About the prize winner

Eva Miranda

Eva Miranda is Chair in Geometry and Topology at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), and has been distinguished with two consecutive ICREA Academia Awards, in 2016 and 2021.

She is a member of CRM and IMTECH, and serves as Director of the Laboratory of Geometry and Dynamical Systems. Miranda leads the research group GEOMVAP (Geometry of Varieties and Applications) and co-leads the Excellence Unit SYMCREA.

Her distinctions include the François Deruyts Prize of the Royal Academy of Belgium, the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and a Chaire d’Excellence of the Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris

The prize was awarded on July 13th, 2026, at FoCM'26 in Vienna, with an address at City Hall on July 14th.