Zaher Hani

Zaher Hani is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan, holding the Frederick W. and Lois B. Gehring Professorship. He previously served as an assistant professor at Georgia Tech (2014-2018) and as a Courant Instructor/Simons Fellow at NYU's Courant Institute (2011-2014). He earned his Ph.D. (2011) and M.A. (2008) in Mathematics from UCLA under Terence Tao.

• Research Focus: Nonlinear partial differential equations (PDE), particularly dispersive wave equations, turbulence theory, and connections to harmonic analysis, dynamical systems, probability, and mathematical physics.
• Editorial Roles: Editor for Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis and Ars Inveniendi Analytica.

His work explores the behavior of solutions to nonlinear dispersive PDEs in deterministic and probabilistic frameworks, with applications in quantum mechanics, nonlinear optics, plasma physics, and general relativity. Recent publications focus on wave kinetic equations, turbulence derivation, and Sobolev norm growth. He has collaborated extensively with Yu Deng, Pierre Germain, Jalal Shatah, and others.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Courant Instructor/Simons Fellow at NYU
  • Frederick W. and Lois B. Gehring Professorship

He contributes to expository works and curriculum development, including a Ph.D. thesis on nonlinear Schrödinger equations. His teaching and administrative contact details are listed at the University of Michigan's Mathematics Department.