Farquhar College Professor Honored By Shanghai University

Fuzhen Zhang, Ph.D., professor of mathematics in the Division of Math, Science, and Technology in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, was recently named a Jianzhi Professor by Shanghai University in China. This honorable professorship is for internationally renowned scholars. Offering a great number of programs and degrees at all levels, Shanghai University is the largest university in Shanghai and one of the largest in China.

Zhang joined the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences faculty upon graduating with a Ph.D. in mathematics from University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 1993. Since then, he has published more than 40 research papers in peer-reviewed mathematical journals and authored three books: Linear Algebra, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996; Matrix Theory, Springer-Verlag, 1999; and The Schur Complement and Its Applications, Editor, Springer, 2005. He has been associate editor of the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS) Bulletin IMAGE, reviewer for Mathematical Review of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), and reviewer for NSF. He is now a member of ILAS and AMS, editor for four international mathematical journals, and referee for many journals.

Most recently, Zhang was selected as editor for a special issue of the mathematics journal, Linear Algebra and its Applications, which will be published in honor of Shmuel Friedland, D.Sc., professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago. Zhang’s research field is Linear and Multilinear Algebra and Matrix Analysis. He has been invited to give presentations at many universities and conferences, including the plenary talks to the International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics (Netherlands, 2001) and the International Congress of Mathematicians’ Satellite Meeting on Matrix Theory and Applications (Shanghai, 2002). He has also organized and chaired several international conferences on Matrix Analysis and Applications.