1. •Born in Algiers (Algeria)
   

2. •Married have a son : Mohamed
   

Education

1. •Primary school in Algiers: former school Mont Riant now school Beirut
   

(Boulevard Krim Belkacem) (1973-1978).

1. •Junior school in Algiers: Boulevard Mohamed Elkhamis (1978-1982).
   

2. •High school in Algiers: Lycée El Mokrani  Ben Aknoun (1982-1984).
   

3. •High school in Biskra: Lycée El Arbi Ben M’Hidi (1984-1985).
   

4. •Graduated in Mathematics, Constantine university (option analysis) (Jun 1990).
   

5. •DEA in Pure Mathematics, Bordeaux university. Mention trés bien
   

(Sep 1991).

1. •PhD in Pure Mathematics, Bordeaux university, under the supervision
   

of Prof. M.Matignon. Avec félicitations des membres du jury (22 Jun 1994).

Academic Positions

1. •Post Doc at Munster University (Germany). With Prof. S. Bosch (Sep 1994 - Sep 1995).
   

2. •Post Doc at the Max-Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn (Germany) (Oct 1994 - Dec 1994).
   

3. •Post Doc (Assistant) at Heidelberg university (Germany). With Prof. B.H.Matzat (Jan 1996- Aug 1997).
   

4. •Post Doc (Assistant) at Bonn University (Germany). With Prof. F.Pop (Sep 1997 - Jul 1999).
   

5. •Visiting Professor at Stellenbosch University (South Africa) (Jul 1998 - Aug 1998).
   

6. •Assistant at Ulm university (Germany). With Prof. W.Lutkebohmert (Sep 1998-Nov 1998).
   

7. •Post-Doc at MSRI, Berkley (USA). Special programme “Galois groups and Fundamental groups” (Aug 1999 - Dec 1999).
   

8. •Lecturer in Pure Mathematics at Durham University (UK) (Jan 2000 -
   

Jun 2004).

1. •Reader in Pure Mathematics, Exeter university (since Jul 2004).
   

2. •Associate Professor in Pure Mathematics, Exeter university (since Sep 2007).
   

Visiting Positions

1. •Invited Professor at Lille university (France) May 1998.
   

2. •Invited Professor at Stellenbosch university (South Africa) Jul 1998-Aug 1998.
   

3. •Invited Professor at the Max-Planck-Institute for Mathematics in Bonn (Germany) Mar 2003 - Jun 2004.
   

4. •Invited Professor at Bordeaux university (France), June 2005.
   

5. •Visiting Professor at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Kyoto university) Sep 2005 - Oct 2006.
   

6. •Visiting Professor at Penn university (USA) Nov 2006-Jun 2007.
   

7. •Invited Professor at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Kyoto university) Jul 2008-Sep 2008.
   

8. •Invited Professor at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge Jul 2009-Dec 2009.
   

9. •Invited Professor at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Kyoto university) Jul 2010-Oct 2010.
   

Languages

1. •Arabic
   

2. •French
   

3. •English
   

4. •German
   

5. •Some Japanese
   

Research Interests

1. •Algebraic and arithmetic fundamental groups
   

2. •Anabelian geometry in positive characteristics
   

3. •Anabelian geometry over arithmetic fields
   

4. •The structure of fundamental groups in positive characteristics
   

5. •Semi-stable geometry
   

6. •Lifting and degeneration of Galois covers
   

7. •Inverse Galois problems
   

8. •Rigid analytic geometry
   

Research Activities

1. •Together with John Coates, Minhyong Kim, Florian Pop, and Peter Schneider I organized the special semester on “Non-abelian fundamental groups in arithmetic geometry” at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Cambridge.
   

www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/NAG/index.html

1. •Together with Minhyong Kim and Florian Pop I organized a workshop on anabelian geometry at the Isaac Newton Institute in Cambridge.
   

www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/NAG/nagw02.html

1. •Together with David Burns, John Coates, Guy Henniart, Minhyong Kim
   

and Florian Pop I organized the final workshop of the programme on

Non-abelian fundamental groups in arithmetic geometry at the Isaac

Newton Institute in Cambridge.

www.newton.ac.uk/programmes/NAG/nagw04.html