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Baisheng Yan
Professor of Mathematics


Contact Information


Educational Background


Professional Experience

  • July 2008 – present: Professor
    Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University
  • January 2006 – December 2008: Director of Graduate Studies
    Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University                                                                                                                                                 
  • September 2004 - June 2005: Visiting Professor
    Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota
  • July 2002 – June 2008: Associate Professor
    Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University
  • August 1997 – June 2002: Assistant Professor
    Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University
  • August 1995 – July 1997: Visiting Research Instructor
    Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University
  • October 1994 – July 1995: Visiting Assistant Professor
    School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota
  • September 1993 – September 1994: Research Member
    School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study
  • February 1987 – June 1993: Graduate Teaching Assistant
    School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota

Research Interests

  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Calculus of Variations
  • Nonlinear Elasticity
  • Applications in Continuum Mechanics and Materials Science

Publications/Lecture Notes

·         Published Papers (including papers to appear in a journal, with PDF files available)

·         Lecture Notes for Graduate Courses:

o       Existence and Regularity Theory for Nonlinear Elliptic Systems and Multiple Integrals in the Calculus of Variations (a topics course at MSU)

o       Introduction to Variational Methods for PDEs and Applications (a summer course at MSU)


Teaching Schedules

·        Spring 2009: Math 849, Partial Differential Equations. Click here  for the class page

·         Fall 2008: Math 421, Analysis II. Click here for course information


Seminars and Conferences


Some Family Photos


Send inquiries to yan@math.msu.edu
Last Revised 12/14/2008