Philibert Nang


Philibert Nang is a Gabonese mathematician known for his work in algebra.
Nang won the 2011 ICTP Ramanujan Prize for his research in mathematics, and because he conducted it in Gabon the ICTP declared: "It is hoped that his example will inspire other young African mathematicians working at the highest levels while based in Africa." He was awarded the African Mathematics [Millennium Science Initiative]-Phillip Griffiths Prize in 2017.
He obtained his Ph.D. from the Pierre and [Marie Curie University] in 1996 under the supervision of Louis Boutet de Monvel.
Nang currently serves as president of the Gabon Mathematical Society.
He has been a visiting member at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics and at the Tata Institute of [Fundamental Research]. He was employed as associate professor at University of Pretoria in South Africa.

Selected publications

  • "On the classification of regular holonomic D-modules on skew-symmetric matrices", Journal of Algebra, Volume 356, Issue 1, 2012, pp. 115–132.
  • "D-modules associated to the determinantal singularities", Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci., Volume 80, Number 5, 2004, pp. 74–78.
  • "D-modules associated to the group of similitudes", Publ. Res. I. Math. Sci., Volume 35, Number 2, 1999, pp. 223–247.