Fernanda Botelho

Fernanda Botelho is a Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Memphis. Her research focuses on Functional Analysis, Operator Theory, and Dynamical Systems. She holds a Licenciatura (BS) from Universidade do Porto (1981), a Mestrado (M.S.) from Universidade do Porto (1985), and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley (1988).

Education:

• Licenciatura (BS) in Mathematics, Universidade do Porto (1981)
• Mestrado (M.S.) in Mathematics, Universidade do Porto (1985)
• Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley (1988)

Research Interests: Functional Analysis, Operator Theory, Dynamical Systems, and applications in neural networks. Her work includes studies on isometries, operator algebras, and Banach spaces.

Notable Awards:

• Dunavant Professorship (2013-2016)
• Prof Charles Morrey's Award (1985)
• Fundacao Antonio D'Almeida (1981)

Grants & Leadership:

• Principal Investigator for NSF grants including 'Recent Trends in Operator Theory and Applications' and 'Problems and Recent Methods in Operator Theory'
• Organized international conferences such as 'Recent Trends in Operator Theory and Applications' (2018) and 'Fluids and Waves: Recent Trends in Applied Analysis' (2006)

Labs/Teams: Active in operator theory research groups and collaborates with institutions globally, including IMA (USA), IST Lisbon (Portugal), and Tarbiat Modares University (Iran).