| Nassif Ghoussoub | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canada |
| 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 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).