Employment

• Assistant Professor, Western Washington University. December 2023 - current.

• Postdoctoral Assistant Professor,  University of Michigan. Mentor: Prof.  Robert Krasny. Aug. 2020-December.2023.

• Teaching Assistant,  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Sep. 2016-July  2020.

Education

• Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics,  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  Advisor: Prof.  Dexuan Xie.  Sep. 2016-July  2020.

• Visiting Scholar, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Advisor: Prof.  Chao Zhu. Oct. 2015 - Apr. 2016.

• Doctoral study in Computational Mathematics, East China Normal University,  Advisor: Prof. Guoliang Chen, Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2015.

• M.S. in Computational Mathematics, Wenzhou University. Advisor: Prof. Naimin Zhang, Sep. 2010-July 2013.

• B.S.  in Applied Mathematics, Hunan University of Science and Technology. Advisor: Prof. Shiqun Li, Sep. 2005-July 2009.

Grants

• AMS-Simons Travel Grants, American Mathematical Society, $5,000, 2021-2023, Role: PI.

Awards

• SIAM Early Career Travel Awards, $500, SIAM, 2020.

• Morris and Miriam Marden Award in Mathematics, $600,  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2020.

• AMS graduate student travel award,  American Mathematical Society, 2020.

• Chancellor's Graduate Student Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,  $5,000,  2018-2019.

• Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, $1,7000,  2018-2019.

• Research Excellence Reward, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, $3,000, 2016-2018.

• Graduate Travel Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2016-2018.

Contact                                                                                   Mailing Address

Email: chaoz2@wwu.edu                                                                     Department of Mathematics

                                                                                                                               Room 242,  Bond Hall, 

                                                                                                                               516 High Street

                                                                                                                               Western Washington University

                                                                                                                               Bellingham, WA  98225