Kefeng Liu

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• B.A. Peking University 1985
• M.A. Chinese Academy of Sciences 1988
• Ph.D. Harvard University 1993.

Experience

• Professor, UCLA , 2002-.
• Associate Professor, UCLA , 2000-2002.
• Assistant Professor, Stanford University , 1996-2000.
• C. L. E. Moore Instructor, MIT , 1993-1996.

Teaching

• 2000- : Seminar in Geometry and Physics.
• 2008 Fall: M217, Geometry and Physics: Calabi-Yau Moduli and Hodge Theory

Research

• Research Interest: Differential Geometry, Topology and Mathematical Physics
• Research Summaries
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• Publications and Recent Preprints
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Journals

• Communications in Analysis and Geometry, Editor-in-Chief.
• Pure and Applied Mathematical Quarterly, Editor-in-Chief with S.-T. Yau.
• Asian Journal of Mathematics, Editor.
• Pacific Journal of Mathematics, Editor.
• Mathematics and Mathematical People, Editor-in-Chief with S.-T. Yau and Lizhen Ji.

Honors

• The 2004 Top 10 Achievements in Science and Technology in Chinese Universities.
• Morningside Gold Medal, ICCM 2004.
• Guangbiao Chair Professor, Zhejiang University 2003.
• Guggenheim Fellow 2002.
• ICM Invited Speaker 2002: Mathematical Physics.
• Distinguished Oversea Scholar, Chinese Academy of Science.
• ICCM Invited speaker 2001: Plenary.
• Morningside Silver Medal, ICCM 1998.
• Sloan Fellowship 1998-2001.
• Terman Fellowship 1997-2001
• NSF Grants 1994-.
• Zhong Jiaqing Award 1988.

Papers

• On SL(2, Z) and Topology.
• On Modular Invariance and Rigidity Theorems.
• Modular Forms and Topology.
• Heat Kernel and Moduli Spaces.
• Mathematical Results Inspired by Physics. ICM2002. dvi file
• Towards a Mirror Principle for Higher Genus. dvi file
• Geometric Height Inequalities.
• Hirzebruch Chi-y Genera of Hilbert Schemes of Surfaces by Localization.
• Remarks on Nonabelian Localizations.
• Relations among Fixed Points.
• Holomorphic Equivariant Cohomology.
• Remarks on the Geometry of Moduli Spaces.
• Wave Character of Metrics and Hyperbolic Geometric Flow.
• More Papers.
• Even More Papers.

Lectures

• Mathematical Results Inspired by Physics. ICM 2002.
• Elliptic Genus and Kac-Moody Algebras. S. Lie Lecture, Fields Institute 2002.
• Heat Kernels, Moduli Spaces and Finite Groups.Texas Geometry Conference.
• Localization and String Duality, 90th Anniversary of Math Dept, Peking University 2003.
• Mirror Symmetry and Localization, S.-T. Yau's Lecture at the Gelfand Conference 2003.
• Geometric Aspects of the Moduli Space of Riemann Surfaces, SCVI 2004, Capital Normal University.
• String Duality and Localization, Yamabe Conference 2004.
• Recent Results on the Moduli Spaces of Riemann Surfaces, in memory of Chern, JDG 2005.
• Localizations and Conjectures from String Duality, in memory of Bott.
• Hyperbolic Geometric Flow, Hangzhou Geometric Analysis Conference 2006.
• Good Geometry of the Moduli Spaces of Riemann Surfaces, in Honor of My Teacher Qi-Keng Lu 2006.
• Geometry of the Moduli Space of Curves, Yau's Lecture on the Stanford Conference on Moduli Spaces.

Visiting

• On Leave, June 2003-September 2004.
• Department Chair, Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang University.
• Distinguished Oversea Scholar, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• Guangbiao Chair Professor, Zhejiang University.
• Executive Director, Center of Mathematical Science, Zhejiang University.
• Loo-Keng Hua Chair Professor, University of Science and Technology of China

Others

• My Pleasant Memories.
• Knowledge, Technique and Imagination.
• Bott, A Legend of An Engineer.
• Unsolvable Knot in Heart.
• I Love Ping Pong.
• A Broken Promise.
• I belong to the Chern Class.
• We all belong to Chern Class.
• A Brief Sketch of Yau.

Sports

• Ping Pong. Vice-President of Table Tennis Association of Zhejiang University. Can you beat me?