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Chun Liu

Professor of Mathematics


Ph.D. Mathematics

Courant Institute, New York University

Contact Information

Department of Mathematics
The Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
email: liu@math.psu.edu
Tel: 814-8653611

Teaching

I will be in Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications during the 2008 --- 2010 academic years.

Research

My current research interests center around partial differential equations, calculus of variations and their applications in complex fluids. I am associated with The Center for Computational Mathematics and Applications.

  • Liquid Crystals and Polymeric Materials
  • Mixtures and Interfaces
  • MHD and Electrokinetic Flow
  • Elasticity
  • Grain Growth
  • Motion and Deformation of Bio-membranes
  • Ion Channels



    • Here are some of my publications together with the vita and publication list .

    Seminars


  • Applied and Computational Mathematics Seminar Series
  • PDEs & Numerical Methods Seminar
  • Pritchard Lab Seminar
  • CAM Luncheon Seminar
  • Mathematics Colloquium
  • Seminars in College of Sciences



    • Conferences and Workshops

  • International Conference on Contemporary Applied Mathematics, Dedicated to Prof. Andrew Majda on the occasion of his 60th birthday, January 19-23, 2009, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

  • SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering (CSE09), March 2-6, 2009, Miami Hilton Hotel, Miami, Florida.

  • Intensive School on Complex Fluids: modeling, theory and numerics, IMUS : Instituto de Matematicas de la Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain, 29 June- 03 July 2009.

  • Nonlinear PDE in Zhang Jia Jie, Aug 10 - Aug 15, 2009, Zhang Jia Jie City, China.

  • Workshop on Energy-Driven Systems, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, August 27-29, 2009.

  • Kinetic Description of Multiscale Phenomena The Annual Kinetic FRG Meeting, Center for Scientific Computation and Mathematical Modeling (CSCAMM), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, September 21-25, 2009

  • Liquid Crystal Theory and Modelling: Discussion Meeting 29th - 30th October 2009, at St Anne's College, Oxford, England.

  • Energetic Variational Approaches to Elastic Complex Fluids and Molecular Biology, Taida Institute for Mathematical Sciences(TIMS), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, January 6--7, 2010.

  • 2010 Conference in Differential Equations, Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, January 08~09, 2010.

  • Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers: Theoretical Models and Mathematical Challenges, Banff International Research Station, Banff, Canada, May 23 --- May 28, 2010.

  • International Conference , on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Prof. Roger Temam, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, June 1-5, 2010

  • Partial Differential Equations in Kinetic Theories, , Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK, Aug. 16--Dec 22, 2010.

  • Workshop on Kinetic and Fluids, Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Jul 26, 2010 to Jul 30, 2010.





  • Past Conferences