PReMa

PReMa is a research program in mathematics for talented high school students. This program is designed to provide an excellent opportunity for students to work on individual or group research projects under the guidance of academic mentors from the Texas A&M department of mathematics. Our goal is to expose students to the beauty and intricacy of advanced mathematics, as well as to allow them to get hands-on experience with all aspects of mathematical research. Moreover, by bringing students to this program to learn and work together, we will foster friendships and collaborations between students with a common love and passion for mathematics.

Registration Information

To register, please fill out the Google form.

Contact Information

 If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at math-prema@tamu.edu .

Good News!

1. Our PReMa program has been awarded the Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grants from the Mathematica Association of America and the Mary P. Dolciani Halloran Foundation for the year 2026-2027.

2. Our PReMa program has been awarded the 2026 AMS Young Scholar Grant.

3. Our PReMa program has been awarded the Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grants from the MAA (Mathematica Association of America) for the year 2025-2026.

4. Dr.  Sherry Gong received  the NSF Career Award in 2024.

5. Our PReMa program has been awarded the Dolciani Mathematics Enrichment Grants from the MAA (Mathematica Association of America) for the year 2024-2025.

6. Xiaoyu Su --- an instructor of PReMa, has been selected to receive a 2024 Association of Former Students Distinguished Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching. 

7. In 2023, Dr. Wencai Liu received the Frontiers of Science Award at the inaugural International Congress of Basic Science.

PReMa Students' Publications

1. Under the mentorship of Dr. Kun Wang, PReMa student Steven Ning submitted the paper “Can We Untangle a Knot? Math Circle Activities to Introduce Knot Equivalence” to the Journal of Math Circles.

2. Under the mentorship of Dr. Xin Liu, PReMa students Aanya Gupta, Christian Mogford, Steven Ning, Sid Rana have finished a paper "Mathematical Approach for Recycling Path Optimization in Grid Cities".

3. Under the  mentorship of Drs. Wencai Liu and Xueyin Wang, PReMa students Yiding Max Tang and Justin Zhou, have published a paper " Semi-algebraic discrepancy estimates for multi-frequency shift sequences with applications to quantum dynamics", in Journal of Differential Equations, Paper No. 114196, 2026. Congratulations to  Yiding Max Tang and Justin Zhou on this excellent work.

4. Under the  mentorship of Dr. Chun-Hung Liu, three PReMa students, Rishi Balaji, Victoria Khazhinsky, and Kevin Qin, posted the paper "Odd list-coloring of graphs of small Euler genus with no short cycles of specific types". arXiv version  

5. Under the mentorship of Dr. Wencai Liu, PReMa students Steven Ning, Tarun Rapaka, and Xuxuan Joyce Zheng, along with their assistant mentor, Ethan Luo, recently published the paper "Ambarzumyan-type Mixed Inverse Spectral Problems for Jacobi Matrices" in The Pi Mu Epsilon Journal (Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 27-32, 2024). Congratulations to Steven Ning, Tarun Rapaka, and Xuxuan Joyce Zheng on this excellent work.

PReMa Students' other Academic Achivements

1. August 7, 2026, our PReMa students, Alex Chen and Yiding Tang presented “Measuring Localization in the One-Dimensional Anderson Model ” in the Research in Motion (Undergraduate Student Poster Session) at the MAA MathFest in Boston, MA (Advisor: Drs. Wencai Liu, Xueyin Wang).

2. August 7, 2026, our PReMa student, Steven Ning presented “Recycling Path Optimization in Grid Cities” in the poster session at the MAA MathFest in Boston, MA (Advisor: Dr. Xin Liu).

3. August 7, 2026, our PReMa students, Samuel Gu, Garud Shah, and Adya Sastry presented “Investigating the Strength of Eisermann’s Modulo 32 Ribbon Obstruction ” in the Research in Motion (Undergraduate Student Poster Session) at the MAA MathFest in Boston, MA (Advisors: Drs. Sherry Gong, Michael Willis, Qiaochu Ma).

4. August 7, 2026, our PReMa student, Rishi Balaji presented “Odd List-coloring of Graphs of Small Euler Genus with No Short Cycles of Specific Types ” in the Research in Motion (Undergraduate Student Poster Session) at the MAA MathFest in Boston, MA (Advisor: Dr. Chun-Hung Liu).

5. August 7, 2026, our PReMa students, Yiding Tang and Justin Zhou presented “Semi-algebraic Discrepancy Estimates for Multi-frequency Shift Sequences with Applications to Quantum Dynamics” in the Research in Motion (Undergraduate Student Poster Session) at the MAA MathFest in Boston, MA (Advisor: Drs. Wencai Liu, Xueyin Wang).

6. Jan 6, 2026, our PReMa student, Steven Ning presented “The Coloring Game, Discussion of the Triangle Case” in the AMS-PME Undergraduate Student Poster Session, II  at Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington D.C. (Advisor: Dr. Simone Cecchini).

7. Jan. 4, 2026, our PReMa student, Steven Ning presented “Can We Untangle a Knot?” at Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington D.C.

8. Jan 6, 2026, our PReMa student, Rishi Balaji presented “Odd list-coloring of graphs of small Euler genus with no short cycles of specific types ” in the AMS-PME Undergraduate Student Poster Session, II  at Joint Mathematics Meetings in Washington D.C. (Advisor: Dr. Chun-Hung Liu).

9. August 10, 2025, our PReMa student, Steven Ning, presented “Farey Diagrams” with Dr. Kun Wang at MAA MathFest in Sacramento, CA.

10. Our former PReMa student, Tarun Rapaka, has been accepted into the MIT PRIMES program.

11. Our PReMa student, Yiding Max Tang (John Burroughs School, St. Louis, MO) was invited to give a talk and a poster  "Discrepancy Estimates and Quantum Dynamics" at the "2025 TX-LA undergraduate Mathematics Research Conference at UH" on March 22-23, 2025 (Conference webpage).

12. August 10, 2024, our PReMa student, Steven Ning, gave a presentation about his work with Dr. Kun Wang at the MAA (Mathematical Association of America  ) MathFest conference in Indianapolis. 

13. Andrew Yu,  a former PReMa student has been admitted into Harvard University.