Ricardo H. Nochetto is professor in the Department of Mathematics and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland, College Park.Together with Andrea Bonito they have more than forty years of experience in the variational formulation and approximation of a wide range of geometric partial differential equations (PDEs). Their work encompass fundamental studies of numerical PDEs: the design, analysis and implementation of efficient numerical algorithms for the approximation of PDEs; and their applications in modern engineering, science, and bio-medical problems.