Jaqueline Godoy Mesquita (born 1985) is a Brazilian mathematician specializing in

differential equation In mathematics, a differential equation is an equation that relates one or more unknown functions and their derivatives. In applications, the functions generally represent physical quantities, the derivatives represent their rates of change, an ...

s and

functional differential equation A functional differential equation is a differential equation with deviating argument. That is, a functional differential equation is an equation that contains a function and some of its derivatives evaluated at different argument values. Functiona ...

s. She is a professor of mathematics at the

University of Brasília The University of Brasília ( pt, Universidade de Brasília, UnB) is a federal public university in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. It was founded in 1960 and has since consistently been named among the top five Brazilian universities and the ...

Education and career

Mesquita was born on 20 September 1985. After graduating from the University of Brasília in 2007, she earned a Ph.D. at the

University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best ...

in 2012, with the dissertation ''Measure functional differential equations and impulsive functional dynamic equations on time scales'', jointly supervised by Marcia Cristina Anderson Braz Federson and Antonín Slavík, based in part on work as a visiting student at the

Czech Academy of Sciences The Czech Academy of Sciences (abbr. CAS, cs, Akademie věd České republiky, abbr. AV ČR) was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and its tradition goes back ...

. After postdoctoral study at the University of São Paulo and the

University of Santiago, Chile The University of Santiago, Chile (Usach) ( es, Universidad de Santiago de Chile) is one of the oldest public universities in Chile. The institution was born as ''Escuela de Artes y Oficios'' (Spanish: ''School of Arts and Crafts'') in 1849 by Ig ...

, she became a professor at the University of Brasília in 2015.

Recognition

The International Society of Differential Equations gave Mesquita their Bernd Aulbach student prize in 2012. Mesquita became an affiliate member of the

Brazilian Academy of Sciences The Brazilian Academy of Sciences ( pt, italic=yes, Academia Brasileira de Ciências or ''ABC'') is the national academy of Brazil. It is headquartered in the city of Rio de Janeiro and was founded on May 3, 1916. Publications It publishes a lar ...

in 2018. She is also a young affiliate of

The World Academy of Sciences The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable devel ...

. She was a 2019 winner of the Brazilian

L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards The L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards, created in 1998, aim to improve the position of women in science by recognizing outstanding women researchers who have contributed to scientific progress. The awards are a result of a partnersh ...

. In 2021 she was elected vice president of the

Brazilian Mathematical Society The Brazilian Mathematical Society ( pt, Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática, SBM) is a professional association founded in 1969 at Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada to promote mathematics education in Brazil. Presidents *1969–1971 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mesequita, Jaqueline 1985 births Living people Brazilian mathematicians Brazilian women mathematicians University of Brasília alumni University of São Paulo alumni Academic staff of the University of Brasília