Lin Fanghua
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Lin Fanghua (Chinese: 林芳华, Pinyin: Lín Fānghuá, Surname: Lin), also sometimes written as "Fang-Hua Lin", 1959-, is a Chinese-born American mathematician. He's currently a professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He continues the tradition of applying tough analysis to nonlinear systems and is a world leader in this domain [1].
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[edit] Biography
Born in 1959 in Zhenhai County (now Zhenhai District), Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, he graduated from Zhejiang University in 1981, majoring in mathematics. He went to USA to persue his further study in the Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, and obtained his PhD in 1985. From Sept. 1985 to Aug. 1988, he was an instructor at Courant Institute, New York University. Then he went to the University of Chicago, becoming a full-time professor there from Aug. 1988 till Aug.
1989. Sep. 1989, he started his professorship at New York University. He was then awarded the Silver Professorship, Department of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University.
[edit] Awards and honors
- 1989–1991, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
- 1989–1994, Presidential Young Investigator
- 1999, Ordway Chair Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota
- 2002, Bôcher Memorial Prize, by American Mathematical Society
- 2004, Shiing-shen Chern Prize
- 2005, Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences[2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Silver Dialogue
- ^ News from 163.com Lin and Tian became members of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
