I’m a friendly, easy going, open-minded math researcher. I was born in China and studied in USA, now I'm working in Japan.

For guests: Please read my room description before send me a request :-)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I travel to attend conferences, meet old and new friends, learn foreign languages, enjoy cultural diversity!

Interests

• marathon
• anime
• traveling
• mathematics
• japanese culture
• brazilian jiu jitsu
• hot pot
• texas holdem
• hakone ekiden
• zelda bow

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite book is Haruki Muramaki's Norwegian Woods. I've read it around 10 times for a decade. I'm also an average anime enjoyer.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I successfully defended my PhD in Mathematics in June 2024. I'm Dr. Chen now.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach almost all college math contents, some programming, basic Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tricks, native Chinese Mandarin, Hokkien / Taiwanese.

I love running and accomplished my first full marathon (26 miles / 42 km) in May 2023. We can run together!

I learn foreign languages (mainly Japanese) and I am open to any interesting things you're willing to teach!

What I Can Share with Hosts

I've studied in several universities among China, United States and Canada, and taught high school, undergraduate (mainly), graduate courses in California for 5 years, and now work in a top university in Japan, so feel free to ask me anything about US/China/Japan higher education. I enjoy sharing and discussing multi-cultural topics!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Japan, United States