Lizhen Ji (Chinese: 季理真; born 1964), is a Chinese American mathematician. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan.
Biography
In 1964, Ji was born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.《数学与数学人》丛书主编介绍 Ji graduated with a B.S. from Hangzhou University (now Zhejiang University) in Hangzhou in 1984. From 1984 to 1985, Ji was a master student at the Department of Mathematics of Hangzhou University. Ji went to United States to continue his study in 1985, and in 1987 Ji obtained a M.S. from the Department of Mathematics of the University of California, San Diego. In 1991, Ji obtained a Ph.D. from the Northeastern University. His thesis Spectral Degeneration of Riemann Surfaces was advised by R. Mark Goresky and Shing-Tung Yau.The Mathematics Genealogy Project – Lizhen Ji
From 1991 to 1994, Ji was C.L.E. Moore instructor at the Department of Mathematics of MIT. From 1994 to 1995, Ji was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics in Princeton, New Jersey. From 1995 to 1999, Ji was an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Michigan. From 1999 to 2005, Ji was an associate professor in the same department. In 2005, Ji was promoted to full professor at Michigan.CV of Lizhen Ji
Awards From 1998 to 2001, Ji was an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. Ji received the Silver Morningside Medal of Mathematics in 2007. Ji was a Simons Fellow in 2014.Simons Foundation
Publications
Besides academic papers, Ji has also published or co-written many influential books in mathematics, including: Compactifications of Symmetric and Locally Symmetric Spaces; by Armand Borel, and Lizhen Ji.Compactifications of Symmetric and Locally Symmetric Spaces Arithmetic Groups and Their Generalizations: What, Why, and How; by Lizhen Ji. Geometry, Analysis and Topology of Discrete Groups; co-edited by Lizhen Ji, Kefeng Liu, Yang Lo, and Shing-Tung Yau. Compactifications of Symmetric Spaces (Progress in Mathematics, Vol 156); by Y. Guivarc'h, Lizhen Ji, and J. C. Taylor. Geometry Analysis and Topology of Discrete Groups; by Lizhen Ji, Kefeng Liu, and Yang Lo. Handbook of Geometric Analysis; by Lizhen Ji.Higher Education Press: Handbook of Geometric Analysis Mathematics and Mathematical People; Chief-editor Lizhen Ji.《数学与数学人》（Mathematics and Mathematical People）丛书 Advanced Lectures in Mathematics; Chief-editor Lizhen Ji.Advanced Lectures in Mathematics (ALM)
Editorial Work
An editor of the Asian Journal of Mathematics An editor of Science in China, Series A: Mathematics A founding editor and chief editor of Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly One of the chief-editors of a book series on Popular Mathematics Mathematics and Humanities
References
External links The homepage of Lizhen Ji The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Lizhen Ji Lizhen Ji's homepage at Zhejiang University ScienceNet: 季理真：追求真爱的数学人 (Lizhen Ji: Who Loves Math)