Curriculum Vitae

ZHONGMIN SHEN

Updated on August 31, 2008

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

402 N. Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-3216

zshen@math.iupui.edu

317-278-1065(Office)

317-274-3460(Fax)

http://www.math.iupui.edu/~zshen

 

 

a.            Education

 

·         Ph.D.   (Differential Geometry), State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1990

·         M.Sc.   (Differential Geometry),  Academia Sinica,  P.R. China, 1986

·         B.Sc.    (Mathematics), University of Science and Technology of China,  P.R.China, 1983

 

b.     Academic Appointments

    

·         2005-2007, National Science Foundation of USA

Program Director for Geometric Analysis, Division of Mathematical Sciences

·         1993-present, IUPUI, Department of Mathematical Sciences                                             Assistant Prof. (1993-98),  Associate Prof. (1998-2003), Full Prof. (2003-present)

·         1991-1993, University of Michigan

        Department of Mathematics, Hildebrandt Research Assistant Professor

·         1990-1991,  MSRI at Berkeley

        Mathematical Science Research Institute, Postdoctoral Fellowship

·         1986-1990,  SUNY at Stony Brook

        Department of Mathematics, Teaching Assistant

 

 c.      Short-Term Visiting Positions

 

·         Nankai Institute of Mathematics, P.R. China, May 4-June 4, 1995; Feb 28-April 6, 2000; Dec. 12, 2000-Jan. 10, 2001;  July 20-August 10, 2001; April 27-June 15, 2002.

·         Fields Institute, Canada, May 4-30, 1997

·         I.H.E.S., France, June 4-20, 1997

·         Centre of Theoretical Sciences in Taiwan, May 1-May 30, 1998

·         Hangzhou University, P.R. China, June 1-June 30, 1998

·         University of Brasilia, Brazil, May 10-30, 1999.

·         University of Debrecen, Hungary, Jan 15-Feb 15, 2000

·         Institute of Mathematics, Academia Sinica, August 11-20, 2001.

·         Zhejiang University, Hongzhou, P.R. China, May 15-May, 30, 2002.

·         Nankai Institute of Mathematics, P.R. China, August 10-August 25, December 10-30, 2003.

·         Nankai Institute of Mathematics, P.R. China, August 1-August 25, 2004

·         Chongqing Institute of Technology, P.R. China, July 15-30, 2004

·         Zhejiang University, P.R. China, August 1-13, 2004

·         Zhejiang University, P.R. China, August 1-13, 2005

·         Center of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang University, P.R. China, July 1-30, 2006.

·         Center of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang University, P.R. China, May 27-June 9, July 9-July 22, 2007.

·         Center of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang University, P.R. China, June 26-July 27, 2008.

 

 

 

d.      Awards, Grants and Honours

 

·         Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1989-90.

·         NSF, 1993;  CNPq* (Brazil), 1998; NSFC* (China), 1998..

·         NSF China, 2003-2006, 2006-2009 (Co-PI).

·         NSF grant for IR/D, 2005-2007.

·         NSF grant, 2008-2010.

·         Teaching Excellence Recognition Award awarded by IUPUI in 1998.

·         Guest Professor of Mathematics, Chongqing Institute of Technology, P.R. China (2002-present).

·         Guest Professor of Mathematics, Zhejiang University, P.R. China (2004-present).

·         Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Center of Mathematical Sciences, Zhejiang University,  P.R. China (July 1, 2006-June 30, 2008).

·         Guanbiao Professor, Zhejiang University, P.R. China (May  2007-present)

 

e.         Editorial Board for Proceedings

 

·         Member of the editorial board of Contemporary Mathematics (vol.  196) of the American Mathematical Society, Finsler Geometry, Published by the American Mathematical Society. 

·         Member of the editorial board of MSRI publications, A Sampler of Finsler Geometry, Published by University Cambridge Press, 2004.

 

f.     Editorial Board for Mathematical Journals

  • The International Journal of Geometry and Topology  (the first issue will appear soon)
  • Mathematica Academiae Paedagogiace Nyíregyháziensis, http://www.emis.de/journals/AMAPN/index.html
  • The Open Mathematics Journal (OMAT), a peer-reviewed journal, aims to provide the most complete and reliable source of information on the current developments in the field of pure mathematics. Bentham Science Publishers. http://www.bentham.org/open/tomatj/MSandI.htm

 

g.    Conferences and Meetings Organized

·        Co-chair of the organizing committee for the 1995 Joint Summer Research Conference on Finsler geometry (Seattle, July, 1995).

·        Member of the organizing committee for the special session on Finsler geometry in the American Mathematical Society meetings (San Diego, January 1997).

·        Member of the organizing committee for the workshop on Finsler geometry, MSRI at Berkeley, June 3-7, 2002. 

·        Member of the organizing committee for the international symposium on Finsler geometry, Nankai Institute of Mathematics, P.R. China, August, 2004.

·        International Conference on Riemann-Finsler Geometry, Indianapolis, February 14-16, 2008.

 

h.  Thesis supervision and mentoring:

  • Co-advisor of Ph.D. student, B. Najafi, graduated in 2005. University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnique), Iran.
  • Co-advisor of Ph.D. student, Azam, Asanjarani, expected to be graduated in 2008. University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnique), Iran.
  • Mentor of Ph.D. students, Lili Zhao (graduated in 2006),  Yaoyong Yu, and Benling Li (graduated in 2007),  Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China.

i.   Service to the publishing industry:

 

a.      Refereeing for professional journals

 

  • Journal of Differential Geometry
  • Journal of the London Mathematical Society
  • Global Analysis and Applications
  • Houston Journal of Mathematics
  • International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
  • Journal of Physics A
  • Mathematische Annalen
  • Mathematical Reviews
  • Pacific Journal of Mathematics
  • Indiana University Mathematics Journal
  • Illinois Journal of Mathematics
  • Reports on Mathematical Physics
  • Bulletin/Proceedings/Transaction of the American Mathematical Society
  • Acta Mathematica Sinica English Series
  • Canadian Math. Bulletin
  • Archiv der Mathematik
  • Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society
  • Central European Journal of Mathematics
  • Chinese Annuals of Mathematics
  • Communication in Analysis and Geometry
  • Journal of Geometric Analysis
  • Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
  • International Journal of Mathematics
  • Iranian Journal of Science and Technology
  • Israel Journal of Mathematics
  • Journal of Zhejiang University Science (A&B)
  • Science in China
  • Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (SIGMA)
  • Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry
  • Publications Mathematicae, Debrecen
  • Acta Mathematica Scientia
  • Calculus of Variation and Partial Differential Equations
  • Journal of Geometry and Physics
  • Proceedings of Indian Academy of Sciences, India
  • Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics
  • Advances Studies in Pure Mathematics, Japan
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society A
  • Beitraege zur Algebra und  Geometrie,  http://www.emis.de/journals/BAG/
  • Geometria Dedicata

 

     

 b. Refereeing for book publishers

 

  • World Scientific
  • Kluwer Academic Publishers

     

 c. Reviewing for Mathematical Reviews

 

  • Reviewer for Math Review since 1992.
  • Reviewer for Zentralblatt MATH since 2002.

 

j.           Services to the Department

 

·        Colloquium Committee, Fall 93-2000.

·        Technology Committee (2000-2003)

·        Textbook Search Committee, Fall 96-2005

·        Graduate Committee (2000-2003)

·        Undergraduate Committee (2000-present)

·        Undergraduate Advisor (1998-2005).

·        Promotion Committee (2004-present)

 

k.     Invited Presentations at Professional Meetings

 

·         “Volume growth and finite topological type”, Summer Institute on Differential Geometry,

        University of California at Los Angeles, 1990.

·         “Riemannian manifolds with positive Ricci curvature”, The American Mathematical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, 1991.

·         “Convergence of Riemannian submanifolds”, The American Mathematical Society meeting, Knoxville, 1993.

·         “Some Problems in Finsler Geometry”, Joint Summer Research Conference on Finsler Geometry, Seattle, July 1995.

·         “Complete Riemannian manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature”, Texas Geometry/Topology conference, Houston, February 1996.

·         The American Mathematical Society meeting, Detroit, April 1996. Invited but did not attend.

·         “The non-linear Laplacian for Finsler manifolds”, Finsler Laplacian Conference, University of Alberta, August 20-22, 1997.

·         "Levy Concentration of Finsler MM Spaces", International Conference on Finsler Geometry, University of Alberta, August 13-20, 1998.

·         “On Projectively Related Einstein Metrics”, The 11th National Conference of Finsler and Lagrange Geometry in Romania, Feb. 17-20, 2000.

·         “Geometric meanings of curvatures in Finsler geometry”, the 20th Winter School “Geometry and Physics”, Srni, Czech, Jan. 2000.

·         “Projective Geometry of Finsler Spaces”, Jing-Jing Workshop on Differential Geometry, P.R. China, March 3-8, 2000.

·         “Finsler Metrics of Constant Curvature”, Colloquium on Differential Geometry, Debrecen, Hungary, July 25-30, 2000.

·         “Finsler Metrics of Constant Curvature”, The 1st National Conference  on Finsler Geometry, P.R. China, Dec. 27-28, 2000.

·         “Geodesics and Ricci Curvature”, The American Mathematical Society Meeting, Hoboken, New Jersey, April, 2001.

·         “Classification of Projectively Flat Finsler Metrics of Constant Curvature”, The 2nd National Conference on Finsler Geometry, P.R. China, August 1-2, 2001.

·         “Finsler Metrics of Constant Curvature”, The American Mathematical Society Meeting, Ann Arbor, March 2002.

·         “Finsler Geometry”, Six Lectures at the 3rd National Conference on Riemann-Finsler Geometry, Zhejiang University, Hongzhou, P.R. China, May 22-May 29, 2002.

·         “Schur Type Theorems --- Classification and Examples”, Workshop on Finsler Geometry, MSRI, June 3-7, 2002.

·         “Navigation on Riemannian Spaces”, The American Mathematical Society meeting, Bloomington, Indiana, April 2003.

·         “Information Geometry, a Finslerian approach”, The annual conference on mathematical psychology, Ann Arbor, Michigan,  July 29-August 2, 2004.