Rogério Capobianco

Rogério Augusto Capobianco is a theoretical physicist whose research focuses on gravity and its effects on particles, light, and fields. He obtained his PhD in Physics from the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, where he studied the effects of gravity on test particles and fields in different gravitational settings.

His research explores how gravity shapes the environment around compact objects, such as black holes, and the imprints it leaves on particles, light, and other physical processes. He is particularly interested in situations where black holes are not isolated, but interact with more complex gravitational, electromagnetic, or rotating backgrounds, going beyond the Kerr paradigm. To investigate these systems, he combines exact solutions of Einstein’s equations with analytical and numerical methods, studying phenomena such as particle motion, black-hole shadows, and other observable signatures of strong gravitational fields. 

More recently, his work has focused on so-called swirling spacetimes, in which black holes and other gravitational systems are immersed in a rotating background. These studies aim to understand better how different gravitational environments influence observable effects and what they can reveal about the nature of gravity.