Marianna Lyra was born in Nicosia, Cyprus and graduated in Finance from the University of Cyprus. She holds a B.A. in Business Administration and an M.A. in Finance. Since September 2007 Marianna has been an Early-Stage Researcher in COMISEF and a Ph.D.candidate at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen. Currently she is working on the application of Differential Evolution.
Marianna's detailed Curriculum Vitae can be downloaded here.