Research Interests

Dynamical Systems

Hamiltonian Dynamics

Celestial Mechanics

Ergodic Theory

Education

Ph.D. 1988 Mathematics Northwestern University

B. S. 1982 Astronomy Nanjing University

Employment

2015- Chair Professor of Mathematics, Southern University of Science and Technology

2000- Arthur & Gladys Pancoe Professor of Mathematics Northwestern University

1994- Professor, Northwestern University

1990-1994 Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

1988-1990 Assistant Professor, Harvard University

Service Activities

EDITORSHIP OF PROFESIONAL JOURNALS

Co-Executive Editor: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems

Journal of Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems

Asian Journal of Mathematics

Communications in Contemporary Mathematics

Acta Mathematica Sinica

Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica

Communications in Applied Mathematics

Science in China

Advanced Nonlinear Studies

AMS Electronical Journal of Research Annoucements, 1997-2003

Celestial Mechanics, 1996-2002

Awards and Honors

Sloan Fellowship, 1989-1991, Sloan Foundation

Blumenthal Award for Advancement of Mathematics, 1993, AMS

National Young Investigator Award 1993-1998, NSF

Best Paper Award, 1993, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

Institute Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994-

Monroe Martin Award in Applied Mathematics, University of Maryland, 1995