Alejandro Adem

Alejandro Adem
Born
NationalityMexico, United States, Canada
Alma materB.S., National University of Mexico, 1982
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1986
AwardsJeffery-Williams Prize
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society
Canada Research Chair
Scientific career
FieldsAlgebraic Topology
Group cohomology
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
University of British Columbia
Doctoral advisorWilliam Browder
Doctoral studentsBernardo Uribe

Alejandro Adem FRSC is a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia and President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.[1] Previously he was Director of the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences for the period 2008–2015 and during 2015-2019 was the CEO and Scientific Director of Mitacs.[2][3] In 2024 he was reappointed to a second five-year term as President of NSERC.[4]

  1. ^ "Minister of Science and Sport Kirsty Duncan announces new President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada". 25 June 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Alejandro Adem, C.V. & Publications". from University of British Columbia
  3. ^ "Mitacs: Mathematical Roots for Innovation in Canada" (PDF). from Notices of the American Mathematical Society
  4. ^ "Government of Canada reappoints president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada". 29 May 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.