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Zhouli Xu is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), having held this position since November 2024. He previously served as an Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at the University of California, San Diego, from 2017 to 2020. Xu earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2017. His research primarily focuses on Algebraic Topology, specifically classical, motivic equivariant stable homotopy groups of spheres, and their connections with applications in algebraic geometry and geometric topology. He is actively involved in mentoring students and contributing to the academic community, serving as an editor for several mathematics journals. Xu's work has been recognized with various prestigious awards, including the AMS Centennial Research Fellow designation for 2025-26 and a Class of 2023 Fellowship from the American Mathematical Society. He has also received the K-Theory Prize in 2022 and has been invited to speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 2022. He has organized and participated in numerous workshops and conferences related to stable homotopy theory, further advancing the field of mathematics. His research is partially supported by several grants from the National Science Foundation.
University of California, Los Angeles • Los Angeles, CA
Teaching and researching in the Department of Mathematics, focusing on Algebraic Topology.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Mentorship under Haynes Miller and contribution to the undergraduate mathematics curriculum.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.