American Mathematical Society fellow Li Hanfeng joins China's Chongqing University
These journals put out only about 100 articles each year, and publishing even one is a mark of a leading mathematician. It is very rare to publish in all four.
Li Hanfeng published 10 in total across all four between 2005 and 2019.
The leading China-born mathematician has now returned from the United States.
Chongqing University announced his appointment as a professor last month, and his name is listed on the university's website.
Li earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Peking University in 1997 and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002.
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