Regular biography
Sebastien Picard is a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics at The University of British Columbia. He obtained his PhD from Columbia University in 2018 and was a Benjamin Peirce Fellow at Harvard University from 2018 to 2020. His research interests include differential geometry and nonlinear PDE, with a focus on equations arising from complex geometry and theoretical physics. He can be contacted via email at spicard@math.ubc.ca, and his personal website is available at https://www.math.ubc.ca/user/2899.
Scholar-generated biography
Sebastien Picard is a researcher at the University of British Columbia, specializing in Differential Geometry and Nonlinear PDE. His work explores geometric flows, Strominger systems, and complex Hessian equations, with a focus on applications in string theory and complex geometry. Picard's research includes the study of anomaly flows, Fu–Yau equations, and the behavior of special Lagrangian cycles in Calabi-Yau transitions. His contributions span the analysis of curvature flows, conformally balanced metrics, and the stability of tangent bundles through conifold transitions. His publications often address the interplay between geometric structures and partial differential equations in both theoretical and applied contexts.