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Nassif Ghoussoub

{{short description|Canadian mathematician}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2013}}

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|9 November 1953}}

| birth_place = Segou

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| nationality = Canadian

| fields = Mathematics

| workplaces = University of British Columbia

| alma_mater = Paris VI University

| doctoral_advisor = Gustave Choquet
Antoine Brunel

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Nassif A. Ghoussoub {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|FRSC}} is a Canadian mathematician working in the fields of non-linear analysis and partial differential equations. He is a Professor of Mathematics and a Distinguished University Scholar at the University of British Columbia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/film-director-egoyan-photographer-grant-receive-order-of-canada-honours-1.2142555|title=Film director Egoyan, photographer Grant receive Order of Canada honours|work=Times Colonist|access-date=2018-09-23}}

Early life and education

Ghoussoub was born to Lebanese parents in Western Africa (now Mali).{{Cite web|url=http://ulcm.org/wlcu-lebanese-heritage/news/interviews/2016/03/26/order-of-canada-honours-for-nassif-ghoussoub-a-lebanese-canadian-from-vancouver|title=Order of Canada honours for Nassif Ghoussoub, a Lebanese Canadian from vancouver|website=ulcm.org|access-date=2018-09-28}}

He completed his doctorat 3ème cycle (PhD) in 1975, and a Doctorat d'Etat in 1979 at the Pierre and Marie Curie University, where his advisors were Gustave Choquet and Antoine Brunel.

Career

Ghoussoub completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the Ohio State University during 1976–77. He then joined the University of British Columbia, where he currently holds a position of Professor of Mathematics and a Distinguished University Scholar.{{Cite news|url=https://www.macleans.ca/education/university/the-acrimony-and-enigma-of-arvind-guptas-exit-from-ubc/|title=The acrimony and enigma of Arvind Gupta's exit from UBC|date=2015-08-18|work=Macleans.ca|access-date=2018-09-28|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://studylib.net/doc/11098010/mathematics-newsletter-message-from-the-head--mike-bennett|title=Interview with UBC Math Professor Nassif Ghoussoub|work=studylib.net|access-date=2018-09-28|language=en}} Ghoussoub is known for his work in functional analysis, non-linear analysis, and partial differential equations.

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, the co-editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Mathematics during 1993–2002, a co-founder of the MITACS Network of Centres of Excellence, and is the founder and scientific director (2001 - 2020) of the Banff International Research Station (BIRS). In 1994, Ghoussoub became a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and in 2012, a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2013-01-19.

Ghoussoub has been awarded multiple awards and distinctions, including the Coxeter-James prize in 1990, and the Jeffrey-Williams prize in 2007. He holds honorary doctorates from the Université Paris-Dauphine (France), and the University of Victoria (Canada). He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, and appointed to the Order of Canada in 2015, with the grade of officer for contributions to mathematics, research, and education.{{cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=16283&lan=eng|title=Order of Canada Appointments|website=The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston|publisher=Governor General of Canada|access-date=31 December 2015}}

In 2018, Ghoussoub was elected a faculty representative on the University of British Columbia's Board of Governors.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ubyssey.ca/news/nassif-ghoussoub-wins-bog-faculty-seat/|title=Faculty elects math professor to UBC Board of Governors|last=Vescera|work=The Ubyssey|access-date=2018-09-23}} He will serve until February 29, 2020. Ghoussoub has previously served two consecutive terms in this role from 2008 to 2014.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ubyssey.ca/news/bog-faculty-rep-candidates-profile/|title=Two newcomers and two familiar faces run for Board of Governors faculty seat|access-date=2018-09-23}}

Ghoussoub's scholarly work has been cited over 5,900 times and has an h-index of 40.{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=g_-M8x0AAAAJ&hl=en|title=N. Ghoussoub - Google Scholar Citations|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2018-09-23}}

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[https://mail.cms.math.ca/pipermail/cmath/2004/000044.html Announcement]
  • Jeffery–Williams Prize, Canadian mathematical Society (2007) {{Cite web|url=http://www.cms.math.ca/Prizes/recip?id=JW|title = Reciprocal Societies}}
  • 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)
  • Inaugural fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society, 2018{{cite web|url=https://cms.math.ca/MediaReleases/2018/Fellows|title=Canadian Mathematical Society Inaugural Class of Fellows|publisher=Canadian Mathematical Society|date=December 7, 2018}}

Bibliography

= Selected Academic Publications =

  • {{cite journal | last1=Ghoussoub | first1=N. | last2=Preiss | first2=D. | title=A general mountain pass principle for locating and classifying critical points | journal=Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré C | volume=6 | issue=5 | year=1989 | issn=0294-1449 | doi=10.1016/s0294-1449(16)30313-4 | pages=321–330| bibcode=1989AIHPC...6..321G | s2cid=53449063 | url=http://www.numdam.org/item/AIHPC_1989__6_5_321_0/ }}
  • {{cite journal | last1=Ghoussoub | first1=N. | last2=Gui | first2=C. | title=On a conjecture of De Giorgi and some related problems | journal=Mathematische Annalen | volume=311 | issue=3 | date=1 July 1998 | issn=0025-5831 | doi=10.1007/s002080050196 | pages=481–491| s2cid=120215307 }}
  • {{cite journal | last1=Ghoussoub | first1=N. | last2=Yuan | first2=C. | title=Multiple solutions for quasi-linear PDEs involving the critical Sobolev and Hardy exponents | journal=Transactions of the American Mathematical Society | volume=352 | issue=12 | date=6 July 2000 | issn=0002-9947 | doi=10.1090/s0002-9947-00-02560-5 | pages=5703–5743| doi-access=free }}
  • {{cite journal | last1=Ekeland | first1=Ivar | last2=Ghoussoub | first2=Nassif | title=Selected new aspects of the calculus of variations in the large | journal=Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society | volume=39 | issue=2 | date=4 January 2002 | issn=0273-0979 | doi=10.1090/s0273-0979-02-00929-1 | pages=207–265| doi-access=free }}
  • {{cite journal | last1=Ghoussoub | first1=Nassif | last2=Guo | first2=Yujin | title=On the Partial Differential Equations of Electrostatic MEMS Devices: Stationary Case | journal=SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis | volume=38 | issue=5 | year=2007 | issn=0036-1410 | doi=10.1137/050647803 | pages=1423–1449| arxiv=math/0509534 | s2cid=10221543 }}

= Books =

  1. {{cite book | last1=Ghoussoub | first1=N. | last2=Moradifam | first2=Amir | title=Functional inequalities : new perspectives and new applications | publication-place=Providence, Rhode Island | date=2013 | isbn=978-0-8218-9152-0 | oclc=823209440}}
  2. {{cite book | last1=Ghoussoub | first1=Nassif | last2=Guo | first2=Yujin | title=Mathematical analysis of partial differential equations modeling electrostatic MEMS | publisher=American Mathematical Society | publication-place=Providence, R.I. | date=2010 | isbn=978-0-8218-4957-6 | oclc=466771715}}
  3. {{cite book | last=Ghoussoub | first=N. | title=Self-dual partial differential systems and their variational principles | publisher=Springer | publication-place=New York | date=2008 | isbn=978-0-387-84896-9 | oclc=258078803}}
  4. {{cite book | last=Ghoussoub | first=N. | author2=Cambridge University Press | title=Duality and Perturbation Methods in Critical Point Theory | publisher=Cambridge University Press | publication-place=Cambridge | date=1993 | isbn=978-0-511-55170-3 | oclc=668203489}}

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.birs.ca/~nassif/ Nassif Ghoussoub's homepage]
  • [http://nghoussoub.com/ Piece of Mind], Nassif's personal blog
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173938/http://www.mathunion.org/o/Organization/GA/GA-Santiago/candidatesCV/EC/ECGhoussoub.pdf A biography]

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