CV

Employment

2018–Present J.J. Sylvster Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University.

Education

2013–2018 Ph.D. in Mathematics, Peking University, Advisor: Gang Tian and Chenyang Xu.

Dissertation: Singularities in birational geometry and the minimal model program.

2015–2016 Visiting Student Research Collaborator, Princeton University, Advisor: János Kollár.

2009–2013 B.S. in Mathematics, Peking University, Thesis advisor: Bican Xia.

Thesis: Some notes on positive semi-definite polynomials.

Research Interests

Birational geometry, e.g. MMP (Minimal Model Program), complements and boundedness of varieties.

Symbolic computation, e.g. CAD (Cylindrical Algebraic Decomposition) and automated inequality

proving.

Honors, Grants and Awards

2019 NSF DMS conference grant, DMS--1933539, PI (Co-PI: Christopher Hacon, Chenyang Xu, JAMI Program 2019--2020)

2019 AMS-Simons travel grant

2018 Valedictorian (speaker at the graduation ceremony), Peking University

2018 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Peking University

2018 Outstanding Graduate, Peking University

2018 May 4th Medal (the highest honor for students in Peking University, awarded to

no more than 10 students every two years among all students), Peking University

2017 Presidential Fellowship, Peking University

2016 Presidential Fellowship, Peking University

2015 Scholarship of China Telecom, E Surfing Prize (one of the 50 outstanding college

students in China), The Central Committee of the Communist Young League

2014 National Scholarship, The Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China

2013 Excellence Research Award of the President’s Fund for Undergraduate Students,

Peking University (one of the five recipients)