In this episode, I converse with Dr. Yilin Wang, a distinguished C.L.E. Moore Instructor in Mathematics at MIT. Yilin obtained her Ph.D. advised by the Fields Medalist Wendelin Werner at ETH Zurich and before that, she studied at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris and University Paris-Sud (Paris-Saclay) for her bachelor's. Beginning in January 2022, Yilin will be a Strauch Postdoctoral Fellow at Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI), Berkeley.
Yilin has been working on topics at the interface of Complex analysis and Probability theory and her current research focuses on themes that aim at enlightening the connections among Random Conformal Geometry, Geometric Function Theory, and Teichmueller theory. We indulge in a terrific chat about her phenomenal journey in science; mathematics as an art and the meaning it holds for her; heading to France for her mathematical education and the European system of doing maths; not getting bogged down with failures and terrific mentors who guided and inspired her; seminars and collaborations in a (post) pandemic world; diversity and representation of underrepresented groups in mathematics; and many more things!!