Michael Huang

Mathematics PhD @ USC | UC Berkeley Math + Physics Graduate

Palos Verdes Peninsula, California, United States

About

I am a second year Math PhD student at USC. My research interests are in geometry and topology, specifically, symplectic field theory and Floer theory with applications to low dimensional topology.

Experience

  • University of Southern California (1 yr 11 mos)
    • Graduate mentor
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

      Graduate mentor for the RTG MSRP at USC. Leading the topology project on embedded surfaces in 4-manifolds.

    • Research Fellow
      Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

      Geometry and topology research fellow. Currently supported by NSF RTG grant DMS-2446019

    • Teaching Assistant
      Aug 2025 - Dec 2025 · 5 mos

      TA for Mathematics for Physics and Engineering (Math 245)

  • University of California, Berkeley (10 mos)
    • uGSI
      Jan 2024 - May 2024 · 5 mos

      Undergraduate student instructor for Linear Algebra (Math 54)

    • uGSI
      Aug 2023 - Jan 2024 · 6 mos

      Undergraduate student instructor for differential calculus (Math 1A)

    • DeCal Founder/Facilitator
      Aug 2023 - Dec 2023 · 5 mos

      Instructor for Knot 176: Introduction to Low Dimensional Topology For course information, see https://sites.google/Berkeley.edu/knot176

  • Formula Electric at Berkeley (3 yrs 9 mos)
    • Technical Advisor
      Aug 2023 - May 2024 · 10 mos

    • Vehicle Dynamics Engineer
      Sep 2020 - Aug 2023 · 3 yrs

      - Leading development of vehicle dynamics simulation - Built point mass lap simulator using MATLAB - Built modular force calculator for various A-arm geometries and load cases using Python

  • Undergraduate Researcher at UCLA Mathematics
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 · 3 mos

    UCLA geometry and topology REU. Studied Knot theory, Dehn surgery, and Cosmetic Surgery conjecture under Dr. Sucharit Sarkar. Preprint at https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.10126.

  • University of California, Berkeley (1 yr)
    • Course Reader
      Aug 2022 - Dec 2022 · 5 mos

      Course reader for UC Berkeley Math 104 (real analysis).

    • UC Berkeley Undergraduate Tutor
      Jan 2022 - Aug 2022 · 8 mos

      - Peer tutor for Math 104 (real analysis) and Math 113 (abstract algebra)