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Xun Lin · 林汛

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Xun Lin

林汛

Postdoctoral Fellow in Mathematics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Incoming Assistant Professor in Mathematics at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen from September 2026.

I work in algebraic geometry, with particular interests in derived categories, GLSM models, Hochschild–Serre algebras of smooth proper dg categories, Hodge theory, Hitchin fibrations, and categorical Torelli problems.

Appointments and education

  1. Incoming Assistant Professor in Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen.
  2. Postdoctoral Fellow in Mathematics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
  3. Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, mentored by Daniel Huybrechts.
  4. Ph.D. in Mathematics, Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University. Doctoral supervisor: William Donovan.
  5. Undergraduate studies in Mathematics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen.