Pengfei Guan, is a Canadian

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and

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in Geometric Analysis. He is a professor of mathematics at

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and a

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of the

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Biography

Guan graduated from the Department of Mathematics of

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. From 1982 to 1984, Guan was a graduate student at the Institute of Mathematics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. From 1984 to 1985, Guan studied at the

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. Guan later continued his studies at

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. Guan obtained his MS in 1986 and his

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in 1989, both in mathematics from Princeton University. Guan was an assistant professor (from 1989 to 1993),

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(from 1993 to 1997), and professor (from 1997 to 2004), all at the Department of Mathematics at McMaster University. Since 2004, Guan has been a professor of mathematics at McGill University. Guan was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship from 1993 to 1995. Guan has held the

since 2004. Guan was elected to the Fellow of

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References

External links

The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Pengfei Guan

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Home Page of Pengfei Guan at McGill University
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