Zhongwei Shen (; born c. 1964) is a Chinese-American mathematician, currently a Distinguished Professor at

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...

and a Fellow of the

American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...

. Shen received his B.S. in mathematics from Peking University in 1982 at the age of 18. He has been a visiting scholar at Lanzhou University's School of Mathematics and Statistics on various occasions since 2007. He was named a

Changjiang Scholar The Changjiang (Yangtze River) Scholar award (), is the highest academic award issued to an individual in higher education by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. It is also known as the Cheung Kong Scholar and the Yangtze R ...

of Lanzhou University in 2015.

References

1960s births Living people University of Kentucky faculty American mathematicians University of Chicago alumni Peking University alumni Fellows of the American Mathematical Society Academic staff of Lanzhou University Chinese mathematicians {{US-mathematician-stub