Professor Wael Bahsoun

Education

• (2000-2004) PhD in Mathematics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
• (1998-2000) MSc in Mathematics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
• (1994-1998) BSc in Mathematics, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Employment History

• (2022 - present) Professor of Mathematics, 含羞草视频, UK
• (2018-2021) Reader in Mathematics, 含羞草视频, UK
• (2013-2018) Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, 含羞草视频, UK
• (2008-2013) Lecturer in Mathematics, 含羞草视频, UK
• (2006-2008) Samuel Gratrix Fellow, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
• (2004-2006) PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Research Interests

• Dynamical Systems
• Ergodic Theory
• Random Dynamical Systems

List of Publications

• Publications
• Preprints

Grants

• EPSRC Responsive Mode EP/V053493/1. November 2021-October 2024.
• The Leverhulme Trust VP2-2017-004. Visiting Professorship - José Alves, 15 October 2018-15 August 2019.
• The Leverhulme Trust RPG-2015-346. Reserach project grant, 01 May 2016-30 April 2019.
• LMS Conference Grant. Partial support to organise Dynamics Days Europe at 含羞草视频, 3-7 September 2018.
• The Leverhulme Trust IN-2014-021. Network consisting of 含羞草视频, Pisa, Warwick, Brest and Marseille; Bahsoun (PI), Galatolo, Pollicott, Saussol, Vaienti, 01 October 2014-30 September 2017.
• LMS-CMI Research School (RS-10). Support to organise a school for research students and early career researchers at 含羞草视频, 13-17 April 2015.
• Royal Society TG101937. Travel grant to support the research visit of Chris Bose to 含羞草视频, 19 June-09 July 2011.
• Twelve small grants (2011-2018): 8 from LMS and 4 from IMA.

Editorial and scientific roles

• Probabilistic Aspects of Dynamical Systems
• Ergodic Theory, Open Dynamics and Coherent Structures 
• Member of the Advisory Committee of Dynamics Days Europe 
• London Mathematical Society Midlands Regional Representative

Selected invited presentations

• Linear response due to singularities. DinAmicI in Rio, Dynamics, Applications, Interactions
  02 – 06 September 2024, IMPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Mean field coupled dynamical systems: bifurcations and phase transitions. Workshop on statistical properties of chaotic dynamics in and out of equilibrium, Erd艖s Center, Rényi Institute, August 19-23, 2024, Budapest, Hungary.
  
• Statistical properties of mean-field coupled Anosov maps. Probabilistic methods in dynamics, 29 May - 1 June 2023, Centro di Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi, Pisa, Italy.
• Statistical properties of mean-field coupled Anosov maps. Thermodynamic Formalism for Random Dynamical Systems, 9-20 January 2023, MATRIX, Creswick, Australia
• On the stability of statistical properties for Lorenz flows. Journées de dynamique, 16-18 October 2019, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu-Paris Rive Gauche, France
• Linear response for random composition of maps. Thermodynamic Formalism: Ergodic Theory and Validated Numerics, 8-12 July 2019, Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques (CIRM), Luminy, France
• Linear response for random composition of maps. 4th CRITICS conference, 12-16 March 2018, Wöltingerode, Germany
• Quenched decay of correlations for slowly mixing systems. Random Dynamical Systems 4-8 December 2017, Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands
• Linear response for non-uniformly expanding maps. Statistical Properties of Non-Equilibrium Dynamical Systems Conference 27 July -02 August 2016, SUSTC Shenzhen, China
• Mixing rates and limit theorems for random intermittent maps. Thermodynamic Formalism and Mixing 25-29 April 2016, Erwin Schrödinger Institute, Vienna, Austria
• Linear response: formulae and rigorous approximations. Computations in Dynamics, 4-8 April , 2016, ICERM, Brown University USA
• Mixing rates and limit theorems for random intermittent maps. Sinai-workshop on Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems 11-12 June 2015, Leiden University, Netherlands
• Approximation of isolated eigenvalues of transfer operators and escape rates of open systems. 2 lectures during the school on Computation and Computability in Dynamics, 21 July-2 August 2014, ICTP, Trieste, Italy
• Decay of correlation for random intermittent maps. During the programme Mathematics of Fluid Earth, Isaac Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK, 25 November 2013
• Escape rates formulae and metastability for randomly perturbed maps. Limit Theorems for Dynamical Systems, 03-07 June 2013, Centre interfacultaire Bernoulli, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Quasi-invariant measures and escape rates. Special session: Hyperbolic Dynamics and Smooth Ergodic Theory; 8th AIMS conference 2010, May 25-28, Dresden, Germany
• Rigorous numerical approximation of escape rates. Measurable Dynamics: Theory and Applications, 2006, August 5-10, BIRS, Banff, Canada 

Events organised

Conferences and Workshops

• Probabilistic techniques for random and time-varying dynamical systems, CIRM, Luminy, France 3-7 October 2022
• Dynamics, transfer operators and spectra, Centre interfacultaire Bernoulli, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1 January-30 June 2021
• Dynamics Days Digital 2020, minisymposium on smooth ergodic theory,- view talks by R.Castorrini, N. Jurga, M. Ruziboev, F. Sélley
• Response theory and its applications in geophysical fluid dynamics, Institut Henri, Poincaré, Paris, France, 14-16 October 2019
• Smooth ergodic theory and partially hyperbolic systems, 含羞草视频, UK, 15-18 April 2019 - view a photo of the School here
• Dynamics Days Europe 2018, 含羞草视频, UK, 3-7 September 2018
• Ergodic theory algorithms and rigorous computations, University of Warwick, UK, 3-7 April 2017 
• Aspects of dynamical systems, Imperial College, UK 16-18 March 2017
• LMS-CMI School, Statistical Properties of Dynamical Systems, 含羞草视频, UK, 13-17, 2015 -view a photo of the School here
• Open dynamical systems: ergodic theory, probabilistic methods and applications, BIRS, Banff, Canada 8-13 May, 2012
• Transport and metastability in open and time-dependent dynamical systems, contributed minisymposium ICIAM2011, Vancouver, Canada, 18-22 July, 2011
• ISM Graduate Students Conference, Montreal, Canada, 10-12 May, 2002

Seminars

• Dynamical systems seminar, 含羞草视频 UK
• UK Ergodic Theory Network (local organiser, 含羞草视频 node)

Postdoctoral Fellows:

• Dr. Alexey Korepanov (September 2022-October 2024). Supported by EPSRC grant EP/V053493/1
• Dr. Niloofar Kiamari (November 2021-September 2022). Supported by EPSRC grant EP/V053493/1
• Dr. Marks Ruziboev (May 2016-April 2019). Supported by The Leverhulme Trust research grant RPG-2015-346

PhD Students:

• Ana Pascual Cobo (October 2023-present).
• Andrew Larkin (July 2019-July 2023). Thesis: Almost Sure Rates of Mixing for Randomly Perturbed Lorenz Systems.
• Toby Taylor-Crush (Oct 2018-November 2021). Thesis: Linear Response for One Dimensional Systems: Formulae and Rigorous Numerics.
• Xiaolong Niu (Oct 2012-March 2016). Thesis: Rigorous Computations of Dynamical Quantities
• Yuejiao Duan (Oct 2010-Sept 2013). Thesis: Stochastic Perturbations of Intermittent Maps
• Cisem Bektur (Oct 2009-Sept 2012). Thesis: Random Dynamics in Financial Markets