Mario Cosenza, Ph.D.

OCCASIONAL PROFESSOR 4

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Short Bio

PhD in Physics, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. (1990). Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Toronto, Canada (1990-1992). Master in Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A. (1984). Licenciado in Physics, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas (1980). Instructor, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Central de Venezuela (1980-1982). Full Professor, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses (1993-2018). Founder and Director of the Research Group on Chaos and Complex Systems at Universidad de Los Andes. Supervisor of dozens of PhD, MSc, and Licenciatura thesis. Responsible of many research projects. Invited Professor and Visiting Scientist at universities and research centers in various countries. Invited speaker at several international scientific conferences. Member of organizing committees of international conferences. Since 2018, Temporary Professor at Universidad Yachay Tech, Ecuador. Director of the research group “Grupo Interdisciplinario de Sistemas Complejos”.

Academic awards include: Magna Cum Laude, Universidad Central de Venezuela; Welch Foundation Fellowship, University of Texas, USA; Senior Associate of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy; Associate Member of ICTP-South American Institute for Fundamental Research, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Regional Prize for Science and Technology, Fundacite- Mérida, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Venezuela; Honor Medal for Academic Merit, Association of Professors, Universidad de Los Andes; Prize for Best Scientific Article, Fundacite-Mérida; Order Tulio Febres Cordero, Legislative Assembly of the State of Mérida; Prize for Best Research Group, Fundacite-Mérida; Decoration Rafael Chuecos Poggioli, Universidad de Los Andes; Award for Outstanding Work in Promoting Physics of Complex Systems; Fundacite-Mérida; Prize from the Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences of Venezuela; and the most prestigious Science award in Venezuela, the Polar Foundation Prize.