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Assistant Professor

Full Name Hengrong Du
Languages English (fluent), Chinese (native)

Experience

  • 2025–
    Assistant Professor
    Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fisk University
  • 2024–2025
    Visiting Assistant Professor
    Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
    • Mentor: Dr. Connor Mooney
  • 2021–2024
    Postdoctoral Scholar, Research
    Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University
    • Mentor: Dr. Gieri Simonett

Education

  • 2021
    Ph.D. in Mathematics
    Department of Mathematics, Purdue University
    • Advisor: Dr. Changyou Wang
    • Thesis title: Compactness, existence, and partial regularity in hydrodynamics of liquid crystals
  • 2016
    M.S. in Computational Mathematics
    Beijing Normal University
    • Advisor: Dr. Jiequan Li
  • 2012
    B.S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
    South China Normal University

Academic Interests

  • Machine learning
    • Generative models
    • Langevin sampling algorithms
    • Computational optimal transport
  • PDE theory in complex fluids
    • Hydrodynamics of nematic liquid crystals
    • Magnetoviscoelastic materials
  • Calculus of variations
    • Optimal insulation problem
  • Stochastic analysis
    • Existence and regularity theory for stochastic Ericksen--Leslie system
  • Geometric analysis
    • Stability of self-similar solutions

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Bouldering, reading, etc.