Ana Luísa Custódio is an Associate Professor (with tenure) at the Department of Mathematics of NOVA School of Science and Technology and a researcher of Centre for Mathematics and Applications (NOVA Math), integrated in the Operations Research group. She holds a PhD in Mathematics by NOVA School of Science and Technology, a MSc in Operations Research and Systems Engineering by Instituto Superior Técnico, and a BSc in Mathematics also by NOVA School of Science and Technology.
Her main research area is Nonlinear Optimization, with a focus on Derivative-free Optimization. She is also interested in topics related to Multiobjective Optimization and Global Optimization. She is co-author of several state-of-art computational codes, as a byproduct of the research conducted.
Currently she is Coordinator of the Center for Mathematics and Applications (NOVA Math) and Associate Editor of Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications and Optimization Methods and Software.