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nassif ghoussoub

nassif a. ghoussoub , is a canadian mathematician working in the fields of non-linear analysis and partial differential equations .
he is a professor of mathematics , a distinguished university scholar , and a formerly elected member of the board of governors of the university of british columbia .
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 -lrb- pims -rrb- 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 -lrb- birs -rrb- .
in 2012 he became a fellow of the american mathematical society .
