MARIA LUISA FERNANDEZ RODRIGUEZ
- Knowledge area
- Geometry and Topology
- Department
- Centre
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Electronic mail
- marisa.fernandez@ehu.eus
She earned her Bachelor in Mathematics from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1974, and she completed her Ph.D. at the same university in 1976. She did a long research stay at the University
of Maryland, College Park, USA, and in 1986 she joined the University of the Basque Country as a Full Professor of Geometry and Topology, being the first woman who became Full Professor of that area of
knowledge.
Her research activity has been focused on differential geometry; specifically, on symplectic and complex topology, and geometries related with special holonomy, with a number of papers published in journals
like Advances in Mathematics, Annals of Mathematics, Journal of Differential Geometry and Topology. She has participated in numerous research projects and, currently, is the Principal Investigator of the group
GESPROVA (group A of the Basque University System, 2016-2021). She has 6 “sexenios” recognized by the CNEAI.
She teaches in the Mathematics degree, has supervised several end-of-degree and master's projects and 6 PhD theses. She is a member of the academic committee of the PhD program in Math. and Statistics.
She has developed an intense activity in scientific evaluation, collaborating with ANECA, ANEP, UNIBASQ and various international agencies.
She is member of the Scientific Advisory Council of “Fundación GADEA por la Ciencia” (FGC). In 2019 she was awarded the Medal of the Royal Spanish Math. Society.