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About Mariana Smit Vega Garcia

I was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where I obtained my bachelor's and master's in Mathematics at the Universidade de Sao Paulo.
After moving to the US for graduate school I obtained my PhD from Purdue University in 2014 under the guidance of Arshak Petrosyan.

Afterwards, I did a post-doc in Germany (at Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf and the University of Duisburg-Essen) working with Georg Weiss, and spent two months as a postdoctoral fellow at the Mittag-Leffler Institute in Sweden. In 2016 I returned to the US for a post-doc at UW under the guidance of Tatiana Toro, where I continued working with free boundary problems and expanded my research to geometric measure theory and harmonic analysis. 

In my free time, I am most probably found either traveling, taking photos, hiking, watching soccer, reading books, going to the symphony or enjoying good food with friends.

Positions

Present Faculty Member, Western Washington University ‐ Western Expert
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Present Assistant Professor, Western Washington University ‐ Department of Mathematics
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2016 - 2018 Acting Assistant Professor, University of Washington ‐ Mathematics
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2014 - 2016 Post-doc, University of Duisberg-Essen ‐ Mathematics
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Curriculum Vitae

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Courses

  • Math 204, Elementary Linear Algebra
  • Math 331, Ordinary Differential Equations
  • Math 224, Multivariable Calc & Geometry

Education

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2014 Ph.D., Purdue University ‐ Department of Mathematics
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2008 M.S., Universidade de Sao Paulo ‐ Mathematics
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2006 B.S., Universidade de Sao Paulo ‐ Mathematics
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Publications (5)

Conferences and Seminars Organized (7)

Talks Given (26)