معرفی
Role: Professor of Mathematics at Purdue University, Department of Mathematics. Serves as faculty in the College of Science. Specializes in applied analysis, stochastic processes, and mathematical modeling in materials science. Active in teaching graduate courses on dynamical systems and partial differential equations.
Education:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Purdue University (1991)
- PhD in Mathematics, Princeton University (1996)
Research Interests: Focuses on calculus of variations, PDEs, probability theory, and applied mathematics with applications to materials science. Explores topics like geometric flows, stochastic differential equations, and mathematical modeling of crystal growth and dislocation dynamics. Organizes conferences on stochastic analysis and industrial mathematics applications.
Awards: Recipient of Purdue's prestigious Book of Great Teachers (2018), Ruth and Joel Spira Teaching Award (2005), and Teaching for Tomorrow Award (2003). Recognized for excellence in both teaching and mentoring.
Students & Mentoring: Advised PhD students in topics ranging from surface diffusion to neural networks. Notable advisees include Fang Wan (2010), Chaoqun Huang (2012), and Yuqing Li (2021). Also mentored undergraduate researchers in projects like car parking problems and random walks in random media.
Recent Activities: Organized workshops like the Mathematics and Statistics in Industry Workshop (2025) and Stochastic Analysis conferences (2023, 2025). Active in interdisciplinary research, including collaborations on optical manipulation of colloids and privacy vulnerabilities in mobility data.
