María Alejandra (Jana) Rodriguez Hertz Frugoni (born 1970) is an Argentine and Uruguayan mathematician, professor, and researcher.

Biography

Rodriguez Hertz was born on February 11, 1970, in

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the ...

, Argentina. She studied mathematics at the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura of the

National University of Rosario The National University of Rosario (, UNR) is a research public university located in the city of Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. Overview Rosario National University (UNR) was created in 1968 by Law 17.987. Its foundational struct ...

, Rosario, Argentina, earning a bachelor's degree there in 1994. She earned a doctorate from the University of the Republic in

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, Uruguay, in 1999. Formerly a professor at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of the Republic, she became the first and only woman with a Grade 5 in mathematics in Uruguay. Since 2016 she has been a professor at the

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in China. In 2016, Rodriguez Hertz was elected a Regional Vice President, Latin America & the Caribbean, of the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World for the period of 2016–20.

Contributions

Rodriguez Hertz works on

dynamical system In mathematics, a dynamical system is a system in which a Function (mathematics), function describes the time dependence of a Point (geometry), point in an ambient space, such as in a parametric curve. Examples include the mathematical models ...

s and

ergodic theory Ergodic theory is a branch of mathematics that studies statistical properties of deterministic dynamical systems; it is the study of ergodicity. In this context, "statistical properties" refers to properties which are expressed through the behav ...

. Since 2011, Rodriguez Hertz has been involved in the Uruguayan educational debate. She has participated in numerous interviews, public events and conferences on the subject. She has developed a critical point of view on the educational budget,

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tests, teaching career development, and other topics. Her particular point of view made her a benchmark of public opinion on the issues. She has been a columnist in different media, highlighting her participation in 2014 in the "La Tertulia" episode of the program ''En Perspectiva'' by

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on Radio El Espectador, as well as the "Jana y sus hermanas" and the "Suena Tremendo" episodes on the same radio station. She is also the author of the blog, "¿Y por qué no?".

Awards and honours

* 1992, Premio Jóvenes Notables, Fundación Bolsa de Comercio de

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. * 1999, Investigadora Grado 3, PEDECIBA Matemática. * 2004, Premio Fondo Nacional de Investigadores, CONICYT. * 2009, Investigadora Nivel II, Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, SNI, ANII. * 2013, Investigadora de Primer Nivel, Grado 5, Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas (PEDECIBA).

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