Nassif Ghoussoub
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Nassif Ghoussoub is a Canadian mathematician working in the fields of non-linear analysis and partial differential equations. He is currently 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).
[edit] 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[2]
- Jeffery–Williams Prize, Canadian mathematical Society (2007) [3]
- Faculty of Science Achievement Award for outstanding service and leadership, UBC (2007)
