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 39) 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]