Dušan D. Repovš

Biography

Dušan D. Repovš was born on November 30, 1954 in Ljubljana. He graduated from the University of Ljubljana in 1977 and obtained a PhD from the Florida State University in 1983. He was promoted to Professor of Geometry and Topology at the University of Ljubljana in 1993. He has been the leader of the national topology and and its applications group and has directed national and international research grants (with France, United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, China, Russian Federation, Israel, and others) since 1983. The Slovenian Research Agency has selected his group among the best research groups in Slovenia.   Professor Repovš is the leading Slovenian expert on topology and nonlinear analysis and is one of the best known Slovenian mathematicians. He has published over 450 research papers and several research monographs. He has been selected among the most cited scientists in the field of mathematics. He has given over 400 invited talks at international conferences and colloquia at universities around the world. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Advances in Nonlinear Analysis, Boundary Value Problems, Complex Variables and Elliptic Equations, and other journals.   Professor Repovš is also a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, the New York Academy of Sciences, and a founding member of the Slovenian Engineering Academy. He is a member of the American Mathematical Society, the European Mathematical Society, the London Mathematical Society, the Mathematical Society of Japan, the Moscow Mathematical Society, the French Mathematical Society, the Swiss Mathematical Society, and other mathematical societies. He was awarded the honorary title of the Ambassador for Science of the Republic of Slovenia in 1995 and the Prize of the Republic of Slovenia for Research (now called the Zois Prize) in 1997.