Plenary Talks
The scientific program of the VIII RSME Congress of Young Researchers will feature a total of 10 plenary lectures. These keynote sessions will be delivered by internationally and nationally renowned researchers, showcasing a broad spectrum of contemporary mathematical research. We are pleased to present all plenary speakers below in alphabetical order.
Rubén Campoy García
University of Alicante
Awarded the Vicent Caselles Prize for Mathematical Research in 2020, his research focuses on operations research and mathematical optimization. Specializing in variational analysis and monotone operator theory, he develops projection algorithms for solving non-convex optimization problems with technological applications. After earning his PhD from the University of Murcia in 2018, he completed a postdoctoral appointment at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and served as Assistant Professor at the University of Valencia. He is currently Associate Professor at the University of Alicante.
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Jorge Castillo Mateo
University of Zaragoza
After earning a PhD in Mathematics and Statistics in 2023 with a dissertation on stochastic models for the spatiotemporal analysis of climate change, he furthered his training through research visits at Duke University (United States). His research focuses on spatial statistics, Bayesian modelling, and extreme value analysis applied to environmental sciences. His work on the modelling of temperature records was recognised with the SEIO–BBVA Foundation Award in 2026. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Zaragoza.
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Eva Elduque Laburta
Autonomous University of Madrid
She is currently a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). Her international academic career includes a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2019) and a period as a Postdoctoral Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. Her work lies at the intersection of algebraic geometry and algebraic topology, focusing on areas such as Hodge theory and the behavior of topological invariants under algebraic morphisms.
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Elba García Failde
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Her research lies at the interface of differential geometry, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. She works actively on topological recursion, moduli spaces of curves, and topological field theories. She obtained her PhD in 2018 from the prestigious Max Planck Institute for Mathematics (Bonn) and, following several postdoctoral appointments at leading research centres such as the IPhT at CEA-Saclay, IHES, and Université de Paris, she joined the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) as a Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow.
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Zineb Hassainia
University of Granada
She earned her PhD in Mathematics from the University of Rennes in 2015 and further developed her international academic career as a Courant Instructor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (New York University) and as a Research Scientist at NYU Abu Dhabi. Specialising in nonlinear analysis and partial differential equations, her main research interests lie in fluid dynamics and free-boundary problems. She is currently a Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow at the University of Granada, where she develops mathematical models for complex structures arising in fluid evolution.
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María Medina de la Torre
Autonomous University of Madrid
She is an Associate Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and recipient of the Vicent Caselles Prize for Mathematical Research in 2017. Her research focuses on partial differential equations, with particular interests in nonlocal phenomena, singular elliptic and parabolic equations, and the application of variational techniques to finite-dimensional reduction methods. She completed her PhD at UAM in 2015 and further expanded her research experience through postdoctoral appointments at the University of Granada and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
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Cristina Molero del Río
University of Sevilla
The intersection of operations research, statistics, and machine learning defines the core of her scientific work. She is known for designing tree-based regression and classification models through novel mathematical optimization formulations, with applications to real-world public health problems. After earning her PhD from the University of Seville in 2022, she carried out a postdoctoral period at the Laboratoire d’Informatique of the École Polytechnique (France) and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Seville.
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Jesús Oliva Maza
University of Zaragoza
He obtained his PhD in Mathematics from the University of Zaragoza in 2023. He subsequently developed his international research profile through a postdoctoral stay at the Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Toruń, Poland). His research contributes significant advances in functional analysis and operator theory, focusing on spectral properties and similarity problems for semigroups of operators on Banach and Hilbert spaces. He is currently a faculty member at the University of Zaragoza as an Assistant Professor.
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Alberto Rodríguez Vázquez
Université Libre de Bruxelles
He is a postdoctoral researcher supported by the competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie programme at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). His mathematical work focuses on differential geometry, with particular attention to Riemannian geometry, homogeneous spaces, isometric actions, and positive curvature. He obtained his PhD in 2022 from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, and the impact of his early research earned him the Vicent Caselles Mathematical Research Prize in 2024.
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Eduardo Tablate Vila
Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven)
Recently awarded the Vicent Caselles Mathematical Research Prize (RSME–BBVA Foundation 2025), one of his most notable achievements is the resolution of a conjecture by Mikael de la Salle on Schur multipliers, which yields a new proof of Arazy’s conjecture. His research focuses on noncommutative harmonic analysis, operator theory, and von Neumann algebras. After earning his PhD from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 2024, he is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven).
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