Background Information

A Brief CV

Education

• 1991, Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Maryland, College Park. Advisor: Professor Ivo Babuska
• 1986, M.S. in Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Advisor: Professor Hongci Huang
• 1983, B.S. in Mathematics, Fudan University

Positions Held, all at the University of Iowa

• Chair of Department of Mathematics, January 2020 - December 2022
• Director of AMCS, 2007 - January 2020
• Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Program, Department of Mathematics, 2005 - 2007
• Professor, Department of Mathematics, 1999 - present
• Professor, AMCS, 1999 - present
• Professor, CCAD, 1999 - present
• Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, 1996 - 1999
• Associate Professor, AMCS, 1997 - 1999
• Associate Professor, CCAD, 1997 - 1999
• Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, 1991 - 1996

Honors:

• Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, class of 2023
• Honored by the special issue Recent Advances on Inequality Problems: Mathematical Analysis, Numerical Solution, and Applications in Mechanics and Engineering in Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications, 2023
• Named a Best Mathematics Scientist in the Research.com ranking of top Mathematics scientists in 2022 (first edition), 2023 (second edition)
• Collegiate Fellow, 2010 - 2015, 2015 - 2020, 2020 - present
• Simons Fellow, 2012