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Curriculum vitae
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Curriculum Vitae for Faculty Members
Date: March 20, 2005
Initials:
1. SURNAME: Ghoussoub FIRST NAME: Nassif
MIDDLE NAME(S): A.
2. DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL: Mathematics
3. FACULTY: Science
4. PRESENT RANK: Professor SINCE: July 1989
5. POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
University or Institution Degree Subject Area Date
Lebanese University of Beirut BS Maths 1973
Universite Paris VI Doctorat 3eme cycle Maths 1975
Universite Paris VI Doctorat d’etat Maths 1979
Special Professional Qualifications
6. EMPLOYMENT RECORD
(a) Prior to coming to UBC
University, Company or Organization Rank or Title Dates
National Council of Scientific Research Research Associate 1973-1976
Ohio State University Visiting lecturer 1976-1977
University of British Columbia Visiting lecturer 1977-1979
(b) At UBC
Rank or Title Dates
· Assistant Professor 1979-1985
· Associate Professor 1985-1989
· Professor 1989 –
· Distinguished University Scholar 2003 –
(c) Date of granting of tenure at U.B.C.: July 1, 1985
7. LEAVES OF ABSENCE
University, Company or Type of Leave Dates
Organization at which
Leave was taken
University of Texas at Austin Leave without pay Fall 1982
Ohio State University without pay Winter-Spring 1983
University of Paris VI Sabbatical 1985-86
Texas A & M University without pay 1986-87
University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse Sabbatical Winter 1993
University of Vienna Sabbatical Spring 1993
Centre de Recherche Mathematiques Admin. Leave Fall 2003, Winter 2004
8. TEACHING
(a) Areas of special interest and accomplishments
Geometric Functional Analysis, Nonlinear Analysis, and Partial Diffrential equations.
(b) Courses Taught at UBC
Session Course Scheduled Class Hours Taught
Number Hours Size Lectures Tutorials
Fall 90/91 253 3 92
Winter 90/91 254 3 81
Fall 90/91 220 3 35
Winter 90/91 316 3 23
Fall 91/92 200 3 59
Fall 91/92 549 3 04
Winter 91/92 254 3 101
Fall/W 91/92 601 3 2
Winter '93 549 4 3
Fall 93/94 200 3 58
Winter 93/94 510 3 7
94/95 253 3
95/96 253 3
95/96 516 3
98/99 5?? 3 5
99/00 609D 3 5
01/02 606 3 4
02/03 606 3 4
04/05 611D 3 12
04/05 620E 3 10
(c) Graduate Students Supervised
Student Name Program YEAR Principal Co-
Type Start Finish Supervisor Supervisor(s)
Krishna Padayachee M.Sc. 1980 1981 Ghoussoub
David Hare PhD 1984 1987 Ghoussoub
Guancai Fang PhD 1990-1993 Ghoussoub
David Robinson M.Sc. 1989-1990 Ghoussoub
David Robinson PhD 1990 - Ghoussoub
Chaogui Yuan PhD 1993-1998 Ghoussoub
Christine Chambers Msc 1999-2000 Ghoussoub
Xiao Song Kang PhD 1999-2003 Ghoussoub
Christine Chambers PhD 2000- Ghoussoub
Theodore Kolokolnikov PhD 2000-01 Ghoussoub (transferred)
Leo Tsou MSc. 2002-03 Ghoussoub
Martin Girouard PhD 2002-03 Ghoussoub (transferred)
Yujin Guo PhD 2003- Ghoussoub
Jason Donaldson Msc 2005- Ghoussoub
(d) Continuing Education Activities
Postdocs under my supervision
V. Tardivel, Universite Paris VI, 1990
J. Burdeau, Ecole normale superieure, 1993
H. Tehrani, Courant Institute, 1994-1997
M. Zhu, Rutgers University, 1996-98
G. Fang, Courant Institute, 1996-98
P. Bolle, Universite Paris-Dauphine, 1997
Ji-guang Bao, Beijing University, 2000-01
Martial Agueh, Georgia Tech, 2002-04
Xiangxing Tao, Beijing University, 2002-03
Mohammed Reza Pakzad, Paris, 2003-05
David Hasler, Danemark, 2003-05
Abbas Moameni, Tehran, 2004-06
(e) Visiting Lecturer (indicate university/organization and dates)
See IV. c below
(f) Other
9. SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
(a) Areas of special interest and accomplishments
Geometric and non-linear Analysis - Partial differential equations.
(b) Research or equivalent grants (indicate under COMP whether grants were obtained competitively (C) or non-competitively (NC))
Granting COMP Per year Year Principal Co-
Agency Investigator Investigator
NSF (USA) C 5,400 77-78 Ghoussoub
Natural, health sciences C 1,000 79-80 Ghoussoub
NSERC C 5,875 80-83 Ghoussoub
NSERC C 12,300 83-86 Ghoussoub
NSERC C 25,000 86-89 Ghoussoub
NSERC C 28,000 89-92 Ghoussoub
NSERC C 35,000 92-95 Ghoussoub
Killam Travel Grant C 3,000 92-93 Ghoussoub
NSERC foreign res.fellow C 14,000 94-95 Ghoussoub K.C.Chang
NSERC C 35,000 95-98 Ghoussoub
NSERC C 38,500 98-99 Ghoussoub
NSERC C 40,425 99-00 Ghoussoub
NSERC NC 200,000 97-99 Ghoussoub (Pacific Institute)
BC government NC 195,000 97-99 Ghoussoub (Pacific Institute)
BC government NC 200,000 99-03 Ghoussoub (Pacific Institute)
Alberta government NC 110,000 98-99 Ghoussoub (Pacific Institute)
Alberta government NC 200,000 99-03 Ghoussoub (Pacific Institute)
NSERC C 630,000 99-03 Ghoussoub (Pacific Institute)
PIMS Universities NC 386,000 99-03 Ghoussoub (Pacific Institute)
NSERC C 43,500 00-05 Ghoussoub
NSERC-MFA C 500,000 03-06 Ghoussoub (Banff Station)
Alberta government C 500,000 03-06 Ghoussoub (Banff Station)
MITACS C 157,000 99-03 Ghoussoub (Pacific Institute)
NSERC C 1,024,000 03-07 Ghoussoub (Pacific Institute)
NSERC C 44,000 05-10 Ghoussoub (Discovery grant)
(c) Research or equivalent contracts (indicate under COMP whether grants were obtained competitively (C) or non-competitively (NC).
Granting Subject COMP $ Year Principal Co-
Agency Per Year Investigator Investigator(s)
(d) Invited Presentations
1. Seminaire Choquet-Universite Paris VI (June 1981)
2. Colloque Laurent Schwartz - Paris (June 1983)
3. University of Missouri (Columbia) (July 1983) - Colloquium
4. Ohio State University - Columbus (February) 1983 4 talks
5. The University of Texas at Austin (November 1982) 3 talks
6. Seminaire d'Analyse fonctionnelle - Universite Paris VII. (Dec 1982)
7. University of Alberta, Edmonton - Colloquium (Nov. 1983)
8. University of Washington, Seattle - Colloquium (Feb. 1984)
9. University of Paris VI - Seminaire Pisier (May 1984)
10. University of Paris VII - Seminaire d'analyse fonctionnelle (May 1984)
- N.S.F. - C.B.M.S. Regional Conference at the U. of Missouri (June 1984)
12. Workshop on Banach Space theory, Ohio State University (July 1984) 2talks
13. University of Victoria - Colloquium (September 1984)
14. University of Paris VI - Seminaire Maurey-Pisier (December 1984)
15. Oxford University, England - Functional Analysis Seminar (June 1985)
16. International conference on Banach spaces and classical Analysis (50 minute invited address), Kent (August 1985)
17. University of Missouri (Columbia). Colloquium (August 1985)
18. University of Paris VI - Choquet Seminar (November 1985)
19. Cambridge University - Analysis Seminar (November 1985)
20. Joint Texas A. & M. and University of Texas Colloquium (January 1986)
21. Universite Paris-Dauphine - Colloquium (February 1986)
22. University of Linz, Austria - Colloquium (May 1986)
23. Universite Paris VI - Choquet Seminar (June 1986)
24. Annual meeting of A.M.S. - New Orleans (January 1986)
25. Regional A.M.S. meeting - Norman, Oklahoma, (20 min. address) (March 1983).
26. Conference on Banach space theory - Oberwolfach, West Germany, (Oct. 1986)
27. Conference for the 25th Anniversary of the Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del I.P.N. Mexico - (One hour address). Nov. 1986.
28. University of Texas at Austin, November (1986).
29. Joint Texas A & M and U. of Texas semi-annual Colloquium, February 1987.
30. Louisianna State University - Baton Rouge, Colloquium, March 1987.
31. N.S.F. Workshop at University of Iowa, July 1987. (one hour address).
32. M.S.R.I. Berkeley, July 1988. (one hour address).
33. University of Paris VI, Choquet Seminar (June 1987).
34. Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, Colloquium (June 1987)
35. Université Paris-Sud, Orsay - Harmonic Analysis Seminar (June 1988)
36. Université Paris VI-VII. Functional Analysis Seminar (April 1988)
37. Conference on the occasion of the honorary degree given by Kent State University to Robert C. James. (One hour invited talk) (May 1987).
38. Texas A & M University, Functional Analysis Seminar (August 1987). (2 talks)
39. International conference on Banach space theory. (One hour address) Belgium (August 1987).
40. Texas A & M University, Analysis Seminar (July 1988). (2 talks)
41. Courant Institute, Non linear Analysis Seminar. (November 1988)
42. Université Paris VI, Analysis Seminar (December 1988).
43. Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, Analysis Seminar (May 1989).
44. University of Murcia, Spain, Analysis Seminar (May 1989) (2 talks).
45. Conference on the Geometry of Banach spaces, Ströbl, Austria (June 1989) (Invited one-hour talk).
46. Université Paris VI-VII, Functional Analysis Seminar (February 1990)
47. Charles University, Prague, Czekoslovakia. Colloquium & Seminar (March 1990)
48. Coxeter-Jame Lecture at C.M.S. meeting. Waterloo, Ontario (Dec. 90)
49. University of Roma I - Analysis Seminar (Dec 1990)
50. University of Washington, Seattle - Colloquium (Nov. 1990)
51. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena - Analysis Seminar (Feb 91)
52. Oberwolfach, Germany - Conference on Banach space theory (Invited one-hour talk) (Sept. 91)
53. University of Alberta, Edmonton - Colloquium (Oct. 91)
54. University of Victoria, Victoria - Colloquium (Nov. 91)
55. Université Paris VI-VII - Analysis Seminar (Dec. 91)
56. University of Vienna, Austria, Analysis Seminar (Apr. 92).
57. Texas A&M University, Functional Analysis Seminar (Oct. 92)
58. Courant Institute, New York University, PDE Seminar (Nov. 92)
59. Rutgers University, PDE Seminar (Nov. 92)
60. Carnegie Mellon University, PDE Seminar (Nov. 92)
61. Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse (Dec. 92)
62. University of Oklahoma, Stillwater, Colloquium (Dec. 92)
63. Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, Series of lectures (Feb-March 93)
64. Université Bordeaux I, Colloquium (Feb 93)
65. A.M.S. Winter meeting, San Antonio, Session on Banach spaces (Jan.93)
66. Université Paris-Dauphine, Hamiltonian systems Seminar (March 93)
67. Ecole normale superieure, Cachan, PDE Seminar (April 93)
68. College de France, Lions Seminar (April 93)
69. University of Linz, Austria, Colloquium (May 93)
70. University of Vienna, Austria, Colloquium (June 93)
71. A.M.S. regional meeting, Claremont, California (One hour invited address) (November 93)
72. New York University, Analysis Seminar (Feb. 94)
73. Beijing University and Academica Sinica, Colloquium (May 94)
74. American University of Beirut, Colloquium (June 94)
75. Carlton University, Ottawa, Colloquium (Oct. 94)
76. McGill University, Montreal, Colloquium (Feb. 95)
77. UBC, Vancouver, Colloquium (November 95)
78. MSRI, Berkeley seminar (March 96)
79. Universite Paris-Dauphine, Colloquium (May.96)
80. Université Paris VI-VII - Analysis Seminar (June 96)
81. American University of Beirut, Colloquium (June 96)
82. University of Calgary, Colloqium (September 96)
83. American University of Beirut, Colloquium (June 1996)
- Intern. Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (5 lectures) (June 1997)
85. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Colloquium (October 1997)
86. Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France (November 1997)
87. Universite Paris-Dauphine (November 1997)
88. Special Session on PDE, CMS meeting, Victoria (December 1997)
89. University of Calgary, Colloquium (February 1998)
90. University of Alberta, Colloquium (February 1998)
91. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Colloquium (March 1998)
92. Courant Institute, NYU, Analysis Seminar (April 1998)
93. UBC Colloquium (April 1998)
94. Centennial Mathematics Conference, Beijing, China, 50 minutes address (May 1998)
95. Plenary address at the Conference on Nonlinear Analysis and PDE in honour
of Louis Nirenberg, Trieste, Italy (October 1998)
96. Plenary address at the conference on Topological Methods in Nonlinear
Analysis, Mexico (March 1999).
97. A.M.S. regional meeting in LasVegas, Nevada. PDE session (April 99)
98. Ervin Shroedinger Institute, Vienna, Colloquium (May 1999)
99. Conference on Geometric Functional Analysis, Vancouver, Plenary speaker, (June 1999)
100. First Canada-China Congress, Beijing, PDE session Speaker (August 99)
101. Universite de Bordeaux, France, Colloquium (October 99)
102. University of Toronto, Analysis Seminar (October 99)
103. Universite Paris-Dauphine, PDE Seminar (November 99)
104. Universite Paris-Dauphine, PDE Seminar (December 99)
- Invited speaker at PDE session in CMS meeting, Hamilton, Ontario, June 2000 (Couldn’t attend)
106. Invited speaker at SIAM meeting, Maui, Hawai, August 2000 (Couldn’t attend)
107. Invited speaker at SIAM Northwest regional meeting, October 2000 (Couldn’t attend)
108. Invited speaker at Chinese University of Hong-Kong, October 2000 (Couldn’t attend)
- Invited speaker at National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, January 2001 (Couldn’t attend)
110. Invited speaker, Conference on Measure Transport, Fields, August, 2001 (Couldn’t attend)
111. Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK, May 2001
112. Workshop on Variational Methods in PDE, Vancouver, August 2001
113. Second Canada-China Congress, Vancouver, August 2001
114. UBC Colloquium, November 2001
115. Invited speaker, Conference on variational and viscosity methods in PDE, Austin, Texas, April, 2002
116. Invited speaker, ICM2002 Satellite Conference, Tyeuan, China, August, 2002
117. Universite Paris-Dauphine, PDE Seminar, November 2002
118. Pan-American Summer Research Institute, Santiago, Chile, January 2003
119. Speaker, PDEfest, UBC, Vancouver, June, 2003
120. Plenary speaker, Optimal Transportation and Nonlinear Dynamics Workshop,
PIMS-UBC, Vancouver, August 11-15, 2003
121. Plenary speaker, Workshop on Calculus of Variations: Geometric Problems, Superconductivity, and Material Microstructures, Fields Institute, Toronto, August 2003''
122. Invited speaker, Geometry/PDE/Dynamical systems seminar, University of Montreal, Montreal, September 2003''
123. Invited speaker, Applied Math seminar, University of Toronto, October 2003''
124. Invited speaker, Analysis seminar, New York University, NY, October 2003''
125. Invited speaker, Analysis seminar, McGill University, Montreal, October 2003''
126. Invited speaker, PDE seminar, CEREMADE, Paris, November 2003
127. Mini-course lecturer: Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, Montreal, November 2003
128. Colloquium speaker, University of Connecticut, Stors, March 1, 2004.
129. Invited speaker, A-HYKE2 : Around HYperbolic and Kinetic Equations 2, ENS Paris, FRANCE, April14-17,2004
130. Plenary speaker, Colloque ISM Pan-Quebecois des etudiants avances en mathematiques, May 14-16, 2004
131. Invited Speaker, Workshop on ``New developments on Variational Methods and their applications'', Banff International Research Station, May 15-20, 2004
132. Mini-course lecturer, Centre for Non-linear Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon, Pittsburg, May 25-June 5, 2004
133. Main speaker, Journ\'ee Th\'ematique Aix-Marseille, June 8, 2004.
134. Invited plenary speaker, International conference dedicated to the 125-th anniversary of Hans Hahn, Chernivtsi national university, Ukraine, June 27-July 03, 2004
135. Invited speaker, Conference in honour of I. Ekeland's 60th birthday, Paris, France, 6-8 July, 2004
136. Invited speaker, Session on PDE, Joint CMS/SMF Congress, Toulouse, France, 12-15 July, 2004
137. Invited plenary lecture at the International Workshop on Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Tehran, Iran, Dec.12-16, 2004 (in cooperation with the Wolfgang Pauli Institute in Vienna)