Li Jianshu (; born 1959), also known as Jian-Shu Li, is a Chinese

mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, mathematical structure, structure, space, Mathematica ...

working in

representation theory Representation theory is a branch of mathematics that studies abstract algebra, abstract algebraic structures by ''representing'' their element (set theory), elements as linear transformations of vector spaces, and studies Module (mathematics), ...

and

automorphic forms In harmonic analysis and number theory, an automorphic form is a well-behaved function from a topological group ''G'' to the complex numbers (or complex vector space) which is invariant under the group action (mathematics), action of a discrete s ...

. He is the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics at

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University (ZJU) is a public university, public research university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and D ...

and Professor Emeritus at the

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991, it was the territory's third institution to be granted university status, and the firs ...

Early life and education

Li was born in

Xiaoshan Xiaoshan suburban district HangzhouZhejiang was formerly a city in its own right, separated by the Qiantang River from Hangzhou proper, but the municipality was annexed by its more populous neighbor in 2001. Xiaoshan has a permanent population wi ...

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, China. He graduated from Xiaoshan Middle School. Li studied mathematics at the Department of Mathematics at

. He obtained his Ph.D. in mathematics from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

under the supervision of

Roger Evans Howe Roger Evans Howe (born May 23, 1945) is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Yale University, and Curtis D. Robert Endowed Chair in Mathematics Education at Texas A&M University. He is known for his contributions to rep ...

in 1987.

Career

Li was a Moore Instructor at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

and a professor at the

University of Maryland, College Park The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD i ...

. Li is Professor Emeritus at the

, and has previously served as President of the Hong Kong Mathematical Society and as Chang Jiang Chair Professor of Zhejiang University. Li is the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics at

Awards and honors

Li was a recipient of a

Sloan Research Fellowship The Sloan Research Fellowships are awarded annually by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation since 1955 to "provide support and recognition to early-career scientists and scholars". This program is one of the oldest of its kind in the United States. ...

in 1992 and an invited speaker at the

International Congress of Mathematicians The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU). The Fields Medals, the IMU Abacus Medal (known before ...

(ICM) in 1994 (Section: Lie Groups). He has been a member of the

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...

(CAS) since 2013.

Selected works

* * * * "On the classification of irreducible low rank unitary representations of classical groups", ''Compositio Math.'' 71 (1989), no. 1, 29–48. *

References

External links

Hong Kong Mathematical Society

LI Jian-Shu's homepage at Zhejiang University

LI Jian-Shu's homepage at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

{{DEFAULTSORT:Li, Jianshu 1959 births Living people 20th-century Chinese mathematicians 21st-century Chinese mathematicians Academic staff of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Academic staff of Zhejiang University Chinese expatriates in the United States Educators from Hangzhou Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty Mathematicians from Zhejiang Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Scientists from Hangzhou University of Maryland, College Park faculty Yale University alumni Zhejiang University alumni