Alexandre B. Sousa

Biography

They will address fundamental questions about neutrinos that have profound implications in our understanding of Universe evolution, such as whether neutrino interactions violate CP conservation, or how is the ordering of the three neutrino masses structured. I am also interested in searches for a new kind of neutrino that has no known interactions with other matter beyond gravity, called sterile neutrino. By comparing the energy spectrum from neutral and charged-current neutrino interactions in its two detectors, MINOS+ will be able to look for evidence of these sterile neutrinos, or place very stringent constraints on their existence.

Research Interest

My research work focuses in understanding and measuring the properties of neutrinos. I am a member of two long-baseline neutrino experiments, NOvA and MINOS+, that have made and will continue to make the most precise measurements of several neutrino oscillation parameters.