Physics

Statistical Physicist Leihan Tang Joins Westlake

​Prof. Leihan Tang joins Westlake University as a full-time chair professor of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the School of Science. He will also establish and lead the statistical physics and complex systems lab.

Mathematics

New Westlake Chair Professor Thierry De Pauw Finds Beauty in Math

De Pauw's scientific work pertains to fundamental mathematics, specifically geometry with an analytic flavor. He was awarded the Jacques Deruyts Prize by the Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences. From 2016 until 2018, he was the head of the Géométrie et Dynamique team at the Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu, Paris. From 2018 until 2022, he was a distinguished professor at East China Normal University. In February 2024, Prof. Thierry De Pauw joined Westlake University as a chair professor of mathematics with the School of Science.

Mathematics

Huayi Chen Leaves Paris Cité University to Join Westlake

Prof. Huayi Chen was previously dean of the Mathematics Institute of Jussieu–Paris Rive Gauche at Paris Cité University, and had also conducted research and taught at Westlake as a visiting scholar. ​Chen officially started at Westlake University on the first working day of 2024, and he delved straight into preparing a short-term course on the introduction to Lean. The course will be open to all faculty, all Ph.D. and undergraduate students at Westlake, and researchers from other institutes. Lean is a proof assistant and programming language that is used to test the accountability of mathematical proofs.