Flávio Ulhoa Coelho

Mathematician, he got the degrees BSc (1982), MSc (1985) and Full Professor (1993) from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a PhD  (1990) from the University of Liverpool, UK. He has a position at the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics of the University of São Paulo (IME-USP) since 1985, being a full professor since 2003. His research area is Algebra, working mainly in Representation Theory. He is researcher of the CNPq since 1991. He held several management positions in academia, including  Head of the Departament of Mathematics (2002-2006); Vice-Dean  (2006-2010) and  Dean of the  IME-USP (2010-2014). He was member of the Academic  Activities Commission (2010-2013) and of the Central Commission of Academic Evaluation (2011-2015), both admisory committes of the University  Council of USP.  Member of the Board of the São Paulo State Academy of Science and representative of the IME-USP in the Center of History of Science. He is the author of four textbooks in mathematics. He is also a writer, having published six books (collections of short stories and novels). Researcher at the Institute of Advances Studies of USP in the Sabbatical Year program in 2016, his study theme is “History of Algebraic Thinking and its Didactic Splits”.