About me
I am a fifth year Math Ph.D. student at UC Irvine working on Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry. I am about to graduate in 2026 June, and I am currently looking for internship opportunities in quantitative finance and data science.
Education
- University of California, Irvine. Ph.D. in Mathematics, Sept 2020 -
June 2026
- Advisor: Nathan Kaplan
- Research focus: Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry
- University of California, San Diego. B.S. in Mathematics, M.A in
Mathematics, Sept 2014 - Dec 2019
- Major GPA: 3.91/4
- Cum Laude Honor, Dean’s Award for Excellence
Skills
- Programing: Proficient programing skills in Python, C++
- Math:
- Machine Learning:
- Math Finance:
Project Experiences
- Independent Game Development, 2019-2020
- Developed an 2D-platform action RPG Become Witch. Link
- The game is developed without any game engine. I wrote my own game engine under the ECS structure using C++ with the SDL library.
- The game received 4000 views and 500 downloads so far.
Teaching Experiences
- Associate Instructor. Summer 2024
- Instructor for Math 121A (upper division Linear Algebra) at UC Irvine.
- Teaching Assistant. 2016 - 2026
- Teaching assistant for Calculus, Linear Algebra, Abstract Algebra, Number Theory and Math Finance
- Received Excellent Teaching Award in 2018.
- Nominated for the Most Promising Future Faculty Award in 2024
Preprints/Publications
- T. Wang, Counting pairs of conics over finite fields that satisfy the
Poncelet
Honors and Awards
- Nominated for the Most Promising Future Faculty Award (June 2024, UC Irvine)
- Finalist in the Alibaba Global Mathematics Competition (June 2023)
- Dean’s Award for Excellence (June 2018, UC San Diego)
- Excellent Teaching Award (June 2018, UC San Diego)
- Member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society (since 2018)