Curriculum Vitae
João Nuno Mestre Fernandes da Silva
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- João Nuno Mestre Fernandes da Silva
Citation names
- Mestre, João Nuno
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 2310-7515-B08B
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1217-9872
- Google Scholar ID
- uFbdqb0AAAAJ
Email addresses
- jnmestre@gmail.com (Professional)
Addresses
- Centro de Matemática da Universidade de Coimbra, Largo D. Dinis, 3000-143, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)
Websites
- https://sites.google.com/site/jnmestre/ (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Exact Sciences - Mathematics
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| Portuguese | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| French | Intermediate (B1) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| German | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2016/02/17
Concluded
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PhD (Doutoramento)
Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
"Differentiable stacks: stratifications, measures and deformations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2010
Concluded
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Master's Degree in Mathematics (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Generalized complex and Poisson quasi-Nijenhuis geometries and their submanifolds." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2007
Concluded
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B.S. in Mathematics (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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17 |
Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2020/01/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2020/10/01 - 2020/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Brazil |
| Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| 2017/09/08 - 2019/08/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Germany |
| 2016/09/01 - 2017/08/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2009/09/01 - 2010/09/01 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2024/03/05 - 2024/03/09 | Deformations of complex Lie groupoids
ITC Conference Grant Fellow
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
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| 2023/09/27 - 2023/10/14 | Homotopy inverse of the van Est map for representations up to homotopy
Short Term Scientific Mission Fellow
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Onderzoekinstituut voor Wiskunde Sterrenkunde en Deeltjes Fysica, Netherlands
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Concluded
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| 2020/10/01 - 2020/12/31 | Deformações de estruturas geométricas e grupóides de Lie
2019/20789-4
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Concluded
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| 2010/10/01 - 2014/09/30 | POISSON GEOMETRY
SFRH/BD/71257/2010
PhD Student Fellow
Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 | Centro de Matemática da Universidade de Coimbra
UID/MAT/00324/2019
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal |
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/11/27 - 2026/10/13 | Cartan geometry, Lie, Integrable Systems, quantum group Theories for Applications (CaLISTA)
Researcher
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European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Ongoing
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Outputs
Publications
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2024/03/06 | Deformations of complex Lie groupoids | 59th Sophus Lie Seminar
Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg (Würzburg, Germany)
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| 2024/02/09 | Deformations of complex Lie groupoids | Geometry Day
Instituto Superior Técnico (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2023/10/26 | Deformations of holomorphic groupoids | Dias de Geometria, Topologia e Aplicações
Centre of Mathematics - University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2023/10/03 | Deformations of holomorphic groupoids | Geometry Seminar
Radboud University Nijmegen (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
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| 2023/07/10 | Crash course on Lie algebroids [3 hours mini-course] | Lie groupoid and algebroid week in Coimbra II
Centre for Mathematics, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2023/06/16 | Deformations of holomorphic groupoids | Geometry and Topology Seminar
Centre for Mathematics of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2023/02/28 | What are Lie algebroids and Lie algebroid connections? | Informal Geometry Seminar
Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2023/02/22 | Transverse densities and modular classes of Lie groupoids | Geometry Seminar
Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2022/09/27 | Deformations of Lie groupoids [4 hours mini-course] | Lie groupoid week in Coimbra
Centre for Mathematics, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2022/09/26 | Crash course on Lie groupoids [3 hours mini-course] | Lie groupoid week in Coimbra
Centre for Mathematics, University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2022/08/16 | Deformations of symplectic and holomorphic groupoids | Thematic Session of Encontro Conjunto Brasil-Portugal em Matemática
Universidade Federal da Bahia (Salvador, Brazil)
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| 2022/08/03 | Deformations of Lie groupoids | Congreso de Matemática Capricornio
Universidad Arturo Prat (Iquique, Chile)
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| 2022/05/16 | Deformations of Lie groupoids | Deformation Theory Seminar
University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, United States)
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| 2022/05/05 | Lie groupoid deformations, rigidity, and normal forms | One day Workshop in Differential Geometry
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
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| 2022/05/04 | Deformations of Lie groupoids | Topology Seminar
Purdue University (West Lafayette, United States)
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| 2022/04/22 | Espaços de alta dimensão como união de espaços menores - folheações e estabilidade | Encontro Nacional de Estudantes de Matemática - ENEMath 2022
NEMAT/AAC - Núcleo de Estudantes de Matemática Associação Académica de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2022/01/11 | Deformations of symplectic groupoids | Lie Theory and Poisson Geometry
Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques (Luminy, France)
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| 2021/06/24 | Algumas abordagens à geometria diferencial de espaços singulares | Seminário A5
University of São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
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| 2021/05/06 | Deformations of symplectic groupoids | Seminar on Geometry and Mathematical Physics
Universidad Católica del Norte and University of São Paulo (Antofagasta, Chile)
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| 2021/04/01 | What is a Lie groupoid and how do we use one in a theorem? | Methusalem Junior Seminar Pure Mathematics
KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium)
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| 2021/03/30 | The deformation cohomology of symplectic groupoids | Seminário Simplético do Rio
IMPA, PUC-RJ, UFF e UFRJ (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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| 2021/03/12 | Some approaches to the differential geometry of singular spaces | Deformation Quantization Seminar
University of Würzburg (Würzburg, Germany)
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| 2021/02/19 | The deformation cohomology of a symplectic groupoid | Friday Fish Seminar
Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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| 2021/02/17 | The deformation cohomology of a symplectic groupoid | Geometry Seminar
Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2019/10/18 | Deformations of Lie groupoids | Geometry and Topology Seminar
Centre for Mathematics of the University of Porto (Porto, Portugal)
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| 2019/06/25 | Transverse measures and densities for Lie groupoids | Oberseminar Global Analysis and Operator Algebras
Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn (Bonn, Germany)
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| 2019/04/26 | What is a Lie groupoid? | "What is...?" Seminar
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics (Bonn, Germany)
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| 2019/03/26 | Deformations of symplectic groupoids | Geometry Seminar
University of Salerno (Fisciano, Italy)
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| 2019/03/13 | Deformations of symplectic groupoids | Seminar
Göttingen Mathematisches Institut (Göttingen, Germany)
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| 2018/12/18 | Lie groupoids and index theory - a brief outline | Dynamics, Geometry and Interactions on Tuesdays
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics (Bonn, Germany)
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| 2018/12/12 | Deformations of symplectic groupoids | Poisson aan de Waal
Radboud University Nijmegen (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
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| 2018/11/22 | Relating dgLa and cdga: C* and its adjoint | Learning seminar on deformation theory
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics (Bonn, Germany)
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| 2018/11/09 | Deformations of Lie groupoids | Geometry Seminar
KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium)
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| 2018/10/25 | Deformation functors - a modern approach | Learning seminar on deformation theory
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics (Bonn, Germany)
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| 2018/06/19 | Deformations of Lie groupoids | Geometry Seminar
Radboud University Nijmegen (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
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| 2018/05/18 | BRST Cohomology | Learning seminar on quantum field theory and BV formalism
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics (Bonn, Germany)
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| 2017/10/25 | Deformations of Lie groupoids | Higher Differential Geometry Seminar
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics (Bonn, Germany)
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| 2017/09/06 | Deformations of symplectic groupoids | XXVI International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics
Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)
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| 2017/05/07 | Measures on differentiable stacks | Gone Fishing 2017
Notre Dame University (Notre Dame, United States)
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| 2017/04/17 | Transverse measures and densities on Lie groupoids | Geometric Structures on Lie Groupoids
Banff International Research Station (Banff, Canada)
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| 2017/02/10 | The deformation cohomology of a Lie groupoid and applications to rigidity | Geometry Seminar
Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2016/10/26 | Transverse measures and densities for Lie groupoids | Geometry Seminar
Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal)
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| 2016/03/11 | Deformations of Lie groupoids | Gone Fishing 2016
University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, United States)
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| 2016/03/09 | Measures and densities on differentiable stacks | Poisson geometry seminar
University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, United States)
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| 2016/01/29 | Measures and densities on differentiable stacks | Geometry seminar
KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium)
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| 2015/11/19 | Transverse measures and densities: from leaf spaces to differentiable stacks | IME - USP Geometry Seminar
University of São Paulo, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (São Paulo, Brazil)
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| 2015/11/05 | Measures and densities on differentiable stacks | Poisson seminar
IMPA (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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| 2015/09/25 | Measures and volumes for differentiable stacks | Higher Geometric Structures along the Lower Rhine VI
Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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| 2013/12/06 | Orbit types and Morita types | Friday Fish Seminar
Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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| 2013/11/29 | On stratified spaces | Friday Fish Seminar
Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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| 2013/10/15 | Deformations of Lie groupoids | Mathematical Physics Seminar
IMPA (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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| 2013/10/07 | Rigidity of compact Lie groupoids | Unicamp Geometry Seminar
State University of Campinas (Campinas, Brazil)
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| 2013/10/04 | Moser deformation argument for Lie groupoids | Genet-Roussel Seminar
University of São Paulo, Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences (São Carlos, Brazil)
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| 2013/09/27 | Principal type theorem for proper Lie groupoids | IME - USP: Geometry Seminar
University of São Paulo, Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (São Paulo, Brazil)
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| 2013/09/13 | The orbit space of a proper Lie groupoid | Colloquium
University of São Paulo, Department of Applied Mathematics (São Paulo, Brazil)
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Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2021/11/01 - Current | Deformations of morphisms of Lie groupoids and differentiable stacks
Supervisor of Sebastián Daza
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Mathematics (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal
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| 2021/11/01 - Current | Normal forms for Lie groupoids and Lie algebroids
Co-supervisor of Lennart Obster
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UC | UP PhD program in Mathematics (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/08/02 - Current | Dias da Geometria [Itinerant Meetings] (2024/02/09)
Meeting (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Análise Matemática Geometria e Sistemas Dinâmicos, Portugal Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal Universidade do Porto Centro de Matemática, Portugal Universidade do Minho Centro de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2023/02/28 - Current | “Informal Geometry Seminar” series (2023/02/28)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2023/11/04 - 2024/09/05 | XXXII International Fall Workshop on Geometry and Physics (2024/09/02 - 2024/09/05)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2023/02/17 - 2023/07/14 | Lie groupoid and algebroid week in Coimbra II (2023/07/10 - 2023/07/14)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2023/02/13 - 2023/06/15 | Symplectic geometry 2023/2024 [semester-long course for PhD students} (2023/02/13 - 2023/06/15)
Other (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2023/02/17 - 2023/03/24 | Mini-course on Nash-Moser techniques in geometry, with applications to normal forms (2023/03/21 - 2023/03/24)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2023/01/05 - 2023/03/15 | One day workshop in Geometry and Topology (2023/03/15 - 2023/03/15)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2022/08/04 - 2022/09/30 | Lie groupoid week in Coimbra (2022/09/26 - 2022/09/30)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2018/08 - 2018/12 | Learning seminar on deformation theory (covering Lurie, Formal Moduli Problems) (2018/10/11 - 2018/12/20)
Seminar (Co-organisor)
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Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, Germany |
| 2011 - 2012 | Poisson 2012: Poisson geometry in Mathematics and Physics (2012/07/23 - 2012/08/03)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/06/21 - 2023/07/14 | E-learning course (15 hours)
Other
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Equal.STEAM: Gender Dimension in Teaching, Research and Supervision
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2022/06/20 - 2022/06/24 | Intensive training on PhD supervision excellence (5 days)
Workshop
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First PhD Supervision Excellence Training for Academic Staff
Univerzita Karlova, Czech Republic
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/07/19 | On the Local Structure of Poisson Manifolds
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Rodrigo de Oliveira Baptista (Master)
Universidade do Porto Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
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| 2023/07/04 | Mean-value property for functions on the Heisenberg group
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Miguel Nuno Pereira Santiago (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Matemática, Portugal
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| 2021/09/03 | G-structures on Orbifolds
(Thesis) Arguer
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Sebastián Camilo Daza Alfonso (Master)
Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, Brazil
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Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2016 - 2017 | Problem Committee of the Portuguese Mathematical Olympiads
Member
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Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, Portugal |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/10/06 - 2024/02/05 | Differentiable Manifolds | UC | UP PhD program in Mathematics (Doutoramento) | Universidade do Porto Departamento de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2023/11/19 - 2023/11/19 | Mathematical Induction [Olympiad problem-solving class for high school students] | Delfos School | Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2023/05/13 - 2023/06/10 | Complex Numbers and Geometry [3 sessions of theory and olympiad problem-solving for high school students] | Delfos School | Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2023/02/11 - 2023/02/11 | The Basel problem [Theory and olympiad problem-solving class for high school students] | Delfos School | Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2022/10/03 - 2023/01/09 | Differentiable manifolds | UC | UP PhD program in Mathematics (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2022/01/22 - 2022/07/01 | Trigonometry [3 sessions of theory and olympiad problem-solving for high school students] | Delfos School | Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Matemática, Portugal |
| 2021/08/17 - 2021/12/17 | Topology of Manifolds | Graduate Program in Mathematics (Masters and PhD) (Graduado) | Universidade de São Paulo Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, Brazil |
| 2016 - 2017 | Problem-solving training for the Portuguese teams participating in international mathematics competitions. | Delfos School | Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal |
Distinctions
Award
| 2006 | Merit award
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2006 | Prize for the 3% best students of Mathematics
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2005 | Prize for the 3% best students of Mathematics
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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Other distinction
| 2004 | Honourable Mention, Ibero-American Mathematical Olympiad |
| 2004 | Silver medal, Portuguese Mathematical Olympiads
Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, Portugal
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| 2001 | Bronze medal, Portuguese Mathematical Olympiads
Sociedade Portuguesa de Matemática, Portugal
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