Jacinto Paulo Neto

PhD Student

The main research focus is on Dark Matter, with an emphasis on connecting phenomena from the early universe to present-day searches for dark matter particles. My work has primarily explored Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), non-standard early cosmologies, and Primordial Black Holes (PBHs). More recently, I have broadened this scope to include light dark sector scenarios, such as sub-GeV thermal dark matter and Feebly Interacting Massive Particles (FIMPs). At present, my research is centered on FIMP models, investigated through high-precision experiments at both low- and high-energy frontiers, as well as inelastic dark matter frameworks. In addition, I am a member of the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTAO) collaboration, where I contribute to the Dark Matter and Exotic Physics (DMEP) group.

Interests

• Dark Matter
• Particle Physics Phenomenology
• Non-standard Early Universe Cosmology
• Primordial
• Molecular design via machine learning