Vitae

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https://mfqiu.github.io/

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Mathematics
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (2015.9 – 2020.8)
Advisor: Prof. James J. Feng

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA (2011.8 – 2013.5)

B.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Peking University, Beijing, China (2007.9 – 2011.6)

EMPLOYMENT

Postdoctoral Researcher
Developmental biology
Laboratoire de Physique de l’École Normale Supérieure, CNRS, Paris, France (2020.10 – Present)

R&D Scientist
Robotics and control
Wellwit Robotics Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, China (2015.3 –2016.4)

AWARDS

Four-Year Doctoral Fellowship (UBC)
Outstanding Graduate (City of Beijing, Peking University)
National Scholarship (Ministry of Education of China)
The Fourth of May (Wusi) Scholarship (Peking University)
Merit Student (City of Beijing, Peking University)

INVITED TALKS

SIAM MS21, Minisymposium 64: Interface morphologies in liquid crystalline materials (Bilbao, Spain/Virtual, 2021.5)
École Normale Supérieure, Nonlinear physics seminars (Paris, 2020.12)
Peking University, College of Engineering, Global talent forum (Beijing, 2020.5)
UBC, Fluids seminar series (Vancouver, 2019.8)
SIAM CSE19, Minisymposium 174: Advances and applications in numerical methods for interfacial flows (Spokane US, 2019.2)
Droplets (Los Angeles, 2017.7)
USNCCM, Minisymposium: Free and moving boundary problems-methods and applications (Montréal, 2017.7)
IWNMNNF17 – International workshop on numerical methods for non-Newtonian flows / Complex fluids and flows in industry and nature workshop (Vancouver, 2017.6)

TEACHING

Instructor, UBC Mathematics
MATH 100:701 V1D (2019 – 2020 Winter I)
MATH 102:102 (2018 – 2019 Winter I)
nominated by the department for a UBC Killiam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

Teaching Assistant, UBC Mathematics
MATH 521, MATH 406, MATH 360, MATH 256, MATH 217, MATH 152 (head lab TA) (2015-2020)

Instructor, U of U College of Engineering
HiGEAR Summer Camp (2013, 2014)

VOLUNTEER

Teacher Partnership Programme, Let’s Talk Science, UBC (2016–2019)
The Ubyssey Newspaper Science Section, UBC (Contributor 2017–2018)
Paleontology and Architecture Tour, Natural History Museum of Utah (2011–2015)
Horticulture, Red Butte Garden, Salt Lake City (2014-2015)
Liyuan Magazine, Peking University (Editor 2007–2008, Editor-in-Chief 2008–2009)
2008 Beijing Olympics and Paralympics (2008)