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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
• Guest Editor International Journal on Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol 19, No. 6 2022.
  
• Guest Editor Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol 362, 2019.
  
• Guest Editor International Journal on Numerical Analysis and Modeling, Vol 15, No. 4-5, 2017.

Graduate Students/Postdoc Advising

Postdoc Fellows

1. Dr. Ahmed Zytoon, 2024-present.

Ph.D. Students

1. 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
2. Fang Liu, 2024-present.
3. Madylan Rusinek, 2026-present.

Master Students

1. Hoang Nam Tran, graduated in 2024.
2. Madylan Rusinek, graduated in 2025.
3. 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