I'm a fourth-year Math PhD candidate at UW-Madison under the supervision of Prof. Qin Li.
My research interests are: optimization & inverse problems for kinetic equations, and interacting particle systems.
I earned my bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from Wuhan University, China, in June 2022.
Contact: pchen345@wisc.edu
Reconstruct the relaxation time index in Phonon Transport Equation, with Irene M. Gamba, Qin Li and Li Wang, accepted, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, arXiv:2502.19533.
Evaporative Refrigeration Effect in Evaporation and Condensation between Two Parallel Plates, with Qin Li and Gang Chen, accepted, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, arXiv:2504.09864 .
Control of a Uniformly Magnetized Plasma with External Electric Fields, with Rogerio Jorge, Qin Li and Yukun Yue, accepted, Journal of Statistical Physics, arXiv:2509.07988.
Stability of the reconstruction of the heat reflection coefficient in the phonon transport equation, with Irene M. Gamba, Qin Li and Anjali Nair, submitted, arXiv:2512.24394.
Spring 2026: MATH 240 Introduction to Discrete Mathematics (Head TA)