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General Information

Full Name Haoran Liang
Nationality Chinese
Languages Chinese (native), English (fluent), French (beginner)

Education

  • 2023
    MSc in Mathematics (Distinction)
    ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
    • discovered that mathematics and mountatins have something in common: they're both easier to admire than to conquer
    • thesis: automorphic forms on adele groups, advisor: Professor Emmanuel Kowalski
  • 2021
    BSc in Mathematics (Honours)
    Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
    • chasing equations, shuttlecocks, and way too much biangbiang noodles
    • thesis: (Algebraic) number fields and special cases of Fermat’s last theorem, advisor: Ping Xi

Experience

  • 2023.10 - 2023.12
    Visiting student (Professor Ye Tian)
    Morningside Center of Mathematics
    • drifting through courses, seminars, and museums like a ghost, mostly to distract myself from anxiously checking my visa status every five minutes
  • 2020.01 - 2020.05
    Visiting student
    University of California, Berkeley
    • fell in love with mathematics - thank you Professor Dan-Virgil Voiculescu!
    • slightly absent from the era of the pandemic
  • 2018.07 - 2018.08
    Visiting student
    University of Alberta
    • midnight bathroom trips aren't complete without grabbing a sip of cold chocolate milk
    • group mini project on discrete dynamics (Excellence)

Honors and Awards

  • 2023
    • 2nd All-Swiss ACSSZ Student Badmintion Tournament
      • Men's Singles -- Runner-up
      • Men's Doubles -- Champion
  • 2022
    • ETH Scholarship for academic year 2022/23
  • 2018-2020
    • Second Prize of Zhufeng Scholarship (XJTU)
    • Outstanding Student (XJTU)
  • 2018
    • First Prize, XJTU Mathematical Modeling Competition

Activities

  • (2020-2021) Cultural Relics Enthusiasts Association
  • (2017-2021) Phoenix Student Book Club
  • (2017-2018) Go Team at Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • (2019) Badminton Team of Peng Kang College