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Marques, Fernando Coda


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Fernando Coda Marques is Full Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2014, after being a Professor at the Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for 11 years. He obtained his BS in mathematics at the Federal University of Alagoas, MS in mathematics at IMPA, and PhD in mathematics at Cornell University, USA. He is mainly interested in the interplay between differential geometry and nonlinear analysis. He is known for work on the Yamabe Problem, counterexamples for the Min-Oo's Conjecture of 1995, the solution of the Willmore Conjecture of 1965, and the proof of Yau's Conjecture about minimal surfaces (of 1982) for generic metrics. For his achievements, he has received several honours including the UMALCA Prize (2012), the Ramanujan Prize (2012) of ICTP, the TWAS Prize in Mathematics (2012) and the Veblen Prize (2016) of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). He is a Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences since 2014 and a Fellow of the AMS since 2018. In 2010 he was invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM), Hyderabad, India and a plenary speaker of the ICM in 2014, in Seou
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Kalil, Jorge

Kalil, Jorge

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Jorge Kalil is Professor of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Director, Immunology Laboratory, Heart Institute, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo; Adjunct Professor at the GWU, USA; Coordinator, iii-Institute for Investigative Immunology; Former Director, Butantan Institute; Past President, International Union of Immunological Societies. Graduated in Medicine, Doctor of Science in Human Biology, University of Paris VII, in Jean Dausset’s laboratory (Nobel Prize 1980 for HLA). He was Visiting Professor, Stanford School of Medicine, and International Scholar, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He studies the mechanisms of immune recognition and distinction of self and no self, with over 550 publications (ISI) and several patents. He is member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Grand Cross of the Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit, Chevalier of the National Order of Merit of France, Doctor Honoris causa by Sorbonne Universités and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He represents Brazil in the ICGEB.
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Heart Institute, Clinics Hospital (HC-FMUSP) – Av Dr Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44 Bloco II - 9° andar – 05403-000 São Paulo - SP – Brazil
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Viana da Silva, Marcelo Miranda

Viana da Silva, Marcelo Miranda

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Viana is professor of mathematics at IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, where he has been a researcher since his doctorate in 1990. He has written over eighty research papers and books, covering several topics of dynamical systems and ergodic theory, and supervised thirty six doctoral students. He was plenary speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians, Berlin, 1998; invited speaker, ICM, Zurich, 1994; plenary speaker, International Congress of Mathematical Physics, Paris, 1994; plenary speaker, Latin American Congress of Mathematicians, Córdoba, 2012. He was awarded the TWAS Award in Mathematics; Latin American Mathematical Union Award; Grand Croix of Scientific Merit, President of Brazil; Ramanujan Prize, ICTP/IMU; Grand Prix Scientifique Louis D. Institut de France. He is member of the Brazilian, Portuguese and Chilean Academies of Sciences, and was the Scientific Coordinator of the Latin American Mathematical Union (UMALCA), the president of the Brazilian Mathematical Society and a vice-president of the International Mathematical Union (IMU). He is the director of IMPA and the head organizer of the International Congress of Mathematicians ICM 2018.
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