- Rustum Choksi
- Associate Professor
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- Email: rchoksiATmathDOTmcgillDOTca
- Phone: 514-398-3817
- Office: Burnside Hall 1110
- Mailing Address:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
McGill University
805 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 2K6
Canada
Education
- PhD, Brown University 1994
- SM, Brown University 1991
- BSc, University of Toronto 1989
- Postdoctoral:
- Courant Institute, New York University 1995 - 1997
- Center for Nonlinear Analysis, Carnegie-Mellon University 1994 - 1995
Research Interests
My main research interests lie in the calculus of variations and nonlinear partial differential equations -- focusing on problems of pattern formation in the materials sciences.
I have been particularly interested in the analysis of nonconvex and nonlocal variational problems related to self-assembly of diblock copolymers and magnetic domain formation in
type-1 superconductors and ferromagnets.
Other interests include variational approaches to deblurring and denoising in image processing and curvature based variational problems associated with the shape of membranes.
Teaching
Fall 2011:
MATH 375 -- Honours Partial Differential Equations
Winter 2012:
MATH 264 -- Advanced Calculus for Engineers