Dr. Hung Tran

Research Interests

Geometric Analysis; Minimal Surfaces; Ricci flow and Solitons; Geometric Learning and Applications

Biography

From a small village in Vietnam, Hung Tran obtained his bachelor degree from Berea College in Kentucky and in 2014 received his PhD degree in mathematics from Cornell University. He was a visiting assistant professor at the University of California at Irvine before joining Texas Tech University in 2017. His research lies at the interface of geometry and analysis with potential applications to mathematical physics, math bio, and data science. In other words, he utilizes analytical techniques (aka PDE) to investigate geometric equilibrium configurations. His recent work focuses on Morse theory, integrable systems, and group actions in the context of gradient Kahler-Ricci solitons, Teichmuller theory for surfaces with boundaries, and geometric learning.