Javad Mashreghi

Javad Mashreghi is a mathematician and author working in function space theory, functional analysis and complex analysis. He is a professeur titulaire at Université Laval and was the 35th President of the Canadian Mathematical Society (2020–2022).

Early life and education Mashreghi was born in Kashan, Iran, in 1968. He studied electrical engineering, electronics, (B.Sc., 1991), and pure mathematics (M.Sc., 1993) at the University of Tehran. He moved to Canada in 1996 and earned his Ph.D. from the McGill University in 2001. Since then he lives in the Province of Quebec.

Service to Canadian mathematical community Mashreghi is immensely involved in various aspects of North America's mathematical community, having served on numerous editorial, administrative and selection committees all across Canada and the U.S. (CMS, AMS, Fields Institute, CRM, AARMS, NSERC, FQRNT, NSF). He was the 35th President of the Canadian Mathematical Society (2020–2022), and is currently the editor-in-chief of the Canadian Mathematical Bulletin (2020–2025) and Concrete Operators (2018–2025).

Honours and awards Giovanni Prodi Chair, University of Würzburg, Germany, 2024-2025. Béla Szőkefalvi-Nagy Medal, Bolyai Institute, Hungary, 2024. Canada Research Chair in Function Spaces, Laval University, Canada, 2023-2030. Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in the 2024 class of fellows. Fulbright Research Chair in Signal Processing, Vanderbilt University, USA, 2023-2024. Fellow of the Fields Institute, 2023. IEEE Prize Paper Award, 2021. Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society, 2019. Khwarizmi International Award, Research Prize of IROST, 2009, declined. G. de B. Robinson Award, Canadian Mathematical Society, 2004. Professeur Étoile, Annual Excellence in Teaching Award, Laval University, eight academic years.