Athanassios Fokas

Athanassios Fokas
Born
Athanassios Spyridon Fokas

(1952-06-30) 30 June 1952 (age 72)
Cefalonia, Greece
NationalityGreek
United States [citation needed]
Alma mater
Known forFokas method
Calogero-Degasperis-Fokas equation
Fokas-Lenells equation
AwardsNaylor Prize
Aristeion Prize in Sciences of the Academy of Athens (2004)
New Year's list of honours (2005) of the President of the Hellenic Republic
Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (2005)
Professorial Fellow of Clare Hall (2005)
Aristeion Prize of the Bodossaki Foundation jointly with D. Christodoulou (2006)
Guggenheim Fellowship (2009)[1]
Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (2010)
Honorary Doctorate of Sciences – Technical University of Crete (2004)
Honorary Doctorate of Mathematics – University of Patras (2004)
Honorary Doctorate of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences – Technical University of Athens (2005)
Honorary Doctorate in Mathematics – University of Athens (2006)
Honorary Doctorate of Computer Engineering and Telecommunications – University of Western Macedonia (2007)
Honorary Doctorate in Material Science – University of Ioannina (2012)
Honorary Doctorate in Electrical and Computer Engineering – Democritus University (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Engineering
Medicine
InstitutionsClarkson University
Imperial College London
University of Cambridge
University of Southern California
Doctoral advisorPaco Axel Lagerstrom[2]

Athanassios Spyridon Fokas (Greek: Αθανάσιος Σπυρίδων Φωκάς; born 30 June 1952) is a United States–based Greek academic, educator and scientist, with degrees in Aeronautical Engineering and Medicine. Since 2002, he is Professor of Nonlinear Mathematical Science[3] in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge.

  1. ^ A. S. Fokas Archived 14 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ^ Athanassios Fokas at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ Cambridge University Reporter, Special No. 4, Vol CXLVIII. Officers in institutions placed under the supervision of the general board. Accessed 27 April 2018.