CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: TSZ HO CHAN Department:MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES


EDUCATION
DEGREES DISCIPLINE INSTITUTION YEAR
B. S. Mathematics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1996
Ph. D. Mathematics University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 2002

EXPERIENCE
RANK/POSITION DEPARTMENT/DIVISION INSTITUTION/COMPANY/ORGANIZATION PERIOD
Visiting Assistant Professor Mathematics Case Western Reserve University Sep 2002 to June 2004
Postdoctoral Visitor   American Institute of Mathematics Aug 2004 to May 2005
Temporary Assistant Professor Mathematics Central Michigan University Aug 2005 to Aug 2006
Assistant Professor Mathematics University of Memphis Aug 2006 to May 2011
Associate Professor Arts and Sciences Victory University Jan 2012 to May 2014
Teacher   White Station High School July 2014 to June 2015
Instructor Mathematics University of Memphis August 2015 to present
Graduate Assistant Supervisor Mathematics University of Memphis Fall 2016

HONORS/AWARDS
HONOR/AWARD INSTITUTION/COMPANY/ORGANIZATION YEAR
Bronze medal International Mathematical Olympiad 1993
Salma Wanna Award University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1995
Brahana Prize University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1996
Bronze Tablet University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1996
Nominee for Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Case Western Reserve University 2004
Finalist to the Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award University of Memphis 2008

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
SUBJECT INSTITUTION
Math 1710 College Algebra (Spring 2017) University of Memphis
Math 1730 PreCalculus (Spring 2017) University of Memphis
Math 2421 Honors Calculus II (Spring 2017) University of Memphis
Math 3410/3411 Honors Seminar (Spring 2017) University of Memphis
Math 1830 Elementary Calculus (Fall 2016) University of Memphis
Math 3221 Elementary Number Theory (Fall 2016) University of Memphis
Math 7960 Graduate Teaching Seminar (Fall 2016) University of Memphis
Math 1710 College Algebra (Combo) (Fall 2015, Spring 2016) University of Memphis
Math 1710 College Algebra (Regular) (Spring 2016) University of Memphis
Math 1830 Elementary Calculus (Spring 2016) University of Memphis
Honors PreCalculus White Station High School
Math 1150 Elementary Algebra Victory University
Math 2034 Intermediate Algebra Victory University
Math 2044 College Algebra Victory University
Independent study on Trigonometry Victory University
Independent study on Analytic Geometry & Calculus I Victory University
Math 7960/8960 (Graduate seminars in teaching, research, and consulting) Fall 2010 University of Memphis
Math 1830 (Elementary Calculus) Fall 2010 University of Memphis
Math 3402 (Honors Math IV) Spring 2010 University of Memphis
Math 2422 (Honors Calculus III) Fall 2009 University of Memphis
Math 1710 (College Algebra) Fall 2006, Fall 2008, Spring 2009 University of Memphis
Math 4351/6351 (Real Analysis II) Spring 2009 University of Memphis
Math 4350/6350 (Real Analysis I) Fall 2008 University of Memphis
Math 4242/6242 (Linear Algebra) Spring 2008 University of Memphis
Math 4361/6361 (Complex Variables) Spring 2008, Spring 2010 University of Memphis
Math 4012/6012 (Introduction to Analytic Number Theory) Fall 2007 University of Memphis
Math 3242 (Introduction to Linear Algebra) Fall 2007 University of Memphis
Math 7381 (Real Analysis for teachers I) Spring 2007 University of Memphis
Math 2702 (Introduction to Proofs) Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2009 University of Memphis
Math 217 (Business Calculus) Central Michigan University
Math 132 (Calculus I) Central Michigan University
Math 223 (Calculus III for Science and Engineering majors) Case Western Reserve University
Math 122 (Calculus II for Science and Engineering majors) Case Western Reserve University
Math 126 (Calculus II for non-Science majors) Case Western Reserve University
Math 125 (Calculus I with some probability for non-Science major) Case Western Reserve University
Teaching Assistant for Michigan Math and Science Scholars Program (Number Theory) University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Lab section for Math 215 (Calculus III) University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Math 116 (Calculus II) University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Math 115 (Calculus I) University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Lab section for Math 216 (Differential Equations) University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Refereed Journal Publications

T.H. Chan, P. Gao and F. Qi, "On a generalization of Martin's inequality", Monatsh. Mat., 138 (2003) 3, 179-187. 

T.H. Chan, "On a conjecture of Liu and Ye", Arch. Math., 80 (2003) 6, 600-610. 

T.H. Chan, "More Precise Correlation of Zeros and Primes in Short Intervals",  J. London Math. Soc. (2) 68 (2003), no. 3, 579-598. 

T.H. Chan, "Distribution of Differences between Inverses of Consecutive Integers Modulo p", Integers 4 (2004), A3, 11pp. 

T.H. Chan, "More precise Pair Correlation Conjecture on the zeros of the Riemann zeta function", Acta Arith. 114 (2004), no. 3, 199-214. 

T.H. Chan, "Pair Correlation of the zeros of the Riemann zeta function in longer ranges", Acta Arith. 115 (2004), no. 2, 181-204. 

T.H. Chan, "Higher moments of primes in short intervals II", International Journal of Number Theory, 1 (2005) no. 2, 207-214.  

T.H. Chan, "Finding Almost Squares II", Integers 5 (1) (2005), A23, 4pp. 

T.H. Chan, "On the second moment of S(T) in the theory of the Riemann zeta function", Publ. Math. Debrecen, 68 (2006), no. 3-4, 309-329. 

T.H. Chan, "A note on Primes in Short Intervals", International Journal of Number Theory, 2 (2006), no. 2, 105-110. 

T.H. Chan, "Finding Almost Squares", Acta Arith. 121 (2006), no. 3, 221-232. 

T.H. Chan, "Lower order terms of the second moment of S(t)", Acta Arith. 123 (2006), no. 4, 313-333.   

T.H. Chan, Solution to "Average Partial Order Width of the Divisor Poset", SIAM problems and solutions, 05-003.  

T.H. Chan, "Approximating reals by sums of two rationals", J. Number Theory 128 (2008), no.5, 1182-1194. 

T.H. Chan, "Approximating reals by sums of rationals", J. Number Theory 129 (2009), no. 2, 316-324.    

T.H. Chan, "Finding Almost Squares IV", Arch. Math. (Basel) 92 (2009), no. 4, 303-313.   

 T.H. Chan, "A short note on the difference between inverses of consecutive integers modulo $p$" Integers 9(1) (2009), A51, 699-702.

T.H. Chan, E. Gyori and A. Sarkozy, "On a problem of Erdos on integers, none of which divides the product of k others", European J. Combin. 31 (2010), no. 1, 260-269.

T.H. Chan and I. Shparlinski, "On the Concentration of Points on Modular Hyperbolas and Exponential Curves", Acta Arith. 142 (2010), no. 4, 59-66. 

T.H. Chan and I. Shparlinski, "Visible Points on Modular Exponential Curves", Bull. Polish Acad. Sci. Math. 58 (2010), no. 1, 17-22. 

T.H. Chan, "Finding Almost Squares V"Integers 10(1) (2010), A46, 559-563.   

T.H. Chan, A. Kumchev and M. Wierdl, "Additive bases arising from functions in a Hardy field", Acta Math. Hungar. 129 (2010), no. 3, 263-276.  

T.H. Chan, "An almost all result on $${q_1q_2equiv c ({rm mod}, q)}$$", Monatsh. Math. 162 (2011), no. 1, 29-39.

T.H. Chan, S. Choi and K.M. Tsang, "An Extension to the Brun-Titchmarsh Theorem", Quart. J. Math. 62 (2011), no. 2, 307-322.

T.H. Chan, "On sets of integers, none of which divides the product of k others", European J. Combin. 32 (2011), no. 3, 443-447.

T.H. Chan, "Distance between arithmetic progressions and perfect squares", Mathematika 57 (2011), no. 1, 41-49.

T.H. Chan and A. Kumchev, "On sums of Ramanujan sums", Acta Arith. 152 (2012), no. 1, 1-10.

T.H. Chan, "Twin Squareful Numbers", J. Australian Math. Soc. 93 (2012), 43-51.

T.H. Chan, "Twin Cubefull Numbers", Int. J. Number Theory 9 (2013), no. 1, 17-26.

T.H. Chan and K.M. Tsang, "Squarefull Numbers in Arithmetic Progressions", Int. J. Number Theory 9 (2013), no. 4, 885-901.

T.H. Chan, "Factors of a Perfect Square", Acta Arith. 163 (2014), no. 2, 141-144.

T.H. Chan, "Squarefull Numbers in Arithmetic Progressions II", J. Number Theory 152 (2015), 90-104.

T.H. Chan, "Factors of almost squares and lattice points on circles", Int. J. Number Theory 11 (2015), no. 5, 1701-1708.

T.H. Chan, "Product of a number and its multiplicative inverse, Moments of L-functions and Exponential sums", Integers 16 (2016), A2, 10pp.

T.H. Chan, "Shortest Distance in Modular Hyperbola and Least Quadratic Non-residue", Mathematika 62 (2016), 860-865.

Refereed Conference Publications

T.H. Chan, "Finding Almost Squares III", Combinatorial number theory, 7 – 16, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, 2009.    

Presentations - Conference (refereed *)

Dec 17-21, 2003 West Coast Number Theory Conference: More precise Pair Correlation Conjecture (15 min)    

Sep 4-5, 2004 Conference in honor of Prof. Hugh Montgomery's 60th birthday: From pair correlation to S(t) and back to pair correlation (40 min)

May 16-20, 2007 Number Theory Fest at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Approximating reals by sums of rationals (20 min) 

Oct 24-27, 2007 INTEGERS conference 2007: Almost squares and integers almost divisible by another integer (20 min)

Dec 15-18, 2008 Western Number Theory Conference: An almost all result on q_1 q_2 = c mod q (20 min) 

March 27-29, 2009 AMS sectional meeting at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: special session on Number Theory in the Spirit of Erdos: On sequences of integers no one of which divides the product of three others (20 mins)

Oct 24-25, 2009 AMS sectional meeting at Penn State University at University Park, special session on Analytic Number Theory: Concentration of Points on Modular Hyperbolas and Exponential Curves (20 mins) 

March 19-20, 2010 Paul Erdos Lecture Series at University of Memphis: On sequences of integers none of which divides the product of k others (30 mins)

May 21-22, 2010 Illinois Number Theory Conference at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Extending the Brun-Titchmarsh inequality to numbers with a certain number of prime factors (20 mins) 

July 10-16, 2010 Canadian Number Theory Association XI Meeting: On sequences of integers none of which divides the product of k others (15 mins) 

June 18-22, 2012 International Conference on Number Theory at the University of Hong Kong: Twin Squarefull Numbers (45 mins)

March 1-3, 2013 AMS sectional meeting at University of Mississippi at Oxford, special session on Analytic Number Theory: Squarefull Numbers in Arithmetic Progressions (20 mins)

June 23, 2015 Informal talk at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Shortest Distance in Modular Hyperbola (1 hour)

Presentations - Universities/Industry (refereed *)

Feb 2004, Mathematics Colloquium at Case Western Reserve University: Pair Correlation and Distribution of Prime Numbers (50 min)

Oct 21, 2004 AIM and Stanford number theory seminar: Lower order terms of the second moment of S(t) (1 hour)  

Oct 20, 2005 Mathematics Colloquium at Central Michigan University: Pair Correlation and Distribution of Prime Numbers (50 min) 

Mar 9, 2006 Number Theory Seminar at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Squares, Almost Squares and Sums of Two Squares (50 min) 

June 11, 2007 Mathematics Colloquium at University of Hong Kong: Approximating reals by sums of rationals (1 hour) 

March 12, 2009 Number Theory Seminar at Simon Fraser University: On the congruence equation q_1 q_2 = c (mod q) (1 hour)

July 29, 2009 Seminar talk at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: Squares, Sums of Two Squares and Almost Squares (1 hour)  

Nov 5, 2009 Algebra and Number Theory Seminar at University of Mississippi, Oxford: Sums of two Squares and Almost Squares (1 hour) 

Nov 11, 2010, Algebra and Number Theory Seminar at University of Mississippi, Oxford: A Look at the Modular Hyperbola (1 hour)

Other Presentations (refereed *)

Oct 8, 2015 Ergodic / Number Theory Seminar at University of Memphis: Shortest Distance in Modular Hyperbola (1 hour)


OUTREACH

Project/s summary

PROJECT PARTICIPANTS PERIOD SPONSORSHIP
Memphis Math Circle Memphis high schools Fall 2015 - Spring 2016  

SERVICE
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE/ACTIVITY PERIOD
University of Memphis Undergraduate Cantor Sect and Putnam Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
University of Memphis GA Teacher Training Committee Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
University of Memphis Elementary Calculus & Service Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
University of Memphis Undergraduate Instruction Committee Fall 2016 - Spring 2017
University of Memphis Undergraduate Assessment Committee Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
University of Memphis Undergraduate Redesign Calc., DE, Lin. Alg. committee Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
University of Memphis Undergraduate Elementary Calc. + Service committee Fall 2015 - Spring 2016
University of Memphis Mathematics Graduate Curriculum Committee Fall 2006 - Spring 2007
University of Memphis Math Club Committee and Cantor Sect Meetings Fall 2007 - Spring 2011
University of Memphis 2008 Math Boot Camp Aug 18-22, 2008
University of Memphis Putnam exam training Fall 2008, 2009, 2010
University of Memphis Mathematics Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Fall 2009 - Spring 2011

OTHER
SOCIETY/ORGANIZATION/JOURNAL COMMITTEE/EDITORIAL BOARD/OFFICE PERIOD
International Mathematical Olympiad in Hong Kong Invigilator and Coordinator July 2016

Appendix A

Academic Year (please indicate year) Course # Course Name Credit Hours Percent Taught Enroll Labratory Supervised(S)/Instructed(I) New Preparation (Y) /(N)
Fall 2006 Math 1710 College Algebra 3 100 59 I Y
Fall 2006 Math 2702 Introduction to Proofs 3 100 15 I Y
Spring 2007 Math 2702 Introduction to Proofs 3 100 16 I N
Spring 2007 Math 7381 Real Analysis for teachers I 3 100 1 I Y
Fall 2007 Math 3242 Introduction to Linear Algebra 3 100 12 I Y
Fall 2007 Math 4012/6012 Introduction to Analytic Number Theory 3 100 4 I Y
Spring 2008 Math 4242/6242 Linear Algebra 3 100 14 I Y
Spring 2008 Math 4361/6361 Complex Variables 3 100 3 I Y
Fall 2008 Math 1710 College Algebra 3 100 51 I N
Fall 2008 Math 4350/6350 Real Analysis I 3 100 16 I Y
Spring 2009 Math 1710 College Algebra 3 100 54 I N
Spring 2009 Math 4351/6351 Real Analysis II 3 100 11 I Y
Fall 2009 Math 2702 Introduction to Proofs 3 100 20 I Y
Fall 2009 Math 2422 Honors Calculus III 4 100 4 I Y
Spring 2010 Math 3402 Honors Math IV 4 100 7 I Y
Spring 2010 Math 4361 Complex Variables 3 100 3 I N
Fall 2010 Math 1830 Elementary Calculus 3 100 57 I Y
Fall 2010 Math 7960/8960 Graduate seminars on teaching, research and consulting 3 100 14 I Y
Fall 2015 Math 1710 College Algebra 3 100 72 I Y
Spring 2016 Math 1710 College Algebra 3 100 61 I N
Spring 2016 Math 1710 College Algebra (Combo) 4 100 22 I N
Spring 2016 Math 1830 Elementary Calculus 3 100 130 I Y
Fall 2016 Math 1830 Elementary Calculus 3 100 66 I N
Fall 2016 Math 3221 Elementary Number Theory 3 100 18 I Y
Fall 2016 Math 7960 Graduate Teaching Seminar 3 100 8 I Y