Past events

Launching meeting: Friday 14/11/2025, 14h30-16h30

14:30 Fabio Chalub (NOVA Math & Department of Mathematics, FCT NOVA) - Room S2  (Bloco de Aulas)

The interbreeding between mathematics and biology: the history of evolutionary theory from a mathematician's point of view.

Abstract: In this talk, I will give a very personal overview of the mathematical ideas behind the study of evolution, from its dawn (even before Darwin) until the most recent days. We start with the Comte of Buffon, pass by Darwin and Mendel, discuss the evolutionary synthesis from the beginning of the XXth Century, talk about the neutral theory, and finally reach some recent research topics that I am involved with.

15:45 Tea and Parallel Discussions. Mathematics Building (Sertório do Monte Pereira)