Featured Grantee
Quick Facts
- Name: Fernando Piñero González
- Comes from: Carolina
- Lives in: Carolina, Puerto Rico
- In three words: Breathe, Listen, Think
- Leisure time activities: Yoga, reading, sudoku, playing Dungeons and Dragons
- Likes: Math, roller skating
- Unsuspected talent: I make a good flan
- Currently reading: The Yoga sutras of Patanjali
In a nutshell
- My research matters because… I can apply mathematical techniques to solve actual, tangible problems facing society.
- One of the inspirations for my research has been… finding beauty and elegance in unexpected places.
- The best thing about my job is… learning new things and guiding Puerto Rico’s next generation of bright minds.
- My career highlight so far has been… leading an NSF-sponsored summer research workshop.
- My advice to aspiring researchers is… to never give up and never surrender.

Fernando Piñero González, Ph. D.
Catedrático Asociado
Coordinador – Programa Piloto Matemática Introductoria
Coordinador de Avalúo de Aprendizaje Estudiantil