EducationHigh school studies | 1973
Lisbon, Portugal Licenciatura in Mathematics | 1980 University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal Master of Science | 1983 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, USA Doctor of Philosophy | 1985 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, USA LanguagesEnglish
French Portuguese Academic PositionsTeaching Assistant | 1980–1981
University of Lisbon Teaching Assistant | 1981–1985 University of Minnesota Assistant Professor | 1985–1986 University of Lisbon Assistant Professor on leave | 1986–1987 University of Lisbon Postdoctoral fellow | 1986–1987 Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France Visiting Assistant Professor | 1987–1989 Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor | 1989–1992 Carnegie Mellon University Associate Professor with Tenure | 1992–1993 Carnegie Mellon University Professor of Mathematics | 1993–present Carnegie Mellon University Director of the Center for Nonlinear Analysis (CNA) | 1998–present Department of Mathematical Sciences Carnegie Mellon University Mellon College of Science Professor of Mathematics (Chair) | 2003–present Carnegie Mellon University |
Honours and Awards1981-1985 | Fullbright Fellowship 1981-1985 | Calouste Gulbenkian Fellowship 1997 | Grande Oficial da Ordem Militar de Sant’Iago da Espada (Portuguese Decoration) 2003-2018 | Mellon College of Science Professor of Mathematics (Chair) 2004 | Women of Distinction Award in Math and Technology 2006 | AWM-SIAM Sonia Kovalevsky Lecturer for 2006 SIAM Annual Meeting, Boston 2009 | Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics 2009 | Best Paper Award 2009 Institute of Information Theory and Automation Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic: Oscillations and Concentrations Generated By A-Free Mappings and Weak Lower Semicontinuity of Integral Functionals ESAIM:COCV Published online April 21, 2009 2011 | Congratulatory vote Unanimously approved by the Portuguese Parliament in plenary session on 2012 Seeds of Science Prize, Ciência Hoje, Portugal 2012 | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society 2012 | SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) President Elect 2012, SIAM President 2013, 2014, SIAM Past President 2015 2012 | Doutor Honoris Causa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Portugal) 2014 | University Professor, Carnegie Mellon University 2018-2028 | Kavčić-Moura Professorship in Mathatematics 2021 | Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences Professional SocietiesAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Mathematical Society (AMS) Mathematical Association of America (MAA) International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática Society for Natural Philosophy |