Contact Information
229 Astronomy
1002 W. Green Street, Urbana IL 61801
Physics:
437C Loomis Laboratory
1110 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
NCSA:
2102D
1205 W Clark St, Urbana, IL 61801
Office Hours
Loomis 437C
Research Interests
Cosmology
Extragalactic surveys
Galaxy Evolution
Instrumentation
Observation
Research Description
Professor Vieira is an observational cosmologist in the departments of Astronomy and Physics. His work has focused on instrumentation and observations of the cosmic microwave background - the relic radiation left over from the big bang - and the evolution of the universe over cosmic time. He is currently actively involved on a number of large cosmological experiments, including the South Pole Telescope (SPT), CMB-S4, and the Terahertz Intensity Mapper (TIM). He regularly observes with major astronomical facilities such as ALMA, Hubble, and JWST. He currently serves as Director of Astronomy at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and is the Founding Director of the Center for AstroPhysical Surveys (CAPS).
Education
2009 Ph.D. Physics, The University of Chicago
2005 M.S. Physics, The University of Chicago
2002 B.S. Astrophysics, The University of California, Los Angeles
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Astronomy
Professor, Physics
Director, Center for Astrophysical Survey, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
Professor, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
External Links
Recent Publications
Coerver, A., Zebrowski, J. A., Takakura, S., Holzapfel, W. L., Ade, P. A. R., Anderson, A. J., Ahmed, Z., Ansarinejad, B., Archipley, M., Balkenhol, L., Barron, D., Benabed, K., Bender, A. N., Benson, B. A., Bianchini, F., Bleem, L. E., Bouchet, F. R., Bryant, L., Camphuis, E., ... Young, M. R. (2025). Measurement and Modeling of Polarized Atmosphere at the South Pole with SPT-3G. Astrophysical Journal, 982(1), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ada35d
Hughes, C., Hill, R., Chapman, S. C., Aravena, M., Archipley, M., Dike, V. J., Gonzalez, A., Greve, T. R., Gururajan, G., Hayward, C., Phadke, K., Reuter, C., Spilker, J., Sulzenauer, N., Vieira, J. D., Vizgan, D., Wang, G., Weiss, A., & Zhou, D. (2025). Evidence for Environmental Effects in the z = 4.3 Protocluster Core SPT2349-56. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 983(1), Article L11. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adc1c9
Rigby, J. R., Vieira, J. D., Phadke, K. A., Hutchison, T. A., Welch, B., Cathey, J., Spilker, J. S., Gonzalez, A. H., Adhikari, P., Aravena, M., Bayliss, M. B., Birkin, J. E., Bursk, E., Chapman, S. C., Dahle, H., Elicker, L. A., Fischer, T. C., Florian, M. K., Gladders, M. D., ... Younker, N. (2025). JWST Early Release Science Program TEMPLATES: Targeting Extremely Magnified Panchromatic Lensed Arcs and Their Extended Star Formation. Astrophysical Journal, 978(1), Article 108. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad7501
Zhou, D., Chapman, S. C., Sulzenauer, N., Hill, R., Aravena, M., Araya-Araya, P., Cathey, J., Marrone, D. P., Phadke, K. A., Reuter, C., Solimano, M., Spilker, J. S., Vieira, J. D., Vizgan, D., Wang, G. C. P., & Weiss, A. (2025). A Large Molecular Gas Reservoir in the Protocluster SPT2349−56 at z = 4.3. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 982(1), Article L17. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/adb8d8
(SPT-3G Collaboration) (2025). Cosmology from CMB lensing and delensed EE power spectra using 2019-2020 SPT-3G polarization data. Physical Review D, 111(8), Article 083534. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.111.083534