Biography
Qijun Yan received his joint Ph.D. from Leiden University and the University of Milan in 2017. Before joining HIMIS, he worked at the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, the Yau Mathematical Sciences Center at Tsinghua University, and the Morningside Center of Mathematics at the Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He also held academic visiting positions at the Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research of Peking University, the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, and the University of Duisburg-Essen. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Hetao Institute of Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences (Shenzhen). His research interests include the geometry and arithmetic of Shimura varieties, equidistribution problems in arithmetic geometry, p-adic L-functions, and special values of L-functions.
Education
2013-2017 | Ph.D. (joint), Leiden University and the University of Milan |
2010-2013 | M.S., Capital Normal University |
2006-2010 | B.S., Capital Normal University |
Employment
Mar 2026-present | Assistant Professor, Hetao Institute of Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences (Shenzhen) |
May 2023-Mar 2025 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications |
Jul 2022-Apr 2023 | Visitor, Beijing International Center for Mathematical Research, Peking University |
Jul 2021-Jun 2022 | Research Assistant, Morningside Center of Mathematics, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Dec 2018-Jun 2021 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University |
Jun 2018-Oct 2018 | Visitor, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen |
Apr 2018-Jun 2018 | Visitor, Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn |
Academic Conferences
Sep 2025 | Arithmetic Geometry Workshop, Capital Normal University, Beijing; co-organized with Cai Li, Yangyu Fan, and Haoran Wang |
Apr 2025 | One-Day Workshop on Number Theory, Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Beijing; co-organized with Farahnaz Amiri and Yongxiong Li |