Professor Fuquan Fang
Ph D., Chair Professor of Mathematics
Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Member of TWAS(the world Academy of Sciences for developing countries)
His research interests include
Algebraic Topology, Geometric Topology
Differential and metric Geometry
He is currently an Editorial Advisor for the London Mathematical Society journals(the Journal, Transactions, and Bulletin). He is happy to receive submissions in the areas of his interests. He currently also serve on the editorial board of the journals: Differential Geometry and its Applications, Frontiers of Mathematics in China, Sciences China Mathematics etc.
Academic Honors：
Invited Speaker (Geometry Section), ICM, Seoul, 2014
National Natural Science Award of China, 2014
Qiu-Shi Awards, Hong-Kong, 1998
Public Service:
◆Delegate to the 13th National People's Congress
◆Member of 11th,12th, 13thBeijing Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference
◆Vice President, Capital Normal University, 2016-2019
◆Dean, School of Math. Sciences, 2014-2018
◆Director, Academy for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Capital Normal University, 2019-
Research Grants:
◆Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of NSFC，2019-2023
◆Innovative Research Team of Ministry of Education, China, 2011-2014
◆The Key Programs of NSFC, 2012-2015; 2016-2019
◆Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation for Young Teachers of China, 2002
◆Distinguished Young Scholars of NSFC, 1999-2002
Selected Publications
[1] F. Fang, K. Grove, G. Thorbergsson, Tits geometry and positive curvature, Acta Math., 218 (2017), 1–53.
[2] J. F. Davis, F. Fang, An almost flat manifold with a cyclic or quaternionic holonomy group bounds, J. Differential Geom., 103 (2016), 289–296.
[3] F. Fang, K. Grove, Reflection groups in non-negative curvature, J. Differential Geom., 102 (2016), 179–205.
[4] F. Fang, Non-negatively curved manifolds and Tits geometry, Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians—Seoul 2014, Vol. II, 867–880, Kyung Moon Sa, Seoul, 2014.
[5] F. Fang, X. Rong, The second twisted Betti number and the convergence of collapsing Riemannian manifolds, Invent. Math., 150 (2002), 61–109.
[6] F. Fang, X. Rong, Curvature, diameter, homotopy groups, and cohomology rings, Duke Math. J., 107 (2001), 135–158.
[7] F. Fang, X. Rong, Positive pinching, volume and second Betti number, Geom. Funct. Anal., 9, (1999) 641–674.
[8] F. Fang, Embedding four manifolds in R7, Topology., 33 (1994), 447–454.
