I’m currently a Project Assistant Professor (Teaching) in the Department of Mathematics at National Taiwan University (NTU). My primary role is to coordinate NTU’s university-wide unified calculus programme, which serves more than 2,000 students each year across 8 colleges and over 30 departments. This involves organising TA training workshops, reviewing course syllabi, chairing calculus examination board meetings, and overseeing the Annual Certification Exam on Calculus at NTU. I usually teach around three courses per year, mostly in English (with occasional courses in Mandarin), ranging from precalculus, calculus, linear algebra and elementary analysis.
By training, I am an algebraic number theorist. I completed my PhD in Mathematics at King’s College London under the superb supervision of Professor David Burns as part of the London School of Geometry and Number Theory programme, working in Iwasawa theory and (equivariant) leading term conjectures for L-functions in arithmetic geometry. In recent years, I have also become increasingly involved in the research of teaching and learning in mathematics, with projects on English-medium instruction (EMI), large-scale courses, and the use of AI tools in undergraduate mathematics.
Teaching is a central part of my academic identity. I have been fortunate to receive several teaching awards, including university-wide teaching prizes (台大傑出老師) twice in 2021 & 2026 at NTU and earlier recognition (King's Education Award) during my time at King’s College London. At NTU, I co-authored a calculus textbook on constrained optimizations tailored for economics and management students, aiming to bridge rigorous mathematical theory with real applications. I collaborate with the Center for Bilingual Education (CBE) at NTU to design and lead EMI TA training for STEM students, aiming to promote English-medium teaching and clearer mathematical communication in the classroom.
2021 August - Present, Project Assistant Professor (Teaching), NTU
2019 May - 2021 July, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Mentor : Prof. Ki-Seng Tan), NTU
2014 Aug - 2019 Apr, PhD in Pure Mathematics (Advisor : Prof. David Burns), King's College London (LSGNT) , UK
2013 Sep - 2014 Jun, MASt in Pure Mathematics, University of Cambridge, Emmanuel College, UK
2010 Oct - 2013 Jun, BSc in Mathematics (overall score : 101.7%), University of Warwick, UK
臺大傑出教師 (教學傑出獎), NTU Distinguished Teaching Award, 2026
臺大傑出教師 (教學優良獎), NTU Outstanding Teaching Award, 2025
CTLD 教學實踐育成計畫 「生成式AI X SoTL示範計畫」, 2025 (Link)
臺大傑出教師 (教學優良獎), NTU Outstanding Teaching Award, 2024
臺大傑出教師 (教學傑出獎), NTU Distinguished Teaching Award, 2021 (Link to interview)
King's Education Award : Student Support, 2019 (Link to NMS news)
New World Mathematics Thesis Awards (Honourable Mention), 2019
Elsevier Outstanding PhD Thesis Prize, 2018
KCL Outstanding Teaching Award (Winner), 2017 and 2018 (Two consecutive years)
EPSRC LSGNT International Studentship, 2014 - 2018
Honorary Bachelor Scholarship & College Prize of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, 2014
Departmental Prize for BSc Finalists, Warwick Mathematics Institute, 2013
IBM Outstanding Student Award (Mathematics), 2012
Hang Lung Mathematics Award (Gold Award) 2010 (News report)