Curriculum Vitae
Sitai Li 李思泰
School of Mathematical Sciences
Xiamen University
Xiamen, Fujian 361005, China
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Partial differential equations, initial value problems, integrable systems, inverse scattering transform, solitons, numerical simulations, asymptotics, dispersionless limits, modulational instability.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen University January 2022 – present
Assistant professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen University September 2021 – January 2022
Van Loo Postdoctoral Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan September 2018 – May 2021
Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, State University of New York at Buffalo September 2016 – June 2018
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Mathematics, State University of New York at Buffalo September 2015 – June 2018
Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, State University of New York at Buffalo September 2011 – August 2015
EDUCATION
Ph.D in Mathematics, June 2018
Department of Mathematics, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Advisor: Professor Gino Biondini
Thesis title: Maxwell-Bloch and nonlinear Schrödinger systems with nonzero background
B. S. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, June 2010,
School of Mathematical Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
GRANTS
2023 – 2025: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12201526)
2022 – 2025: The Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (Grant No. 2022J01032)
2022 – 2024: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. 20720220040)
PUBLICATIONS
Please see the publication page
INVITED TALKS AND CONFERENCES
2023 UNC Greensboro PDE Conference, online. Talk title: On the Maxwell-Bloch system in the sharp-line limit without solitons. June 9 – 11, 2023
The 9th International Conference on Nonlinear Mathematical Physics & The 16th National Workshop on Solitons and Integrable Systems (第九届非线性数学物理国际会议暨全国第十六届孤立子与可积系统学术研讨会), Qingdao, China. Talk title: On the Maxwell-Bloch system in the sharp-line limit without solitons. August 22 – 24, 2022
Joint Workshop on Mathematics between XMU and XMUM, Department of Mathematics, Xiamen University Malaysia, Malaysia. Talk title: On the Maxwell-Bloch system in the sharp-line limit without solitons. July 23, 2022
6th International Virtual Workshop on Nonlinear and Modern Mathematical Physics, Department of Mathematics, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Talk title: On the Maxwell-Bloch system in the sharp-line limit without solitons. June 19, 2022
4th IMA Conference on Nonlinearity and Coherent Structures, Institute of Mathematics & its Applications, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, UK. Talk title: On the Maxwell-Bloch system in the sharp-line limit without solitons. July 9, 2021
Integrable Systems and Random Matrix Theory Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Talk title: Asymptotics in the sharp-line Maxwell-Bloch system without solitons. November 16, 2020
Colloquium, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Talk title: Maxwell-Bloch and nonlinear Schrödinger systems with nonzero background. February 6, 2020
The Eleventh IMACS International Conference on Nonlinear Evolution Equations and Wave Phenomena: Computation and Theory, University of Georgia, Georgia. Talk title: Universal behavior of modulationally unstable media with non-zero boundary conditions. April, 17 – 19, 2019
AMS 2018 Fall Central Sectional Meeting, University of Michigan, Michigan. Talk title: Universal behavior of modulationally unstable media with non-zero boundary conditions. October, 20 – 21, 2018
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Orange, California. Talk title: Universal behavior of modulationally unstable media with non-zero boundary conditions. June, 11 – 14, 2018
AMS 2017 Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting, University at Buffalo, New York. Talk title: Universal behavior of modulationally unstable media with non-zero boundary conditions. September 16 – 17, 2017
Applied Math Days, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York. Talk title: Soliton solutions of Maxwell-Bloch equations with non-zero background. April 7 – 8, 2017
2016 Canadian Mathematical Society Winter Meeting, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Talk title: Soliton solutions of Maxwell-Bloch equations with non-zero background. December, 2 – 5, 2016
SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Sheraton Philadelphia Society Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Talk title: On the degenerate soliton solutions of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation. August, 8 – 11, 2016
Applied Math Days, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York. Talk title: Two-level systems with non-zero background. April 1 – 2, 2016
2014 Canadian Mathematical Society Winter Meeting, Hamilton, Canada. December 5 – 8, 2014
Workshop in Brock University, Canada. November 19, 2013
4th New York Conference on Applied Mathematics (NYCAM), Cornell University. November 9, 2013
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Xiamen University:
Mathematical Analysis II recitation
Calculus I-2
Calculus IV
University of Michigan:
MATH115, Calculus I
MATH217, Linear Algebra (Inquiry-Based Learning class)
MATH316, Differential Equations
State University of New York at Buffalo:
MTH121, Survey of Calculus and Its Applications I
MTH122, Survey of Calculus and Its Applications II
MTH131, Mathematical Analysis for Management
MTH141, College Calculus I
MTH142, College Calculus II
MTH241, College Calculus III
MTH306, Introduction to Differential Equations
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Journal papers refereed:
Acta Mathematica Scientia
Acta Polytechnica
Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
The European Physical Journal Plus
The IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics
International Mathematics Research Notices
Journal of Nonlinear Science
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
Letters in Mathematical Physics
Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences
Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry
Mathematical Reviews
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
Physical Review A
Physical Review E
Physical Review Letters
Physical Review Research
Pramana–Journal of Physics
Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Studies in Applied Mathematics
Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Wave Motion
MEMBERSHIPS
American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Chinese Mathematical Society (CMS)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Languages & Softwares: Mathematica, MatLab and Python