Education

• 1994-1995: Master in Mathematics (Université d’Abomey-Calavi (UAC), Benin)
• 1996-1997: Diploma Course in Mathematics (The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy)
• 1997-2001: Ph.D in Functional Analysis and Applications (International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy)

Distinctions

• 1989: Prize-winner of a prize in the A-Level Mathematical Competition organized by the West African organization “Conseil de l’Entente” (consisting of: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Niger and Togo).
• 1990: Honorary Degree conferring the status of the Best Pupil of the A-levels of Porto-Novo, Benin.
• 2007: Prize-winner of the prize of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for young researcher in the field of Mathematics awarded in partnership with the Beninese Center for Scientific Researches and Technologies (CBRST).

Selected Publications

• Guy Degla, Solving sharply a singular semilinear elliptic equation. doi : 10.1016/j.na.2009.01.088. To appear in Nonlinear Analysis.
• Guy Degla, An overview of semi-continuity results on the spectral radius and positivity. JMAA, (2008), 338(1), 101-110.
• Guy Degla,Positive nonlinear eigenvalue problems for conjugate BVPs, Nonlinear Analysis, 55(5), (2003) 617-627.
• Guy Degla,On the principal eigenvalue of disconjugate BVPs with L¹-coefficients, Advanced Nonlinear Studies, 2(1), (2002) 19-39.
• Guy Degla,A unifying maximum principle for conjugate boundary value problems, Advanced Nonlinear Studies, 1(1), (2001) 121-131.