Hi, I'm Micah!
I am a first year PhD student in mathematics at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. I got my bachelor's in mathematics at UCSD where I worked with Professor Albert Chern on problems in computer graphics and non-Euclidean geometry. I also did a directed reading with Professor Lei Ni on Lie groups. I am primarily interested in algebraic topology and geometry. My CV can be found here.
To reach me: li004438 "at" umn "dot" edu
Education
PhD in Pure Mathematics
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
2025 - Present
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics
University of California - San Diego
2021-2025
Pure Mathematics, Cum Laude
Publications
Closest Point Exterior Calculus
SIGGRAPH Asia Posters(2023)
PublishedTeaching
Fall 2025: Math 1271 - Calculus I
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Spring 2026: Math 1271 - Calculus I
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
some math writing
most of these were for courses, i will list if it was.
Algebra
Group Cohomology, Homological Algebra Reading Group @ UCSD [pdf]Geometry
- Introduction to Riemannian Geometry, Directed Reading Program @ UCSD[pdf]
- Analyst's Traveling Salesman Problem, Math 250C: Differential Geometry @ UCSD[pdf]
- An Intro to Harmonic Functions [pdf]
- Kahler Manifolds and Ricci Curvature Math 250B: Differential Geometery @ UCSD[pdf]
- Harmonic Functions in Lie Sphere Geometry [pdf]
hobbies & facts
Hobbies
- drawing
- Knitting and crocheting
- Reading: Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata
- Watching: nothing at the moment please recommend me a show!
Fun Facts
- If I was a Springer GTM book I would be Frank Warner's Foundations of Differentiable Manifolds and Lie Groups.
mathematical friends
my friends who also do math in some shape or form