Education

• 9/2003-6/2007, B.S. in Information and Computational Science, Dept. Mathematics, Nanjing University

• 9/2007-9/2008, Graduate Student, Program of Mathematical, Computational and Systems Biology, UC Irvine

• 9/2008-9/2012, Ph.D. in Mathematics, Dept. Mathematics, UC Irvine (advisor: John Lowengrub)

Academic Appointments

• 1/2013-9/2014, Postdoctoral Researcher, LPS, ENS, Paris (advisor: Martine Ben Amar)

• 10/2015-8/2017, Visiting Assistant Professor, ESAM, Northwestern University 

• 8/2017-6/2023, Assistant Professor, Mathematical Sciences, WPI

• 7/2023-, Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences, WPI

Paid Visiting Appointments

• 1/2024-12/2024, Visiting Scholar, Center for Computational Biology, Flatiron Institute

• 6/2026-7/2026, Invited Researcher, LPENS, Paris

Fun facts and opinions

There are quite a few scientists who share my full name 吴旻. The two characters look like a cheerfully walking couple. 

I went to a conference called "Perspective in Nonlinear Continuum Theories" recently. It is very academically therapeutic. It makes me want to travel and talk about ideas and jokes again. If you also feel a little lost in your research community, and you happen to care about mathematics and mechanics the textbook way (the textbook you like—or the one you plan to write!), consider going to this rehab.

I play pickleballs three times a week -- it is the interdisciplinary sport between tennis, pingpong, and badminton. I found it continuously teach me life philosophies and social skills at this age. Try it if you are not very good at neither tennis, pingpong, nor badminton. However, for interdisciplinary research, don't try it unless you are committed to becoming really good at least one of them.