Marcelo Viana

Marcelo Viana
Born (1962-03-04) March 4, 1962
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1]
Nationality Brazilian
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
Alma mater University of Porto (B. Sc.)
IMPA (Ph. D.)[1]
Thesis Strange Attractors in Higher Dimensions (1990)
Doctoral advisor Jacob Palis[1]
Doctoral students Jairo Bochi
Stefano Luzzatto
Carlos Matheus
Known for Zorich–Kontsevich conjecture
Notable awards ICTP Ramanujan Prize (2005)
Brazil's National Order of Scientific Merit
Grand Prix Scientifique Louis D. (2016)[2]

Marcelo Miranda Viana da Silva (born 4 March 1962) is a Brazilian mathematician working in dynamical systems theory.[1][3]

He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1993.[4] He received the TWAS Prize in 1998[5] and in 2005 he was awarded the inaugural ICTP Ramanujan Prize for his research achievements.[3]

Viana was vice-president of the International Mathematical Union in 2011–2014, and president of the Brazilian Mathematical Society (2013–2015).[6][7]

In 1998, he was a plenary speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians, in Berlin.[8]

Viana is director elected of the IMPA (for the period 2016–2019).

Viana is a columnist for Folha de S.Paulo.[9]

He is the chair of the executive committee for the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians, Rio de Janeiro.[10]

Biography

Viana was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, his parents being Portuguese. He grew up in Portugal, and his undergraduate studies where at the University of Porto. He received his Ph.D. from the IMPA in Rio de Janeiro, with Jacob Palis as advisor. He is now director at IMPA.[11]

Work

Viana's work concerns chaotic dynamical systems and strange attractors.[12]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Academia Brasileira de Ciências – Membros: Marcelo Miranda Viana da Silva. (in Portuguese)
  2. ↑ Institut de France: "LE GRAND PRIX SCIENTIFIQUE DE LA FONDATION LOUIS D. 2016 REMIS À FRANÇOIS LABOURIE ET MARCELO VIANA" (in French)
  3. 1 2 The Abel Prize – Viana received the first Ramanujan Prize
  4. ↑ John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Marcelo Viana
  5. ↑ "Prizes and Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.
  6. ↑ International Mathematical Union (IMU): EC 1952-2014
  7. ↑ Diretoria - SBM - Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática
  8. ↑ International Mathematical Union (IMU)
  9. ↑ "Folha de S.Paulo – Colunistas". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  10. ↑ "ICM – ICM 2018 in Brazil". www.icm2018.org. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  11. ↑ http://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/portugues-a-trabalhar-no-brasil-recebe-premio-internacional_n22201
  12. ↑ "UMALCA AWARD IN MATHEMATICS 2000: Marcelo Viana"


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