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Hongkai Zhao

Ruth F. DeVarney Distinguished Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics
Office hours Wednesday 3-5pm  

Research Interests


My research interest is in computational and applied mathematics that includes modeling, analysis and developing numerical methods for problems arising from science and engineering. More specifically, I have worked on:
  • numerical analysis and scientific computing;
  • multi-scale, multi-physics and multi-phase problems in wave propagation, fluids, and materials;
  • inverse problems related to medical and seismic imaging;
  • computer vision and image processing.

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Selected Grants


Learning Partial Differential Equation (PDE) and Beyond

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2023 - 2026

RTG: Training Tomorrow's Workforce in Analysis and Applications

Inst. Training Prgm or CMECo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2026

Computational Forward and Inverse Radiative Transfer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2020 - 2024

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Computational Forward and Inverse Radiative Transfer · 2020 - 2023 NSF
Intrinsic complexity of random fields and its connections to random matrices and stochastic differential equations · 2018 - 2021 NSF