David Sobral

David Ricardo Serrano Gonçalves Sobral (born 11 February 1986)^[1] is a Portuguese Astrophysicist, best known for the discovery of galaxy CR-7. He was an Astrophysics lecturer and Reader at Lancaster University from January 2016 to August 2022.^[2][3][4]

David Sobral
Born	David Ricardo Serrano Gonçalves Sobral (1986-02-11) 11 February 1986 (age 37) Barreiro, Portugal
Citizenship	Portuguese
Alma mater	University of Lisbon University of Edinburgh
Known for	Discovery of Cosmos Redshift 7
Scientific career
Fields	Extragalactic astronomy

Publications

• A large H alpha survey at z=2.23, 1.47, 0.84 and 0.40: the 11 Gyr evolution of star-forming galaxies from HiZELS, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society in 2013^[5]
• Evidence for PopIII-like stellar populations in the most luminous Lyα emitters at the epoch of reionization: spectroscopic confirmation, The Astrophysical Journal 808 (2)^[6]
• Chasing a Starlight: Investigating One of the Oldest Known Galaxies with MUSE^[7]

References

1. "Interview with David Sobral". Times Higher Education (THE). 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
2. "David Sobral". www.lancaster.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
3. "David Sobral". scholar.google.co.in. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
4. "European Astronomical Society prize for star astronomer". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
5. "Web of Science [v.5.32] - Web of Science Core Collection Full Record". cel.webofknowledge.com. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
6. Sobral, David; Matthee, Jorryt; Darvish, Behnam; Schaerer, Daniel; Mobasher, Bahram; Röttgering, Huub J. A.; Santos, Sérgio; Hemmati, Shoubaneh (2015). "EVIDENCE FOR PopIII-LIKE STELLAR POPULATIONS IN THE MOST LUMINOUS LyαEMITTERS AT THE EPOCH OF REIONIZATION: SPECTROSCOPIC CONFIRMATION". The Astrophysical Journal. 808 (2): 139. arXiv:1504.01734. Bibcode:2015ApJ...808..139S. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/808/2/139. hdl:1887/48715. S2CID 18471887.
7. Crisp, Ali (2020-09-14). "Chasing a Starlight: Investigating One of the Oldest Known Galaxies with MUSE". Astrobites. Retrieved 2020-12-16.