Research Interests:

1. Conservation laws: Well-posedness theory and solution behavior, singularity analysis.
2. Boltzmann equation: Well-posedness theory and solution behavior, fluid dynamic limits, boundary layer theory, regularity analysis.
3. Boundary layer theories: Well-posedness theory and high Reynolds number limits.

Memberships of Academies and Learned Societies:

• Foreign member, Academia Europaea, 2022.
• Member, Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, 2021.
• Member, The World Academy of Sciences, 2021.
• American Mathematical Society Fellow, 2021.
• Foreign member, the European Academy of Sciences, 2018.

Memberships of Editorial Boards:

Co-Editor-in-Chief

• Kinetic and Related Model, (2008-present)
• Communications in Mathematical Analysis and Applications, (2022-present)
• Analysis and Applications, (2013-2017)

Editorial Board

• London Mathematical Society: Bulletin and Journal, (2020-present)
• SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, (2021-present)
• Chinese Annals of Mathematics, Series B, (2022-present)
• Annuals of Applied Mathematics, (2015-present)
• Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, (2017-2021)

Education and Academic Positions:

Education

PhD in Mathematics, University of California, Davis, USA

June 1993

MSc in Zhongshan University

July  1990

BSc in Zhongshan University

July  1987

Academic Positions

Kuok Group Professor in Mathematical Science	02/2024-01/2029
Chair Professor of Mathematical Science, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	11/2022 - present

Chair Professor, City University of Hong Kong

09/2007 - 11/2022

Professor, City University of Hong Kong

07/2002 - 08/2007

Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong

07/1999 - 06/2002

Assistant Professor/Lecturer, City University of Hong Kong

09/1994 - 06/1999

Postdoctoral Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA

09/1993 - 08/1994

Prizes, Awards and Honors:

• Kuok Group Professor in Mathematical Science, 02/2024-01/2029.
• The Hong Kong Research Grants Council-Senior Research Fellow, 2020.
• Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (Science and Technology), China (First Prize), 2019 and 2022.
• The President's Award, City University of Hong Kong, 2015 and 2016.
• State Natural Science Award (2nd class), P.R. China, 2012.
• Croucher Senior Research Fellowship, 2011.
• Grand Award of Research Excellence Awards, City University of Hong Kong, 2009.
• Changjiang Chair Professorship, the Ministry of Education of China, 2005.
• Joint Research Fund for Hong Kong and Macau Young Scholars, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 2004.
• Morningside Silver Medal of Mathematics, ICCM, 1998.

Research Centre for Nonlinear Analysis (RCNA)

Biography (at Hong Kong Academy of Sciences)

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