Ran Tao

Email: rantao16 [at] umd [dot] edu

Hi! My name is Ran Tao (陶然). I am a final-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Maryland, College Park. I’m fortunate to be advised by Yu Gu. Before that, I got my B.S. degree from the School of Mathematical Sciences at Fudan University in 2019.

My research focuses on probability and stochastic analysis, with their applications to statistical physics. I work on topics including stochastic partial differential equations, interacting particle systems, and Malliavin calculus.

I am on the 2024-2025 postdoc job market! Here is a copy of my CV.

Preprints and Publications:

  • Time-dependent averages of a critical long-range stochastic heat equation. (with Sefika Kuzgun)

    arixv

  • Fluctuation exponents of the half-space KPZ at stationarity. (with Yu Gu)

    arixv (Comments are welcome!)

  • Mesoscopic averaging of the two-dimensional KPZ equation. J Stat Phys 191, 6 (2024).

    arixv, journal

  • Gaussian fluctuations of a nonlinear stochastic heat equation in dimension two. Stoch PDE: Anal Comp 12, 220–246 (2024).

    arxiv, journal