Ph. D in Mathematics, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey (2005)
M.S. in Physics, University of Houston (1997)
B.Sc. in Physics, University of Science and Technology of China (中国科学技术大学）(1994)
Career:
Research Fellow, Southern University of Science and Technology（南方科技大学）
Associate Professor, YMSC, Tsinghua University（丘成桐数学科学中心，清华大学）
Lecturer, University of New Hampshire
Research Associate, Harvard University
Associate Member, Institute for Advanced Study at Tsinghua University (清华大学高等研究院）
Postdoc, California Institute of Technology, USA
Postdoc, Hausdorff Research Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn
Postdoc, IHÉS, France
Postdoc, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Reseach Interests:
I am interested in physics, mathematics and natural philosophy. Although I have published in both physics journals
and mathematics journals, all my works are motivated by fundamental questions in physics or natural philosophy.
My long term goals are to develop a new calculus for quantum many-body theory or quantum field theory
(including a new paradigm of phase transitions) and to gain a deeper understanding of the origin of space and time.
A summary of my past research can be found here: Liang Kong’s Research. I provide a list of topics that I am interested in.
Physics: topological/conformal/quantum field theories and quantum phases in condensed matter physics (including topological orders, SPT/SET orders, spontaneous symmetry-breaking orders, quantum liquids).
Sept. 13, 2024, “Higher Condensation Theory” (in English), workshop “Applications of Generalized Symmetries and Topological Defects to Quantum Matter”, at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, September 9 – 13, 2024.
Sept. 27 & Oct. 4, 2022, “Topological Wick rotation and holographic duality I & II” (in Chinese), BIMSA and Tsinghua "Topological Orders and Category Theory" Seminar Series in Autumn 2022.
April 27, May 11 & May 18, 2022, “Rational Conformal Field Theories I, II & III” (in Chinese), BIMSA and Tsinghua "Topological Orders and Category Theory" Seminar Series in Spring 2022.
Nov. 26, 2021, “Ising chain and enriched fusion category” (in Chinese), BIMSA and Tsinghua "Topological Orders and Category Theory" Seminar Series in Autumn 2021.
