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Madalena Chaves

Senior Researcher
(Directrice de Recherche)


Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur


Short Curriculum Vitae

Contact

   Adress:    Macbes, INRIA, 2004 Route des Lucioles, BP 93, 06902 Sophia Antipolis

   Phone:    +33 (0)4 92 38 50 49

   Email:    madalena -dot- chaves -at- inria -dot- fr


Education

   October 2013:   
   HDR (Habilitation `a diriger des recherches), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France.
   Title: "Predictive analysis of dynamical systems: combining discrete and continuous formalisms"

   May 2003:   
   PhD. in Mathematics (Control Theory), Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
   Title: "Observer design for a class of nonlinear systems, with applications to biochemical networks"
   Advisor: Eduardo Sontag

   July 1995:   
   Licenciatura (B.Sc.) in Physics, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal


Current and previous positions

   July 2023- :   
   Directrice de recherche (Senior Researcher), Project-team MACBES, INRIA, France. Team vice-leader.

   Oct 2018- June 2023 :   
   Directrice de recherche (Senior Researcher), Project-team BIOCORE, INRIA, France

   Jan 2011- Sep 2018:   
   Chargée de recherche, Project-team BIOCORE, INRIA, France

   Fev 2007- Dec 2010:   
   Chargée de recherche (Junior Researcher; permanent position), Project-team COMORE, INRIA, France

   July 2007:   
   Visiting member, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP), Santa Barbara, USA

   2005- 2007:  
   Post-doctoral researcher, Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control (IST), University of Stuttgart, Germany

   2003- 2005:   
   Visiting scientist, Sanofi-Aventis, New Jersey, USA

   2002 (26/05-3/06) :   
   Visiting graduate student, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA), Minnesota, USA


Teaching activities

   Since 2009/2010:  
   Course: Discrete and continuous approaches to model gene regulatory networks,
   Master of Science in Computational Biology and Biomedicine (M2)Université de Nice - Sophia Antipolis, France

   Since 2008/2009:  
   Course: Modelisation des reseaux biologiques par equations differentielles (GB4),
   Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nice - Sophia Antipolis, France

   2005-2006:  
   Course: Introduction to systems biology (4th year), University of Stuttgart, Germany

   2001-2002:  
   (Teaching assistant) Calculus courses (1st, 2nd year), Rutgers University, USA

   1996:   
   (Teaching assistant) Calculus and linear algebra (2nd year) , Universidade Lusiada, Portugal

   1995:   
   (Monitor) Mathematical methods in physics (4th year) , Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal


Selected scientific and institutional responsabilities

   Since 2015 :  
   Member of the Editoral Board, SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems (SIADS)

   Since 2020 :  
   Member of the Editoral Board, IEEE Control Systems Society Conference Editorial Board

   Since 2020:   Member of Labex Signalife Scientific Council.

   2022 - 2027 :  
   Principal investigator, ANR supported interdisciplinary project InSync

   2017 - 2021 :  
   Principal investigator, ANR supported interdisciplinary project ICycle

   2010 - 2013 :  
   Principal investigator, ANR supported interdisciplinary project GeMCo

   Since 2011 :  
   Member of COST-GTRI, Inria working group for international relations

   2015 - 2018 :  
   Member of CLHSCT Sophia, Inria working group for health and security at the workplace

   2009 - 2011:  
   Member of CUMIR, Inria working group for informatics media


Fellowships

   Graduate assistantship, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA (2002 - 2003)

   Fellowship, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian (Oct 2001 - Jul 2002)

   Fellowship, Praxis XXI, Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (Oct 1997 - Sep 2001)


Languages

   Portuguese (native language)

   English (FCE--First Certificate in English, 1990)

   French

   Spanish (reading, listening)

   Beginner's German


Other activities

   Swimming

   Hiking

   Cycling