- Ph.D. Students
- Harish Kannan (Ph.D. student, Summer 2021 - present. Co-advised by Terry Hwa of physics and biology)
- Zunding Huang (Ph.D. student, Summer 2021 - present)
- Jingze (Johnny) Li (Ph.D. student, Fall 2023 - present. Main advisor:
Professor Gabriel Silva of Bioengineering, UCSD)
- Silvia Liu (Ph.D. student, summer 2024 - present)
- Yasir Khan (Ph,D. student, summer 2024 - present)
- John Shopple
(Ph.D. in mathematics, UCSD, 2009.
First job: Visiting Lecturer at UCSD.)
- Shenggao Zhou (Visiting Ph.D. student from Zhejiang Univ., China,
China Scholarship Council Fellowship, September 2010 - March 2012.
Ph.D., Zhejiang Univ. China, 2012. Thesis advisors: Xiaoliang Cheng, Zhejiang Univ. and Bo Li, UCSD.
First job: Postdoc at UCSD. Currently, faculty at Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
- Timothy Banham
(Ph.D. in mathematics, UCSD, June 2013.
First job: faculty in a college.)
- Maryann Hohn
(Ph.D. in mathematics, UCSD, 2013. San Diego Fellowship 2010 - 2012.
First job: Visitting Assistant Professor, Univ. of Connecticut.)
- Michael White (Ph.D. in mathematics, UCSD, 2013.
UC Office of President Graduate Fellowship in Computational Science.
Fall 2012 - Spring 2013.
First job: postdoc at Univ. Minnesota.)
- Jiayi Wen (Ph.D. in mathematics, UCSD, 2015.
UCSD Chancellor's Interdisciplinary Collaboratories Research Fellowship, 2013 and 2014.
UC Office of President Graduate Fellowship in Computational Science, 2015.
First job: Software Engineer at Yahoo.)
- Benjamin Ciotti (Ph.D. in mathmeatics, UCSD, 2019.
UCSD 2016-2017 Frieda Daum Urey Academic and Oceanids Memorial Fellowship,
UCSD Department of Mathematics 2016-2017 Graduate Teaching Award, and
UCSD Department of Mathematics 2018-2019 Powell Dissertation Fellowship.
First job: Visiting Lecturer at UCSD.)
- Chao Fan (Ph.D. in mathematics, UCSD, 2021.
First job: Software enginneer at Facebook.)
- Zirui (Ray) Zhanbg (Ph.D. in mathematics, UCSD, 2022.
main advisor: Professor Li-Tien Cheng.
2021-2022 UCSD Math Powell Dissertation
Award. First job: Postdoc at UC Irvine.)
- Zhengfang Zhang (Visiting Ph.D. student from Zhejiang Univ., China,
October 2010 - February 2011, supported by Zhejiang Univ. Lu Foundation Fellowship.
Ph.D., Zhejiang Univ., China, 2011.)
- Yuan Liu (Visiting Ph.D. student, from Fudan Univ., China, September 2014 - February 2016. Supported by the China Scholarship Council.)
- Yue Yan (Ph.D. student, Fudan University;
Visiting Ph.D. student, July 6, 2015 - January 5, 2016 and
June 23 - October 12, 2016, UC San Diego.)
- Undergraduate Researchers
- Yang Xie (MAE, UCSD, Summer 2007 and 2008)
- Diego Onuchic (Undergraduate and graduate researcher, Math and CTBP, UCSD,
Fall 2009 - Summer 2011)
- Mingyang Li (Math, UCSD, Summer and Fall 2014)
- David Moore (Physics, UCSD, Fall 2014 - Spring 2015,
2016-2017 Recipient of the John Holmes Malmberg prize)
- Yiming Zhang (Math and Computer Sci., Summer 2019)
- Keller Jordan (Math and Computer Sci., Fall 2020 - present,
2020-2021 Physical Sciences Dean's Undergraduate Award for Excellence, and
2020-2021 Division of Physical Sciences the Selma and Robert Silagi Award for Undergraduate Excellence.)
- Yunhao Sun (Math-Computer Sci. and Physics, UCSD, Fall 2021-present,
a recipient of the 2021-22 Physical Sciences Dean's Undergraduate Award for Excellence)
- Xinsong (Lexseal) Lin (Math and Computer Sci., UCSD, Fall 2021-present.
2022-2023, Data Science Inst Undergrad Scholarship. 2022-2023 Physical Sciences Dean's Undergraduate Award for Excellence.)
- Jiaxin Ye (Math and Computer Sci., UCSD, Fall 2023-Spring 2024.
2023-2024 Physical Sciences Dean's Undergraduate Award for
Excellence.)
- Postdocs
- Zhongming Wang
(Math, Chem-Biochem, & CTBP, May 2008 - August 2011, jointly mentored by Li-Tien Cheng
and Adny McCammon. Current: faculty at Florida International Univ.)
- Bin Dong (SEW Visiting Assistant Professor, Math, UCSD, July 2009 - June 2011, jointly
mentored by Li-Tien Cheng. Current: faculty at Peking Univ.)
- Zuojun Guo
(CTBP & Genoimcs Inst. Novartis Res. Foundation, April 2011 - June 2014)
- Yuen-Yick Kwan (Math & CTBP, May 2011 - September 2012)
- Yanxiang Zhao
(Math, Chem-Biochem, & CTBP, September 2011 - August 2014. Current: faculty at George Washington
Univ.)
- Yifei Lou (Math, January 2012 - June 2012, jointly with UCLA. Current: faculty at
UNC - Chapel Hill)
- Shenggao Zhou
(Math, Chem-Biochem, & CTBP, July 2012 - August 2015, jointly mentored by Li-Tien Cheng
and Andy McCammon. Current: faculty at Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ.)
- Hui Sun
(Math & CTBP, September 2013 - January 2017, jointly mentored by Terry Hwa during 2016 - 2017.
Current: faculty at California State Univ. - Long Beach)
-
Shuang Liu (SEW Visiting Assistant Professor, Math, January 2020 - present, mainly mentored by Li-Tien Cheng)
- Research and Teaching Visiting Scholars
- John Shopple
(Teaching Visitor/Research Visiting Scholar, Summer 2009 - Summer 2010)
- Hsiao-Bing Cheng
(Research/Teaching Visiting Scholar,
Fall 2010 - Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Fall 2014 - Spring 2016,
Fall 2023 - Spring 2025)
- Joachim Dzubiella (Spring 2011, Spring 2015, Spring 2019,
and Fall 2024. Biophys.,
Physikalisches Institut, Freiburg University, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany)
- Chaohui Tong (visitor, Physics, Ningbo Univ., China, Fall 2011)
- Rishu Saxena
(Teaching Visitor/Research Visiting Scholar, January 2012 - June 2012)
- Yongping Feng
(Research Visiting Scholar from Guangzhou Univ., China, July 2012 - July 2013)
- Weihua Yang (Research Visiting Scholar from Beijing Univ. of Technology, China,
November 1, 2012 - October 31, 2013 and July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018)
- Yu-Chen Shu
(visitor, Math, National Cheng Kung Univ., Taiwan, Winter 2012)
- Xiaofei Guan
(Research Visiting Scholar from Tongji Univ., China, December 2013 - February 2015)
- Zhenli Xu
(visitor, Math, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China, Fall 2011 and Summer 2014)
- Zhiping Li (Research Visiting Scholar, Peking Univ., China, Summer 2014)
- Zhengfang Zhang (Research Visiting Scholar from Hangzhou Dianzhi University, China,
September 1, 2016 - February 28, 2017)
- Chuan Xue (Ohio State Univ. and Univ. Minnesota, Summer 2019)
- Benjiamin Ciotti (Visiting Lecturer, UCSD, Fall 2019 - Summer 2022)
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