Maria Grazia Speranza

Director

General information

Born in Gazzaniga (BG), on 30 March 1957.
Degree in Mathematics, application area, from the University of Milan, 1980.
Postgraduate School in Applied Mathematics, University of Milan, 1983.

Publications

She has published on international scientific journals more than 200 articles on models and algorithms for the optimisation applied to problems in transportation, logistics, production, supply chain management portfolio selection.

Professional positions held

  • Since May 2020: Member of the Board of Directors of A2A. 
  • 2020-2023: Member of the Board of Directors of the Fondazione Novicelli.
  • 2019-2023: Member of the Board of Directors of the Fondazione Comunità Bresciana.
  • 2009-2010: Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics (London).
  • Since 1994: Tenured Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Brescia.
  • 1990-1994: Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Brescia.
  • 1987-1990: Associate Professor at the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, University of Udine.
  • 1983-1987: University Researcher at the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences, University of Milan.
     

Responsibilities at the University of Brescia

  • 2016-2020: Deputy Rector.
  • 2002-2008: Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business (since 2005, member of the Council of the Conference of Deans of the Faculty of Economics).
  • 2001-2002: Chair of the Council of the Degree Course in Economics and Management of Information and Communication.
  • 1998-2000: President of the Research Council.

Responsibilities at international scientific associations

  • President of IFORS International Federation of Operations Research Societies, 2019-2021.
  • President of the TSL (Transportation Science and Logistics) society, an American scientific society, in 2014.
  • President of EURO (association of European Operational Research Societies), 2011-2012.

International scientific appointments

  • Editor of numerous international journals and volume series.
  • Invited plenary speaker at numerous international conferences.
  • Member of numerous international juries for PhDs, projects, awards, careers.
  • Panel member for “Mathematics” for the ERC Consolidation Grants for the European Commission in 2020 and 2022.
  • Member of numerous panels for the evaluation of institutes, scientific departments and international PhD programmes.
     

Prizes and Awards

  • INFORMS (American Association for Operations Research) Fellow since 2024.
  • EURO Gold Medal, 2024.
  • Italian Knowledge Leader, Convention Bureau Italia Award, 2023.
  • Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, 2023.
  • IFORS Fellow since 2022.
  • Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Woman in Industry and Academia, 2021.
  • Member of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna since 2021.
  • Honorary degree from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), 2019.
  • She was named one of the 100 Best women researchers in the STEM area in https://100esperte.it/ and in the book “100 women against stereotypes for science”, Egea, 2017
  • Honorary fellow of Athens University of Economics and Business, 2010.

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