Yousaf Habib
PhD Student (MAS 1)  at CWI
E-mail : habib@cwi.nl
Office  :  020-5924077
Mobile  : 0627156299

	My name is Yousaf Habib and by origin I am from Pakistan. Before
moving to Amsterdam I was living with my family in Lahore. Lahore is
an old city with lots of historical places that includes in particular
the palace of Mughal emperor and some very beautiful gardens.
	As far as my education is concerned, I did my Bachelors in
Mathematics and Physics from the Government College Lahore followed 
by a Masters in Mathematics from the Punjab University Lahore,
Pakistan. Having completed the Masters degree, I went on to do the
Adavanced Masters course in Mathematics a.k.a Part 111 of the
Mathematical tripos from the University of Cambridge, UK. My Master
thesis was entitled  "Numerical Methods for Differential
equations in Lie Groups". I worked on it with Prof. Arieh
Iserles from the  Numerical Analysis group, DAMTP. Further to my
completion of Part111, in 2003, I started to work in CWI as a PhD
student under the supervision of Drs.Joke Blom and
Prof. Jan Verwer in 2004. Currently I am working  towards the development of an
adaptive finite element code to solve reaction-diffusion PDE systems with irregular,
dynamically changing, interfaces. These type of equations arise when we model the
reaction-diffusion phenomenon that take place in the cytosol and on the boundary of
the the living cells.
	To cast a light on my hobbies, I would say that I changed them with the passage of
time. Initialy I started to play footbal when i was in school team then moved on to
play table tennis for my University team and then developed a liking for rowing
during my Cantab year where I realy enjoyed the races as being part of the
participating team. Not to mention my love for Cricket, if you don't know what it is
ask me :-). I started playing Cricket right from my childhood and still I have a
strong affection for it.