Boualem Khouider | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Algerian-Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | Applied mathematician, climate scientist, academic, and author |
| Awards | Distinguished Visitor, Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences, New York University Senior Fellow, Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), University of California Los Angeles |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumedienne University of Montreal |
| Thesis | Modelisation asymptotique pour la simulation aux grandes echelles de la combustion turbulente premelangee (2002) |
| Doctoral advisor | Anne Bourlioux |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Victoria |
Boualem Khouider is an Algerian-Canadian applied mathematician, climate scientist, academic, and author. He is a professor, and former Chair of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Victoria.[1]
Khouider has published more than 100 papers with his most recognizable contributions being in the applied mathematics, atmospheric science, as well as climate modelling.[2] He is the author of a book Models for Tropical Climate Dynamics: Waves, Clouds, and Precipitation, and is the editor of several edited volumes. He is also a Senior Fellow of Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM) at the University of California Los Angeles, a senior advisor of Center for Prototype Climate Models at NYU Abu-Dhabi Institute, and holds editorial appointments as an Editor for Mathematics of Climate and Weather Forecasting,[3] and as Associate Editor for AIMS Mathematics,[4]