Nassif Ghoussoub
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| Nassif Ghoussoub | |
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| File:Nassif Ghoussoub.jpg | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia |
| Alma mater | Paris VI University |
| Doctoral advisor | Gustave Choquet Antoine Brunel |
| Doctoral students | Craig Cowen Amir Moradifam Ramon Zarat |
Nassif A. Ghoussoub, OC FRSC is a Canadian mathematician working in the fields of non-linear analysis and partial differential equations. He is a Professor of Mathematics, a Distinguished University Scholar, and an elected member of the Board of Governors of the University of British Columbia.[1]
He did his graduate work at the Pierre and Marie Curie University where his advisor was Gustave Choquet.
He was vice-president of the Canadian Mathematical Society from 1994 to 1996, the founding director of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) for the period 1996–2003, a co-founder of the MITACS Network of Centres of Excellence, and is the founder and current scientific director of the Banff International Research Station (BIRS).
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2]
In 2015, he was awarded the Order of Canada with the grade of officer for contributions to math, research and education.[3]
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Awards
- Coxeter-James Prize, Canadian Mathematical Society (1990)
- Killam Senior Research Fellowship, UBC (1992)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1994)
- Distinguished University Scholar, UBC (2003)
- Doctorat Honoris Causa, Paris Dauphine University[4]
- Jeffery–Williams Prize, Canadian mathematical Society (2007) [5]
- Faculty of Science Achievement Award for outstanding service and leadership, UBC (2007)
- David Borwein Distinguished Career Award, Canadian Mathematical Society (2010)
- Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2012)
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012)
- Honorary Doctor of Science-University of Victoria (June 2015)
- Officer of the Order of Canada (December 2015)
See also
References
- ↑ Nassif Ghossoub's page
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-19.
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- ↑ Announcement
- ↑ [1]
External links
- Nassif Ghoussoub's homepage
- Piece of Mind, Nassif's personal blog
- A biography
- Pages with broken file links
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Living people
- 20th-century mathematicians
- 21st-century mathematicians
- Mathematical analysts
- University of British Columbia faculty
- Pierre and Marie Curie University alumni
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
- Functional analysts
- PDE theorists
- Officers of the Order of Canada
