Beatrice Pelloni is an Italian mathematician specialising in applied

mathematical analysis Analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with continuous functions, limit (mathematics), limits, and related theories, such as Derivative, differentiation, Integral, integration, measure (mathematics), measure, infinite sequences, series (m ...

and

partial differential equation In mathematics, a partial differential equation (PDE) is an equation which imposes relations between the various partial derivatives of a Multivariable calculus, multivariable function. The function is often thought of as an "unknown" to be sol ...

s. She is a professor of mathematics at

Heriot-Watt University Heriot-Watt University ( gd, Oilthigh Heriot-Watt) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 1821 as the School of Arts of Edinburgh, the world's first mechanics' institute, and subsequently granted univ ...

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, the editor-in-chief of the ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section A: Mathematics'', and the chair of the

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Activity Group on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures.

Education and career

Pelloni was born on 28 June 1962 in

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. After earning a laurea from Sapienza University of Rome in 1985, she entered graduate study at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, but had to take several periods of time off from the program to raise three children. She completed her Ph.D. at Yale in 1996. Her dissertation, ''Spectral Methods for the Numerical Solution of Nonlinear Dispersive Wave Equations'', was supervised by Peter Jones. While still a graduate student, Pelloni also worked as a researcher for the Institute of Applied Computational Mathematics of the

Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas The Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (FORTH) ( el, Ίδρυμα Τεχνολογίας και Έρευνας - ΙΤΕ) is a research center in Greece, supervised by the Ministry for Education through itGeneral Secretariat for Resea ...

(IACM-FORTH). After completing her doctorate she was a research associate at

Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...

and then joined the University of Reading as a lecturer in 2001. At Reading she became a professor in 2012. She moved to Heriot-Watt University in 2016.

Recognition

Pelloni was the Olga Taussky-Todd Prize Lecturer at the 2011

International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics The International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) is an international congress in the field of applied mathematics held every four years under the auspices of the International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. T ...

, speaking on "Boundary value problems and integrability", and the 2019 Mary Cartwright Lecturer of the

London Mathematical Society The London Mathematical Society (LMS) is one of the United Kingdom's learned societies for mathematics (the others being the Royal Statistical Society (RSS), the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), the Edinburgh Mathematical S ...

, speaking on "Nonlinear transforms in the study of fluid dynamics". She was elected Fellow of the IMA in 2012, and Fellow of the

Royal Society of Edinburgh The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland. It was established i ...

in 2020.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pelloni, Beatrice 1962 births Living people British mathematicians British women mathematicians Italian mathematicians Italian women mathematicians Sapienza University of Rome alumni Yale University alumni Academics of the University of Reading Academics of Heriot-Watt University Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh