Jacek Banasiak FAAS (born 15 March 1959) is a Polish mathematician who is a Professor and South African Research Chair in Mathematical Models and Methods in Biosciences and Bioengineering at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Professor Jacek Banasiak | |
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| Born | 15 March 1959 Łódź, Poland |
| Citizenship |
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| Education | Łódź University of Technology (MSc) University of Strathclyde (PhD) University of Warsaw (PD) |
| Awards | SAMS award for Research Distinction Polish Cross of Merit (Silver) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Semigroup theory Asymptotic analysis Mathematical biology Fragmentation coagulation equations Difference and differential equations |
| Institutions | University of KwaZulu-Natal University of Pretoria Łódź University of Technology University of Strathclyde |
| Thesis | On mixed initial-boundary value problems for second-order elliptic and parabolic equations in non-smooth dom (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gary Francis Roach Izydor Dziubiński |
Early life and education
Jacek Banasiak was born on 15 March 1959 in Łódź, Poland.[1] He obtained a Master of Science (MSc) in Math from the Łódź University of Technology in 1981,[2] and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in mathematics on 15 March 1989 from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland.[3] He was hablitated (PD) in Physics on 17 June 1999 from the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw with a thesis titled Singularly Perturbed Evolution Equations with Applications in Kinetic Theory and Other Branches of Mathematical Physics.[4]
Career and research
Banasiak became a professor on 21 December 2007,[5] and has been a Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal from 2011 until 2015.[6][7] After, he joined the University of Pretoria and became the South African Research Chair in Mathematical Models and Methods in Biosciences and Bioengineering at the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics,[8] extraordinary professor at the Łódź University of Technology,[9] and a visiting professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the Strathclyde University.[10]
Banasiak research focuses on applied mathematics especially semigroup theory,[11] asymptotic analysis,[12][13] mathematical biology,[14][15][16] fragmentations coagulation equations,[17] and difference and differential equations.[18][19]
Banasiak served as the vice president of the South African Mathematical Society (2001–2005).[6][2] He is a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS).[20] He is also the Editor-in-Chief of Afrika Matematika since 2010,[21][6] Associate Editor of Quaestiones Mathematicae[22] and Evolution Equations an Control Theory (EECT),[23] and a member of the Editorial Board of Mathematical Methods for the Applied Sciences[24] and Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems.[25]
Awards and honours
In 2012, Banasiak won the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS) award for Research Distinction.[26] In 2014, he was honoured with the Polish Cross of Merit (Silver) for his contributions to science.[2] Banasiak was elected a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences in 2016.[27]
Selected publications
- Banasiak, J.; Arlotti, Luisa (2006). Perturbations of positive semigroups with applications. London: Springer. ISBN 978-1-85233-993-7. OCLC 67766114.
- Banasiak, Jacek; Lachowicz, Mirosław (2014). "Methods of Small Parameter in Mathematical Biology". Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-05140-6. ISBN 978-3-319-05139-0. ISSN 2164-3679.
- Banasiak, Jacek; Mika, Janusz R. (1998-01-01). "Singularly perturbed telegraph equations with applications in the random walk theory". Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis. 11 (1). Hindawi Limited: 9–28. doi:10.1155/s1048953398000021. ISSN 1048-9533.
- Mika, J. R.; Banasiak, J. (1995). Singularly perturbed evolution equations with applications to kinetic theory. Singapore: World Scientific. ISBN 981-02-2125-8. OCLC 32746102.
- Banasiak, J.; Lamb, Wilson; Laurençot, Philippe (2020). Analytic methods for coagulation-fragmentation models. Volume II. Boca Raton, FL. ISBN 978-0-429-28032-0. OCLC 1119391451.
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