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 appears like an interdisciplinary sport between tennis, pingpong, and badminton at first. But it is also its own sport as you get into it. My current learning subject is to absorb the momentum from bangers and reset the game, lots of fun.