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Wenxiong
Chen

Professor of Mathematics

wchen@yu.edu
212-960-5400

Wilf campus - Belfer Hall
Room#1120

PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences
MS, Hangzhou University
BS, Longyan University

Wenxiong Chen joined in 2002 as a Professor.

He held previous positions at

Missouri State University (Assistant, Associate, and Professor 1991--2001),

University of California, Los Angeles (Visiting Associate Professor 1996-1997), 

University of Arizona (Visiting Assistant Professor 1990-1991), 

and University of Pennsylvania (Visiting Assistant Professor 1987-1990). 

 

He is an internationally well-known and influential mathematician, a world leading expert in the area of nonlinear elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations. 

 

He has been listed as one of the world leading scientists in mathematics by the research.com. 

Research interests include nonlinear elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations, fractional Laplacians

and other non-local operators, nonlinear functional analysis, and geometric analysis.

Teaching experiences include introductory as well as advanced mathematics courses. 

Has received six research grants from the National Science Foundation, among which he was 

the Principal Investigator in five of the grants. 

Received two grants from the Simons Foundation. 

Received the Foundation Award for Research from the Missouri State University. 

Received Professor of the Year Award in 2023.

Over 80 papers published in refereed journals including many in prestigious journals such as Annals of Math.,   Comm. Pure and Appl. Math., Duke Math. J., Advances in Math., J. of Diff. Geom., and Arch. Rat. Mech. Anal..

Published two professional books. 

Many of his papers are highly cited, including the following

1. W. Chen, C. Li, Classification of solutions of some nonlinear elliptic equations, Duke Math. J.  63(1991) 615-622

has been cited 1,215 times.

2. W. Chen, C. Li, B. Ou, Classification of solutions for an integral equation, CPAM, 59(2006) 330-343

has been cited  885 times.

3. W. Chen, C. Li, and Y. Li,  A direct method of moving planes for the fractional Laplacian, Adv. Math. 308 (2017) 404-437

has been cited 355 times. 

4. So far, his papers has been cited 7065 times with H-index 40. 

Here the citation numbers are from Google-Scholar as of Aug. 12, 2024.

wchen@yu.edu
212-960-5400

Wilf campus - Belfer Hall
Room#1120

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Spring 2019

Calculus II  MAT 1413

Problem Seminar  MAT 1402

Partial Differential Equations  MAT 5310

Thesis Research  MAT 8970

Thesis Preparation  MAT 6705

 

Fall 2019

Calculus I   MAT 1412

Calculus II  MAT 1413

Multivariable Calculus  MAT 1510

Topics in Analysis  MAT 5302

 

Spring 2020

Calculus II  MAT 1413

Multivariable Calculus  MAT 1510

Advanced Calculus II   MAT 1521

 

Fall 2020

Calculus I MAT 1412

Calculus II MAT 1413

Functional Analysis --a graduate course

 

Spring 2021

Calculus II MAT 1413

Multi-variable Calculus MAT 1510

Partial Differential Equations--a graduate course

 

Fall 2021

Calculus II MAT 1413

Multi-variable Calculus MAT 1510

Functional Analysis-a graduate course

Advanced Topics in PDE--an independent study

 

Spring 2022

Multivariable Calculus

Partial Differential Equations--a graduate course

Advanced Topics in PDE--an independent study

 

Fall 2022

Calculus II

Multivariable Calculus

 

Spring 2023

Multivariable Calculus

Partial Differential Equations--a graduate course

 

Fall 2023

Calculus II

Multivariable Calculus

 

Spring 2024

Multivariable Calculus

Partial Differential Equations--a graduate course