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Abba Gumel is a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and the
Director of the Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences (IIMS)
of the University of Manitoba. He received his Ph.D. from Brunel University (London,
England). His main research interests are in (i) Mathematical
Biology, (ii) Applied Dynamical Systems and (iii) Computational
Mathematics. The main objective of his research work is to use mathematical
theories and methodologies to gain insights into the transmission
and control dynamics of human diseases of public health interest.
He has supervised a number of research students (NSERC-funded summer
undergraduate and graduate students) and postdoctoral fellows. Professor
Gumel has been the coordinator of the Mathematical Biology Team
of the IIMS since its inception in 1999, and represents the University
of Manitoba on the Board of Directors of the Fields Institute for
Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto. Professor Gumel is an
active member of the Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics
Society (CAIMS). In addition to serving on its various committees
earlier, Professor Gumel was elected Secretary of CAIMS from 2007-2009
(he was re-elected for a second term: 2009-2011). Professor Gumel
serves
on the Outreach Committee of the Society for Mathematical Biology
(SMB). Owing to its interdisciplinary nature, Professor Gumel’s
work enjoys fruitful collaborations with mathematical and medical
scientists from around the world. Professor Gumel has received the
following research awards and honours:
(1) Elected fellow, African Academy of sciences (December 2009)
(2) Elected Fellow, Nigerian Academy of Sciences (January 2010)
(3) 2008 University of Manitoba (UM/UMFA) Merit Award for Excellence
in Research.
(4) The 2009 Dr. Lindsay E. Nicolle award for excellent paper published
in the Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology.
June 2009, Toronto, Canada. (The Award, given annually, is given
to an author who has made a significant contribution to Infectious
Diseases and Medical Microbiology as
demonstrated by the impact of their original research published
in the journal). The work is co-authored by Miriam Nuno (Harvard
School of Public Health) and Gerardo Chowell (Arizona State University).
(5) University of Manitoba Award for Outstanding Outreach, December
2008.
(6) 2007 University of Manitoba (UM/UMFA) Merit Award for Excellence
in Research. July 2008.
(7) The Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Interdisciplinary
Scholarship and Research (University of Manitoba, March 2004; this
is the highest research award given at the University of Manitoba).
(8) Manitoba Science and Technology Certificate of Achievement in
Science and Technology during 2003 (Winnipeg, April 2004).
(9) Young African Mathematician Medal for Excellence in Applied
Mathematics (African Mathematical Union in Conjunction with the
International Conference for Mathematical Sciences, UNAAB, Nigeria,
November, 2003).
Professor Gumel is actively involved in so many initiatives and
programs for the advancement of mathematical sciences (and science
and technology in general) in Africa. He is listed among the top
African Mathematicians of the 1990s on the website of the Mathematicians
of the African Diaspora (http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/madgreatest.html).
For further details, see the website: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~gumelab/
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