- Rustum Choksi
- Professor
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics
- McGill University
- Email: rchoksi AT math DOT mcgill DOT ca
- 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
magnetic domain formation in
type-1 superconductors and ferromagnets.
Other interests include
Variational approaches to deblurring and denoising in image processing
Curvature based variational problems associated with the shape of biological membranes.
Generalized centroidal Voronoi tessellations and applications of the eikonal equation and distance function in computational geometry
Teaching 2012-2013
Fall 2012:
MATH 375 -- Honours Partial Differential Equations
Winter 2013:
MATH 264-- Advanced Calculus for Engineers