Education

PhD in Mathematics, University of Washington, 1997.

Professional Experience
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, National Chung Cheng University, 1997-1998.
  • Assistant Professor, National Cheng Kung University, 1998-2002.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow (Program on Inverse Problems), MSRI, 2001.
  • Associate Professor, National Taiwan University, 2002-2005.
  • Professor, National Taiwan University, 2005-
  • Department Chair, National Taiwan University, 2010-2013.
  • Chair, MOST Grants Review Panel (Applied Mathematics Subdivision), 2015-2018.
  • Editor-in-Chief, Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics, 2019-2023.
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 2020-
  • Associate Editor, Inverse Problems and Imaging, 2023-

Visiting Positions
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, 2005-2006.
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago, 2013-2014.
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Tokyo, Sep-Oct, 2023 (Exchange scholar).

PhD Students
  • Ching-Lung Lin, 2004. (Current position: Professor, Department of Mathematics, National Cheng Kung University)
  • Rulin Kuan, 2013. (Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, National Cheng Kung University)
  • Yi-Hsuan Lin, 2016. (Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Mathematics, National Chiao Tung University)
  • Chia-Hung Lin, 2018. (Current position: Software engineer)
  • Wei-Chen Chang, 2020. (Current position: Engineer at TSMC)
  • Pu Zhao Kow, 2021. (Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences, National Chengchi University)

Postdocs Advising
  • Hediki Takuwa (PhD, Kyoto University), 2004-2005.
  • Long-Hui Chen (PhD, Purdue University), 2007-2008.
  • Sei Nagayasu (PhD, Osaka University), 2007-2009.
  • Tu Nguyen (PhD, University of Chicago), 2012-1013.
  • Rulin Kuan (PhD, National Taiwan University), 2013-2016.
  • Catalin Carstea (PhD, University of Chicago), 2015-2017.
  • Manas Kar (PhD, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz and Johann Radon Institut), 2016-2018.

Conference Talks
  • BIRS workshop on Inverse Problems and Applications, Banff, Canada, Jun 29-24, 2006.
  • Applied Inverse Problems, Vancouver, Canada, Jun 25-29, 2007.
  • Linear and Nonlinear Waves, NO. 5, Ohtsu City, Japan, Nov 1-3, 2007.
  • Fourth Pacific Rim Conference on Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Dec 7-11, 2007.
  • France - Taiwan joint Conference on Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, CIRM (Marseille, France), Mar 25 to 28, 2008.
  • The inaugural Pacific Rim Mathematical Association (PRIMA) Congress, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Jul 6-10, 2009.
  • Conference on Applied Inverse Problems 2009, Jul 20-24, University of Vienna, Austria.
  • International Conference on Inverse Problems, Apr 26-29, 2010, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.　
  • The International Conference on Scientific Computing (In honor of Prof. Tony F. Chan at his 60th birthday for his contributions in Scientific Computing), Jan 4-7, 2012, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  • International Conference on Applied Mathematics 2012, Modeling, Analysis & Computation, May 28-Jun 1, 2012, City University of Hong Kong.
  • A conference on inverse problems in honor of Gunther Uhlmann, University of California, Irvine, June18-22, 2012.
  • International Conference on Inverse Problems and Applications in Honor of Gunther Uhlmann's 60th Birthday, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China, Sep 17-21, 2012.
  • Trilateral Meeting on PDE and Related Topics, University of Wollongong, Australia, Dec 3-7, 2012.
  • Applied Inverse Problem Conference, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea, Jul 1-5, 2013.
  • International Conference on Nonlinear Analysis: Boundary Phenomena for Evolutionary PDE, Inst of Math, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Dec 20-24, 2014.
  • Applied Inverse Problems Conference 2015, Helsinki, Finland, May 25-29, 2015.
  • Stability and Reconstruction Issues in Inverse Problems, Institute Henri Poincare, Paris, France, Jun 29-Jul 3, 2015.
  • Inverse Problems, Imaging and PDE, Institute for Advanced Study, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Sep 28-Oct 2, 2015.
  • Sixth Trilateral Meeting on Nonlinear PDEs and Applications, University of Parma, Italy, Dec 14-18, 2015.
  • PARC-Sinica Meeting, Inst of Math, Academia Sinica, Jan 4-7, 2016.
  • Taiwan-Japan Joint Workshop on Inverse Problems 2016, Kyoto University, Japan, April 2-4, 2016.
  • International Conference for the 70th Anniversary of Korean Mathematical Society, Seoul National University, Oct 20-23, 2016.
  • Taiwan-Japan Joint Workshop on Inverse Problems, Kanazawa, Japan, Nov 17-20, 2017.
  • Workshop on Inverse Problems, Imaging, and Partial Differential Equations, IAS, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Mar 12-16, 2018.
  • Ninth International Conference ”Inverse Problems: Modeling and Simulation”, Paradise-Bay Hotel, Malta, May 21-25, 2018.
  • The 12th AIMS Conference on Dynamical Systems, Differential Equations and Applications, Taipei, Taiwan, July 5-9, 2018.
  • Workshop on Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Inverse Scattering Problems, IMS, National University of Singapore, Sep 24-28, 2018.
  • ReaDiNet 2018, Recent Progresses in Mathematical Theories for Biological Phenomena, Utop Ubless Hotel, Jeju, Korea, Oct 31-Nov 3, 2018.
  • The 7th Trilateral Meeting (Australia‐Italy‐Taiwan) on Nonlinear PDEs and Applications, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Jan 23-28, 2019.
  • 2019 Taiwan-Japan Joint Workshop on Inverse Problems, Kyoto University, Mar 30-Apr 1, 2019.
  • Applied Inverse Problems Conference 2019, Grenoble, France, July 8-12, 2019.
  • Inverse Problems for PDEs: A one day webinar in occasion of the 65th birthday of Sergio Vessella, Sep 11, 2020. https://sites.google.com/view/sergiovessellawebinar/
  • RIMS workshop on "Recent developments on inverse problems for partial differential equations and their applications", January 6 - 8, 2021, Research Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University. http://www.xmath.ous.ac.jp/~ohe/RIMS_Jan2021/index_en.html.
  • Trilateral Meeting on Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Applications (Australia-Italy-Taiwan), University of Western Australia, Jan 9-14, 2023.
  • 11th Applied Inverse Problems Conference in Gottingen, Germany, Sep 4-8, 2023.
  • IAS Workshop on Inverse Problems, Imaging and Partial Differential Equations, IAS/HKUST, Dec 11-15, 2023.
  • 2024 Japan-Taiwan Joint Workshop on Numerical Analysis and Inverse Problems, Kyoto University, Mar 9-10, 2024. https://www-an.acs.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp/tj2024/
  • ReaDiNet 2024. Recent Progresses in the theory of reaction and diffusion equations for biological phenomena, Jeju, Korea, Oct 20-25, 2024. https://amath.kaist.ac.kr/KMBC2024/
  • Theoretical and numerical approaches for inverse problems, RIMS, Kyoto University, Jan 20-22, 2025.
  • Inverse Problems in Milan. Conference in honour of Otmar Scherzer's 60th Birthday and Sergio Vessella's Retirement. June 9-13, 2025. https://csc.univie.ac.at/ip_milan_2025/

Colloquium and Seminar Talks
  • Department of Mathematics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Apr 27, 2016.
  • Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Apr 28, 2016.
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, USA, Aug 4, 2016.
  • TIFR Centre For Applicable Mathematics, Bangalore, India, Sep 13, 15, 2016.
  • Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan, Feb 13, 16, 2017.
  • Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Apr 5, 2017.
  • Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan, Apr 19, 2018.
  • Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Nonlinear Analysis Seminar Series (Online), Feb 26, 2021.
  • Department of Advanced Mathematical Sciences, Kyoto University, Feb 27,2023.
  • Department of Mathematics, Montana State University, Apr 26, 2023.
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, May 3, 2023.
  • Department of Mathematics, University of Tokyo, Oct 27, 2023.
  • Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan, Mar 8, 2024.
  • Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Japan, Mar 28, 2025.

Professional Activities
  • Reviewer for the Mathematical Reviews, zbMATH.
  • Journal’s referee.
  • Editorial board, Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics.
  • Organizing committee for International Conference on Inverse Problems and Related Topics, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016.
  • Selection Committee for the MediaV Young Researcher Award, 2012, 2014, 2016.
  • Vice President, East Asia Section of IPIA (Inverse Problems International Association).
  • Organizing committee for East Asia Section of IPIA – Young Scholars Symposium, 2015, 2016, 2017.
  • Guest editor, Applicable Analysis.
  • Guest editor, Inverse Problems and Imaging.