Henri Berestycki, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Henri Berestycki

French mathematician

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1951

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Profession: mathematician, professeur des universités

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Henri Berestycki

  • Henri Berestycki (born 25 March 1951, in Paris) is a French mathematician who obtained his PhD from Université Paris VI – Université Pierre et Marie Curie in 1975.
  • His Dissertation was titled Contributions à l'étude des problèmes elliptiques non linéaires, and his doctoral advisor was Haim Brezis.
  • He was an L.E.
  • Dickson Instructor in Mathematics at the University of Chicago from 1975–77, after which he returned to France to continue his research.
  • He has made many contributions in nonlinear analysis, ranging from nonlinear elliptic equations, hamiltonian systems, spectral theory of elliptic operators, and with applications to the description of mathematical modelling of fluid mechanics and combustion.
  • His current research interests include the mathematical modelling of financial markets, mathematical models in biology and especially in ecology, and modelling in social sciences (in particular, urban planning and criminology).
  • For these latter topics, he obtained an ERC Advanced grant in 2012. He worked at the French National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS), then moved to an appointment as Professor at Univ.
  • Paris XIII (1983–1985).
  • He became a Professor of Mathematics in 1988 at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris VI (1988–2001 of “exceptional class” since 1993), and became Professor at Ecole normale supérieure, Paris (1994–1999), and part-time professor Ecole Polytechnique (1987–1999).
  • He is also a visiting Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Chicago, and was also co-director of the Stevanovich Center of Financial Mathematics in Chicago.
  • He is currently the Directeur d'études (Research Professor) at École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), since 2001.

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