Jacek Banasiak

{{Short description|Polish mathematician (born 1959)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|03|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Łódź, Poland

| citizenship = {{Hlist|Poland|South Africa}}

| fields = Semigroup theory
Asymptotic analysis
Mathematical biology
Fragmentation coagulation equations
Difference and differential equations

| workplaces = University of KwaZulu-Natal
University of Pretoria
Łódź University of Technology
University of Strathclyde

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| thesis_title = On mixed initial-boundary value problems for second-order elliptic and parabolic equations in non-smooth dom

| thesis_url = https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/research?id=89711&_k=oyzgp4

| thesis_year = 1989

| doctoral_advisor = Gary Francis Roach
Izydor Dziubiński

| awards = SAMS award for Research Distinction
Polish Cross of Merit (Silver)

| education = Łódź University of Technology (MSc)
University of Strathclyde (PhD)
University of Warsaw (PD)

| honorific_suffix = FAAS

| honorific_prefix = Professor

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Jacek Banasiak FAAS (born 15 March 1959) is a Polish mathematician who is a Professor and South African Research Chair in Mathematical Models and Methods in Biosciences and Bioengineering at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Early life and education

Jacek Banasiak was born on 15 March 1959 in Łódź, Poland.{{Cite web |title=ORCID |url=https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3381-0774 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=orcid.org}} He obtained a Master of Science (MSc) in Math from the Łódź University of Technology in 1981, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in mathematics on 15 March 1989 from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.{{Cite web |title=Nowa Nauka Polska |url=https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/research?id=89711&_k=oyzgp4 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=nauka-polska.pl}} He was hablitated (PD) in Physics on 17 June 1999 from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw with a thesis titled Singularly Perturbed Evolution Equations with Applications in Kinetic Theory and Other Branches of Mathematical Physics.{{Cite web |title=Nowa Nauka Polska |url=https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/research?id=8053&_k=7k0pre |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=nauka-polska.pl}}

Career and research

Banasiak became a professor on 21 December 2007,{{Cite web |title=Nowa Nauka Polska |url=https://nauka-polska.pl/#/profile/scientist?id=74107&_k=81bc9d |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=nauka-polska.pl}} and has been a Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal from 2011 until 2015.{{Cite web |title=Scientific Committee |url=https://www.pacom2022.com/program/committees |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS OF MATHEMATICIANS 2022 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Jacek Banasiak {{!}} African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Academia.edu |url=https://aims.academia.edu/JacekBanasiak |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=aims.academia.edu}} After, he joined the University of Pretoria and became the South African Research Chair in Mathematical Models and Methods in Biosciences and Bioengineering at the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,{{Cite web |title=Jacek Banasiak {{!}} University of Pretoria |url=https://www.up.ac.za/jacek-banasiak |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=www.up.ac.za}} extraordinary professor at the Łódź University of Technology,{{Cite web |title=Prof J (Jacek) Banasiak {{!}} Article {{!}} University of Pretoria |url=https://www.up.ac.za/mathematics-and-applied-mathematics/article/2229299/prof-j-jacek-banasiak |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=www.up.ac.za |language=en}} and a visiting professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the Strathclyde University.{{Cite web |title=Prof Jacek Banasiak {{!}} University of Strathclyde |url=https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/banasiakjacekprof/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=www.strath.ac.uk |language=en}}

Banasiak research focuses on applied mathematics especially semigroup theory,{{Cite web |title=Jacek Banasiak |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ufHvf1IAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=scholar.google.com}} asymptotic analysis,{{Cite book |last1=Banasiak |first1=Jacek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9NrsCgAAQBAJ |title=Singularly Perturbed Evolution Equations With Applications To Kinetic Theory |last2=Mika |first2=Janusz R. |date=1995-10-24 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4500-97-5 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Mika |first1=J. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92ZQpEzAqJIC&dq=info:sGc9g7l51mIJ:scholar.google.com&pg=PA1 |title=Singularly Perturbed Evolution Equations with Applications to Kinetic Theory |last2=Banasiak |first2=J. |date=1995 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-02-2125-6 |language=en}} mathematical biology,{{Cite book |last1=Banasiak |first1=Jacek |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aORvb9ZcFOgC |title=Multiscale Problems in the Life Sciences: From Microscopic to Macroscopic |last2=Miekisz |first2=Jacek |date=2008-05-30 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-540-78360-2 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-05140-6 |title=Methods of Small Parameter in Mathematical Biology |series=Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology |year=2014 |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-05140-6|isbn=978-3-319-05139-0 |last1=Banasiak |first1=Jacek |last2=Lachowicz |first2=Mirosław }}{{Cite journal |last1=Ngwa |first1=Gideon A. |last2=Teboh-Ewungkem |first2=Miranda I. |last3=Dumont |first3=Yves |last4=Ouifki |first4=Rachid |last5=Banasiak |first5=Jacek |date=2019-11-21 |title=On a three-stage structured model for the dynamics of malaria transmission with human treatment, adult vector demographics and one aquatic stage |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022519318306490 |journal=Journal of Theoretical Biology |series=Celebrating the 60th Birthday of Professor Philip Maini |language=en |volume=481 |pages=202–222 |doi=10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.12.043 |pmid=30610868 |bibcode=2019JThBi.481..202N |s2cid=58648095 |issn=0022-5193|hdl=2263/68220 |hdl-access=free }} fragmentations coagulation equations,{{Cite book |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/9780429280320/analytic-methods-coagulation-fragmentation-models-jacek-banasiak-wilson-lamb-philippe-laurencot |title=Analytic Methods for Coagulation-Fragmentation Models |date=2019-09-05 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-0-429-28032-0 |language=en |doi=10.1201/9780429280320|last1=Banasiak |first1=Jacek |last2=Lamb |first2=Wilson |last3=Laurençot |first3=Philippe |s2cid=198353792 }} and difference and differential equations.{{Cite book |last=Banasiak |first=J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zr0atDhXt7EC |title=Mathematical Modelling in One Dimension: An Introduction Via Difference and Differential Equations |date=2013-02-21 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-65468-6 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.apple.com/us/book/evolutionary-equations-with-applications-in-natural/id939114593 |title=Evolutionary Equations with Applications in Natural Sciences |language=en-US}}

Banasiak served as the vice president of the South African Mathematical Society (2001–2005).{{Cite web |title=Banasiak |url=https://africanscientists.africa/business-directory/banasiak/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=African Scientists Directory |language=en-US}} He is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS).{{Cite web |title=Prof. Jacek Banasiak – AIMS South Africa |url=https://aims.ac.za/researcher/prof-jacek-banasiak/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |language=en-US}} He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Afrika Matematika since 2010,{{Cite web |title=Afrika Matematika |url=https://www.springer.com/journal/13370 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=Springer |language=en}} Associate Editor of Quaestiones Mathematicae{{Cite web |title=Quaestiones Mathematicae |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=tqma20& |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Taylor & Francis |language=en}} and Evolution Equations an Control Theory (EECT),{{Cite web |title=Editorial Board {{!}} Evolution Equations and Control Theory |url=https://www.aimsciences.org/eect/editorialboard}} and a member of the Editorial Board of Mathematical Methods for the Applied Sciences{{Cite web |title=Editorial Board {{!}} Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/10991476/homepage/editorialboard.html}} and Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems.{{Cite web |title=Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems |url=https://www.springer.com/journal/12591/editors |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=Springer |language=en}}

Awards and honours

In 2012, Banasiak won the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS) award for Research Distinction.{{Cite web |title=Award winners – SAMS |url=http://www.sams.ac.za/award-winners-sams/ |access-date=2022-12-24 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224215306/http://www.sams.ac.za/award-winners-sams/ |url-status=dead }} In 2014, he was honoured with the Polish Cross of Merit (Silver) for his contributions to science. Banasiak was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2016.{{Cite web |title=Banasiak Jacek {{!}} The AAS |url=https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/banasiak-jacek |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=www.aasciences.africa |archive-date=2022-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224173238/https://www.aasciences.africa/fellow/banasiak-jacek |url-status=dead }}

Selected publications

  • {{cite book | last1=Banasiak | first1=J. | last2=Arlotti | first2=Luisa | title=Perturbations of positive semigroups with applications | publisher=Springer | publication-place=London | date=2006 | isbn=978-1-85233-993-7 | oclc=67766114}}
  • {{cite book | last1=Banasiak | first1=Jacek | last2=Lachowicz | first2=Mirosław | title=Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology | chapter=Methods of Small Parameter in Mathematical Biology | publisher=Springer International Publishing | publication-place=Cham | year=2014 | isbn=978-3-319-05139-0 | issn=2164-3679 | doi=10.1007/978-3-319-05140-6}}
  • {{cite journal | last1=Banasiak | first1=Jacek | last2=Mika | first2=Janusz R. | title=Singularly perturbed telegraph equations with applications in the random walk theory | journal=Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis | publisher=Hindawi Limited | volume=11 | issue=1 | date=1998-01-01 | issn=1048-9533 | doi=10.1155/s1048953398000021 | pages=9–28 | doi-access=free }}
  • {{cite book | last1=Mika | first1=J. R. | last2=Banasiak | first2=J. | title=Singularly perturbed evolution equations with applications to kinetic theory | publisher=World Scientific | publication-place=Singapore | date=1995 | isbn=981-02-2125-8 | oclc=32746102}}
  • {{cite book | last1=Banasiak | first1=J. | last2=Lamb | first2=Wilson | last3=Laurençot | first3=Philippe | title=Analytic methods for coagulation-fragmentation models. Volume II | publication-place=Boca Raton, FL | date=2020 | isbn=978-0-429-28032-0 | oclc=1119391451}}

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