva UEFS
Angela Cristina Krabbe IAG/USP
Anita Fernandes de Siqueira IAG/USP
Antonio Nemer Kanaan Neto UFSC
Anna Barbara Queiroz IAC-Espanha
Arianna Cortesi IF/UFRJ
Ariel Werle private company
André Santos CBPF/MCTI
Augusto Damineli Neto IAG/USP
Augusto Eduardo Lassen INAF
Armando Bernui ON/MCTI
Beatriz Blanco Siffert UFRJ
Bruno Benedita Bizarria INPE/MCTI
Alex Carciofi IAG/USP
Charles Bonatto UFRGS
Clécio R. de Bom CBPF/MCTI
Eduardo Cypriano IAG/USP
Daniel Rodrigues Costa Mello OV/UFRJ
Daniela Palma IAG/USP
Daniele de Brito Silva  
Debora Brandão dos Santos OV/UFRJ
Denise Gonçalves OV/UFRJ
Tiago Dourado IME/USP
Facundo Gómez Universidad de La Serena
Felipe de Almeida Fernandes INPE/MCTI
Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Lopes U. Copiapó, Chile
Francisco Ferreira Souza Maia ON/MCTI
Fredi Quispe  
Cristina Furlanetto UFRGS
Gabriel Fabiano de Souza private company
Gabriel Maciel Azevedo UFRGS
Gabriele Ilha IAG/USP
Gabriel Rodrigues Hickel UNIFEI
Gabriel Jacob Perin IME/USP
Gastão Lima Neto IAG/USP
Geferson Lucatelli  
Jane Gregório Hetem IAG/USP
Gabriel da Silva Moreira Teixeira CBPF/MCTI
Guillermo Damke NOIRLab
Gustavo Schwarz Poli-USP
Hector Cuevas Universidad de La Serena
Hélio Dotto Perottoni ON/MCTI
Irapuan Rodrigues Univap
Jailson Alcaniz ON/MCTI
José Nilo Castellon Universidad de La Serena
Julia Mello Oliveira private company
Kelly Heckler IAG/USP
Leandro Beraldo e Silva ON/MCTI
Leandro Kerber U. E. Santa Cruz
Guilherme Limberg U. Chicago
Elismar Lösch IAG/USP
Lucas Gabriel IAG/USP
Luidhy Santana da Silva OV-UFRJ
Maria Luísa Buzzo Yale University
Marcelo Vicentin IAG/USP
Maria Luiza Linhares Dantas Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Marina Trevisan UFRGS
Martin Makler CBPF/MCTI
Micheli Moura IAG/USP
Natalia Villa Rodrigues Argonne National Lab
Felipe Navarete LNA/MCTI
Larissa Okiyama OV-UFRJ
Oli Luiz Dors Junior UNIVAP
Osbaldo Sánchez Gárcia IAG/USP
Fernanda Urrutia LSST - Chile
Pedro Bernardinelli IAG/USP
Pedro Humire IAG/USP
Pierre Re Martho IAG/USP
Pieter Westera UFABC
Rafael Souza University of Hertfordshire
Ramachrisna Teixeira IAG/USP
Rafael Fraga Guerço U. Católica del Norte: Antofagasta
Roberta Bordoni IF-USP
Roberto Kalbusch Saito UFSC
Romualdo Eleutério da Silva Jr. U. F. Sergipe
Silvia Bonoli Donostia International Physics Centre (DIPC)
Sergio Scarano U. F. Sergipe
Sebastian Ortiz Universidad de La Serena
Silvia Alencar UFMG
Silvia Rossi IAG/USP
Stephane Vaz Werner Durham University
Rodrigo Clemente Thom de Souza U. F. Paraná
Tiago Ribeiro LSST
Tiago Signorini OV-UFRJ
Vitor Silva OV-UFRJ
Vitor Cernic Private company
Vinicius Martins Saldanha Nogueira IF-USP