Lin Fanghua
| Fang-hua LIN 林芳华 |
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| Born | 1959 (age 52–53) Ningbo, Zhejiang, China |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | analysis |
| Institutions | Courant Institute University of Chicago |
| Alma mater | Zhejiang University University of Minnesota |
| Known for | Ginzburg–Landau equation liquid crystal behaviour |
| Notable awards | Bôcher Prize (2002) |
Lin Fanghua (Chinese: 林芳华, Pinyin: Lín Fānghuá, Surname: Lin), also sometimes written as Fang-Hua Lin, born 1959, is a Chinese-born American mathematician. Currently, he is the Silver Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He applies rigorous analysis to nonlinear systems and is a world leader in this field.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Born in 1959 in Zhenhai County (now Zhenhai District), Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, he graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University in 1981. Lin went to USA to pursue 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 professor there from Aug. 1988 till Aug 1989.
In September 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.
Lin did important work in Ginzburg–Landau theory.
[edit] Awards and honors
- 1989–1991, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
- 1989–1994, Presidential Young Investigator Award
- 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]
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Ningbo (birthplace)
- American mathematicians
- American people of Chinese descent
- 20th-century mathematicians
- 21st-century mathematicians
- Zhejiang University alumni
- University of Minnesota alumni
- Zhejiang University faculty
- Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
