Scholarship and Biography

My research lies at the interface between algebra, geometry, and physics. I study the interplay between representations theory, Calabi-Yau geometry and string theory. Intuitions and insights from one theory can often manifest themselves in a powerful and sometimes surprising ways to help solve problems in another theory.

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Honors

Scientific Committee member
International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM), 1983
Secretary
International Science Foundation of Cambridge, 1988-1989
Scientific Committee member
Asian Mathematical Conference, 1989 - 1990
Graduate Dissertation Fellowship
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (United States, New York), 1990
Fellowship
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (United States, New York), 2003-2004
President
International Science Foundation of Cambridge, 2009
Plenary speaker
International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM), 2013
Chern Prize
International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM), 2013
Best Paper Silver Award
International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM), 2017
Best Paper Ruok-Lin Award
International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM), 2017
Best Paper Gold Award
International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians (ICCM), 2018

Organizational Affiliations

Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics , Brandeis University

Education

Yale University
Ph.D.
University of Toronto
B.A.