Jinyan Miao (苗晋延） 

I am interested in spintronics, topological physics, gravitational theory, and many other topics, especially those related to differentiable geometry. Currently, I am a second-year graduate student at UCLA, where I am studying topology and unidirectional invisibility in spintronics. I earned my Bachelor degree from the University of Michigan, where I participated in Physics research in Prof. Deng's group. There we worked on a three-component parity-time symmetric non-Hermitian system, focusing on theoretically analyzing the system and trying to experimentally construct the system using photonic crystal cavity nanobeams. During my time at UMich, I was also in Prof. Schwarz's group and we worked on analyzing COVID-19 data using machine learning techniques. We made weekly predictions for COVID-19 cases, and the results were provided to the Michigan State government, the COVID-19 Forecast Hub, and a health care provider in Grand Rapids, Michigan. 

In 2018-2020, I was a volunteer coordinator at the American Chinese School in Rockville, Maryland. Back then I also taught some elementary math and operated a YouTube channel for the school. I am trilingual, fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. I make ceramics and have a passion for photography :)