Mingfeng Qiu

mingfeng.qiu@canterbury.ac.nz

School of Maths and Stats
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Mathematics 2015-2020

University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Dissertation: Computational studies on interfacial dynamics in complex fluids
Advisor: Prof. James J. Feng

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering 2011-2013

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

B.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2007-2011

Peking University, Beijing, China

POSITIONS

Lecturer 2023-PRESENT

School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand

Postdoctoral Researcher 2020-2023

Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure
Paris, France

Graduate Research Fellow 2015-2020

Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada

R&D Scientist (full-/part-time) 2015-2016

Wellwit Robotics Co. Ltd.
Shenzhen, China

Graduate Research Assistant 2011-2015

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2009-2011

Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University
Beijing, China

AWARDS

Four-Year Doctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia
Outstanding Graduate, City of Beijing and Peking University
National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China
The Fourth of May Scholarship, Peking University
Merit Student, City of Beijing and Peking University

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

ECMTB22 (Heidelberg, Germany 2022) European Society of Mathematical and Theoretical Biology–Society of Mathematical Biology Joint Meeting, Minisymposium: Bridging scales between the cytoskeleton and tissue mechanics. (co-organized with Zoë Lange, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies)

REFEREE

Journal of Engineering Mathematics
Journal of Fluid Mechanics (with S. Afkhami, NJIT)
2015 IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Seoul, Korea (with Q. Wang, PKU)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

New Zealand Mathematical Society (NZMS)
Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM)
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
American Physical Society (APS)

LANGUAGES

Chinese (native speaker)
English (fluent)
French (intermediate)

VOLUNTEER

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