TIAN YANG
Current Appointment
Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, 2022-present.
Past Appointment
Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, 2017-2022.
Szeg¨o Assistant Professor, Stanford University, 2013–2017.
Education
Zhejiang University, China, Bachelor, 2005. (Mentor: Shiuchun Wong.)
University of Regina, Canada, Master of Science, 2007. (Supervisor: Donald Stanley.)
Rutgers University, Ph.D. in Mathematics, 2013. (Supervisor: Feng Luo.)
Awards
NSF Conference Grant DMS-2350250, 2024-2025, Principal Investigator.
NSF Grant DMS-2203334, 2022-2025, Principal Investigator.
NSF Grant DMS-1812008, 2018-2023, Principal Investigator.
NSF Grant DMS-1405066, 2014-2017, Principal Investigator.
Silver Medal of Doctor thesis, New World Mathematics Awards 2014.
Best Paper Award, International Congress of Chinese Mathematicians of 2019.
Service to Mathematical Community
Co-organized the Conference: Quantum Topology, Quantum Information and connections
to Mathematical Physics, May 27-31, 2024.
Serviced on NSF review panels for the Division of Mathematics.
Co-organized the AIM workshop Quantum invariants and low-dimensional topology, August
14-18, 2023.
Co-organized the Third GEAR Junior Retreat, July 30 - August 5, 2017.