About Professor Marcelo Borba
Marcelo C. Borba is a professor at the Postgraduate Program in Mathematics Education and the Department of Mathematics at UNESP (Universidade do Estado Paulista) in Brazil, where he coordinates the research group GPIMEM (Research Group in Informatics, other Media and Mathematics Education ). Marcelo researches the use of digital technology in mathematics education, mathematical videos produced by teachers and students, online distance education, modeling as a pedagogical approach and qualitative research methodology. He is associate editor of ZDM, The International Journal of Mathematics Education and was, from 2018 to 2022, president of the Teaching Committee of CAPES, a funding agency of the Ministry of National Education in Brazil. He currently leads a CAPES-PrInt project that promotes the internationalization of technology research in mathematics education in Brazil. He was a keynote speaker at PME-44 (Psychology of Mathematics Education Study Group), Thailand-Virtual (2020); in the Plenary Panel of ICME 14 (International Congress on Mathematics Education), held in a hybrid format in China (2021); and at ICM-22 (International Congress of Mathematicians), which was originally scheduled to take place in Russia but was held virtually (2022). He received the Dorothy Stang 2023 Award due to the relevant extension activities he has developed in the area of Mathematics Education. (Source: Lattes Curriculum).
