Featured Invited Speakers

Gabriel Soto

Gabriel Soto is a Mathematics Teacher from Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (U.N.P.S.J.B., Argentina) and a Ph.D in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota (U.S.A.). He is a Professor at Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Ciencias de la Salud of U.N.P.S.J.B. and Director of the Grupo de Investigación en Matemática Aplicada y Educativa (GrIMAE-UNPSJB).

His research lines are mathematical biology, particularly the study of biological pathways, and mathematical education, particularly, mathematics teacher training in collaborative settings.

Helena Montenegro

Helena Montenegro is a researcher at the Laboratory of Education of the Center for Mathematical Modeling at the University of Chile. Her background comprises a degree in Educational Psychology and a PhD in Education.

Her research interests are teaching and learning in higher education and professional learning in teacher educators.

Leslie Dietiker

Dr. Leslie Dietiker is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at Boston University. Prior to academia, she was a high school mathematics teacher for 17 years and was a curriculum designer for CPM Educational Program.

Her current research explores how teachers can be supported to design and enact mathematics lessons that spark student curiosity, wonder, and joy.

Christian Schunn

Christian Schunn is a Senior Scientist at the Learning Research and Development Center and a Professor of Psychology, Learning Sciences and Policy, and Intelligent Systems at the University of Pittsburgh.

His research focuses on STEM learning, peer interaction and instruction, engagement and learning, and improvement science for educational reform, with an emphasis on designing and studying technology-supported learning environments.

Doris Sáez

Doris Sáez Hueichapan received a PhD in electrical engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, has led the Sub-directorate of Indigenous People in the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the University of Chile, and is a researcher at the Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería.

Her research fields are predictive control, fuzzy control design, fuzzy identification, control of transport systems, and control of energy-water microgrids.