Kwokwai Chan

Room 212, Lady Shaw Building
Department of Mathematics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 3943-7976
Email: kwchan_at_math.cuhk.edu.hk (with _at_ replaced by @)

Employment

Aug 2017 – present     Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Aug 2011 – Jul 2017    Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jan 2011 – Jul 2011    Project Researcher, Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU), University of Tokyo
Aug 2010 – Jul 2011    William Hodge Fellow, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS)
Aug 2008 – Jul 2010    Croucher Foundation Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University (Mentor: Prof. Shing-Tung Yau)

Education

2008    Ph.D. in Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
            Thesis: Strominger-Yau-Zaslow Transformations in Mirror Symmetry [pdf]
            Advisor: Prof. Naichung Conan Leung

2004    M.Phil. in Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
            Thesis: On Some Constructions of Calabi-Yau Manifolds [pdf]
            Advisor: Prof. Kang Zuo

2002 B.Sc. (First Class Honors), The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Teaching

Current Teaching:

Fall 2022 – MATH 3030 Abstract Algebra
Spring 2023 – MATH 2078 Honours Algebraic Structures

Past Teaching

Research

Research Interests: Complex Geometry, Mirror Symmetry, Quantization.

Publications: see the list here or that on arXiv, MathSciDoc, MathSciNet or Google Scholar.

My research is supported by RGC grants.

My coauthors and postgraduate students.

Editorial Board

Asian Journal of Mathematics (January 2022 – present)

Awards

2020 HKMS Young Scholar Award, The Hong Kong Mathematical Society. [link]
2019 ICCM Best Paper Award, presented at the 3rd Annual Meeting of ICCM.
2017 ICCM Best Paper Award, Distinguished Paper Award, presented at the 1st Annual Meeting of ICCM.
2017 ICCM Best Paper Award, Silver Award, presented at the 1st Annual Meeting of ICCM.
Vice-Chancellor's Exemplary Teaching Award 2017, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. [link]
Faculty of Science Exemplary Teaching Award 2017, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The William Hodge Fellowship, The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) & IHÉS, Aug 2010 – Jul 2011.
New World Mathematics Awards 2010, Silver Medal for Ph.D. Thesis, presented at the ICCM 2010. [link]
The Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Croucher Foundation, Aug 2008 – Jul 2010.

Events

The Greater Bay Area Geometry and Mathematical Physics Seminar (Lambda Seminar), starting from October 2022
CUHK-SYSU Joint Online Workshop on Geometry and Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (online via ZOOM), July 19, 2021
East Asian Symplectic Conference 2019, Penghu, Taiwan, September 26 – October 1, 2019
CUHK Mathematics Alumni International Conference, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, June 5 – 7, 2019
MIST 2019 Workshop II, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, February 25 – March 5, 2019
MIST 2019 Workshop, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, January 15 – 24, 2019
MIST 2018 Workshop on Symplectic Geometry and Mathematical Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 3 – 5, 2018
MIST 2017-III: Pearl Symposium in Geometry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, November 29 – December 1, 2017
East Asian Symplectic Conference 2017, Sichuan University, October 30 – November 4, 2017
MIST 2017-II: Conference in Algebraic Geometry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, September 26 – 29, 2017
MIST 2017-I, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, February 3 – 14, 2017
Quivers, Cluster Algebra and Mathematical Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 19 – 22, 2016
MIST IX, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 7 – 9, 2016
MIST VI, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 13 – 15, 2016
MIST IV: Mathematics Inspired by String Theory, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, April 5 – May 4, 2016
MIST III: Mathematics Inspired by String Theory, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, February 26 – March 4, 2016
East Asian Symplectic Conference 2015, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, November 2 – 6, 2015
CUHK/UM Joint International Workshop in Geometry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong & University of Macau, March 4 – 10, 2015
Low-Dimensional Topology and Symplectic Geometry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, January 7 & 10, 2015
Geometry Day, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, December 22, 2014
Mathematics Inspired by String Theory (MIST 2014), Tsinghua Sanya International Mathematics Forum, December 8 – 12, 2014
Workshop on Algebraic Geometry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 15, 2014
Workshop on Differential Geometry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, September 27, 2014
The Hong Kong Mathematical Society Annual General Meeting (Geometry Session), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, June 6, 2014
MIST: Mathematics Inspired by String Theory, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, January 4, 2014
Geometry and Topology Workshop, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, November 27 – 29, 2013
Mini-Workshop on Geometry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 16 – 17, 2013
International Workshop on Complex Geometry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, April 18 – 19, 2013
Workshop on Complex Algebraic Geometry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, January 18 – 20, 2013
Workshop on Lie Theory and Algebraic Geometry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, November 27, 2012
Conference on Mirror Symmetry and Related Topics, Kunming University of Science and Technology, August 20 – 24, 2012
Conference on Calabi-Yau and G₂ Geometry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 19, 2012
International Workshop on Geometry and Mathematical Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, October 21 – 22, 2011