Maria Aparecida Soares Ruas facts for kids
Maria Aparecida Soares Ruas, born in 1948, is a Brazilian mathematician. She is a professor at the University of São Paulo. She is an expert in special areas of math called differential geometry and singularity theory. These areas help us understand shapes and how things change in math.
Maria Ruas's Journey in Math
Maria Ruas was born on January 5, 1948, in Lins, São Paulo. She became interested in mathematics thanks to her junior high school teacher, Râmisa Jorge. In 1967, she started university. She earned her first degree in mathematics in 1970 from what is now the Faculty of Science and Letters at the Araraquara campus of São Paulo State University.
Becoming a Professor
In 1971, Maria Ruas became a teaching assistant at the same university campus. At the same time, she studied for her master's degree at the University of São Paulo. She finished her master's in 1974 and became an assistant professor. In 1982, she moved to the University of São Paulo as a full professor. She completed her highest degree, a doctorate, in 1983. Her research was about "Finity Determinacy and Applications."
Leading in Mathematics
Maria Ruas has held important roles. She was the head of the mathematics department at the University of São Paulo. She also helped start the Brazilian Mathematical Society. This is a group for mathematicians in Brazil. She has also organized a special meeting every two years called the Workshop on Real and Complex Singularities.
She also helped write a book called Differential Geometry from a Singularity Theory Viewpoint. It was published in 2016. She wrote it with three other mathematicians: Shyuichi Izumiya, Maria del Carmen Romero Fuster, and Farid Tari.
Awards and Honors
Maria Ruas is a respected mathematician. In 2008, she became a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. This is a very important group of top scientists in Brazil. In 2009, she received a special award. She was named a commander in the National Order of Scientific Merit. This award recognizes people who have made big contributions to science in Brazil.
