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Adrian Chun-Pong Chu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Cornell University. He specializes in geometry and topology, with specific focus on differential geometry and partial differential equations. His research interests include minimal surfaces, mean curvature flow, and min-max theory. His work often addresses the study of space of surfaces defined on 3-manifolds, particularly involving the area functional defined on this space. Chu's scholarly pursuits involve analyzing the critical points of the respective area functional, as well as employing mean curvature flow and gradient flow techniques in the context of min-max theory and Morse theory. He is engaged in collaborative research, contributing to publications that explore the existence of minimal tori in 3-spheres with positive Ricci curvature, as well as the study of genus singularities in mean curvature flow. Chu's work is greatly influenced by the geometric properties of surfaces and their implications in higher-dimensional theories.
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