Diversity matters

As an Asian straight male in academia, I have privilege. The acknowledgement of privilege does not diminishes one's accomplishments, but it recognizes the historical and social forces that buoyed one's success. This attribution is no different from admitting, in the course of our intellectual pursuit, that we reach new heights standing on the shoulder of giants. And I think it is only ethically right be open about the circumstances that enabled one's achievements, and to understand and to ameliorate the adversarial environments that prevented the same for others.

Being an ally means, first and foremost, being supportive of others. It also means using your position of privilege to help level the playing field. If you are mathematician, consider amplifying and supporting: the Association for Women in Mathematics, the National Association of Mathematicians, the Math Alliance, and Spectra.

Info for Potential Students

Undergrad Research / Reading Courses. If you are an undergraduate student at Michigan State University looking for research experience, please take a look at my info page on this subject.

Current PhD Students. If you are considering working with me, I have some basic information put up.

# Recent Posts

Mathematical diversions, expository articles, and more

### Rod and Balls and Finsler (Redux)

In a previous post we discussed a little problem in "almost" Finsler geometry. In this post we will dissect some properties …

### Some Notes on Weighted Sobolev Spaces

Embedding theorems for Weighted Sobolev Spaces

### A Rod and Ball Problem (Finsler Geometry)

This post is inspired by: In the diagram a 1 meter rod, initially horizontal, rotates 90-degrees about endpoint B & then translates …

### The Second Mean Value Theorem for Integrals

This post concerns the second mean value theorem for definite integrals. Theorem    [Second MVT for Integrals] Let $w$ be a …

# Professional Experience

#### Michigan State University

2015 – Present East Lansing, MI, USA
Assistant Professor in the Mathematics Department, responsibilities include mathematical research, teaching (both undergraduate and graduate), supervision and mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students.

#### École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

2011 – 2015 Lausanne, Suisse

#### DPMMS, University of Cambridge

2009 – 2011 Cambridge, UK

#### Princeton University

2005 – 2009 Princeton, NJ, USA
Dissertation: On the uniqueness of Kerr-Newman black holes
Supported through an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

# Grants, Awards, &c

#### Simons Collaboration Grant (PI)

Project title: Geometric analysis of the long time behavior of evolution equations