Vera Pawlowsky-Glahn
Vera Pawlowsky-Glahn (born September 25, 1951) is a Spanish-German mathematician. From 2000 till 2018, she was a full-time professor at the
University of Girona,
Spain in the Department of Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics. Since 2018 she is emeritus professor at the same university. She was previously an associate professor at Technology University in Barcelona from 1986 to 2000. Her main areas of research interest include statistical analysis of
compositional data, algebraic-geometric approach to statistical inference, and spatial cluster analysis. She was the president of the
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences (IAMG) during 2008–2012. IAMG awarded her the
William Christian Krumbein Medal in 2006 and the
John Cedric Griffiths Teaching Award in 2008. In 2007, she was selected
IAMG Distinguished Lecturer.
During the 6th International Workshop on Compositional Data Analysis in June 2015, Vera was appointed president of a commission to formalize the creation of an international organization of scientists interested in the advancement and application of compositional data modeling.
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