Yong Hou
Assistant Professor in Division of Physics & Applied Physics.
Biography
He is a theoretical physicist with background in statistical physics, and applied mathematics. He did his undergraduate studies at Stanford university and did his PhD and postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, working on a range of problems from supersymmetry, mechanics of coin toss, statistical mechanics of thermal membranes, to compressed sensing.
Education:
PhD Harvard University 2012
MS(Stats) Stanford University 2003
BS(Maths)(Distn) Stanford University 2003
BS(Phys)(Hons) Stanford University 2003
Research Interest
Brain and vision
Biomechanics of membrane biogenesis
Pattern formation in biological systems