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Education Background
- Ph.D. Mathematics, Virginia Tech 2013
- M.S. Mathematics, Virginia Tech 2009
- M.S. Computational Mathematics, Sichuan University 2008
- B.S. Computational Mathematics, Sichuan University 2005
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor July 2022-present
Department of Mathematics, Oklahoma State University - Assistant Professor August 2019-June 2022
Department of Mathematics, Oklahoma State University - Assistant Professor August 2016-July 2019
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University - Golomb Visiting Assistant Professor August 2013-May 2016
Department of Mathematics, Purdue University - Givens Associate 2012 May-August
MCS Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Honors and Awards
- Distinguished Early Career Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University, 2023
- Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, ORAU, 2021
- Holistic Science Prize, Oklahoma State University, 2021
- Givens Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, 2012
- C. B. Ling Memorial Scholarship, Virginia Tech, 2011
Research Grants
- NSF Grant DMS-2224003 $20,000 (PI) 2022-2023
- NSF Grant DMS-2110833 $212,822 (PI) 2021-2024
- NSF Grant DMS-1720425 (transferred to DMS-2005272) $125,042 (PI) 2017-2021
Editorial Activities
- Associate Editor International Journal on Numerical Analysis and Modeling 2026-present
- Managing Guest Editor International Journal on Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol 19, No. 6, 2022. A special issue for Midwest Numerical Analysis Day 2021.
- Guest Editor Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol 362, 2019,
A special issue for the 3rd Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section.
- Managing Guest Editor International Journal on Numerical Analysis and Modeling,
Vol 15, No. 4-5, 2017. A special issue for the Workshop on Numerical Analysis and Mathematical Modeling
Graduate Students/Postdoc Advising
Postdoc Fellows
- Dr. Ahmed Zytoon, 2024-present.
Ph.D. Students
- Derrick Jones, graduated in 2021. First Job: Senior Professional Staff at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. Current: Data Scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
- Fang Liu, 2024-present.
Master Students
- Hoang Nam Tran, graduated in 2024.
- Madylan Rusinek, graduated in 2025.
- Jake Siewert, 2025-present.
Professional Service
Professsional Organization
- President of SIAM Central States Section, Januray 1, 2024 -- December 31, 2025.
Conference/Workshop Organized
- 7th Annual Meeting of SIAM Central States Section,
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, October 1-2, 2022.
co-organized with Xukai Yan - International Conference on Computational Methods and Applicaton in Engineering,
Timisoara, Romania, May 22-25, 2018.
co-organized with Mohsen Razzaghi and Hyeona Lim (Organizers from USA). - The Workshop on Numerical Analysis and Mathematical Modeling,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, May 29-30, 2017.
co-organized with Yanping Lin and Zhonghua Qiao