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Roxana López Cruz, Ph.D.

Dr. Roxana Lopez holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from the National University of San Marcos. In San Marcos she also obtained her MA in Pure Mathematics and postgraduate studies at the Institute of Mathematics and Applied Sciences (IMCA-Brazil) and PhD in Mathematics at Arizona State University. Currently, she is Full Professor and Researcher of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, UNMSM and external Advisor of national institutions on research projects in Mathematics and its Applications. She has taught at all levels of the university in Peru and in undergraduate in the United States; also has experience in academic and professional management at both the University and in institutions such as the Professional Association of Mathematicians of Peru which was its dean and currently its Vice-Dean, and groups such as the Peruvian Society of Computational and Applied Mathematics as the Peruvian Society of Mathematics. She has presented lectures nationally and internationally. In Latin America, she is recognized as an expert in the fields of mathematics (biomathematics, Functional Analysis and Delay Differential Equations) and the teacher training of young researchers for these areas. She has students and collaborators in many countries. Her research interests deal with the Biomathematics. She has developed scientific initiation courses and special topics in biomathematics. She ventured into areas of Health Consulting with the dissemination of mathematical models in epidemiology, with exhibitions in offices related to that area in Peru. She is also a national representative with presentations on their research topics in several countries.