Jaqueline Mesquita facts for kids
Jaqueline Godoy Mesquita (born in 1985) is a brilliant Brazilian mathematician. She is an expert in a special area of math called differential equations. These equations help us understand how things change over time, like how fast a car moves or how a population grows. She also studies functional differential equations, which are similar but involve functions of past values. Jaqueline Mesquita is a professor of mathematics at the University of Brasília.
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Her Journey in Math
Jaqueline Mesquita was born on September 20, 1985. She loved math from a young age.
Her Education
She started her university studies at the University of Brasília and graduated in 2007. After that, she continued her education and earned a special degree called a Ph.D. in 2012. She got her Ph.D. from the University of São Paulo. A Ph.D. is the highest university degree you can get, and it means you are an expert in your field. For her Ph.D., she wrote a big research paper about different types of math equations. She even spent some time studying in the Czech Republic at the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Becoming a Professor
After finishing her Ph.D., Jaqueline did more research as a "postdoctoral" student. She worked at the University of São Paulo and the University of Santiago, Chile. In 2015, she became a professor at the University of Brasília. This means she teaches math to university students and continues to do her own research.
Awards and Honors
Jaqueline Mesquita has received many important awards for her work in mathematics.
Special Prizes
In 2012, the International Society of Differential Equations gave her the Bernd Aulbach student prize. This was a big honor for her research as a student.
Joining Important Groups
She became a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in 2018. This is a very important group of top scientists in Brazil. She is also a young member of The World Academy of Sciences, which is a global group that supports science in developing countries.
In 2019, she won the Brazilian L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards. This award celebrates women scientists and encourages more girls to study science.
Leading the Way
Today, Jaqueline Mesquita is the president of the Brazilian Mathematical Society. This means she helps lead the community of mathematicians in Brazil and promotes the study of math.
