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About Me

Hi, this is Kunyi (Mark) Ma 马坤一, a Mathematician in PDE Analysis.
I'm currently a first year Columbia University Mathematics PhD student. My potential advisors are Daniela De Silva and Ovidiu Savin.
I graduated from New York University Shanghai in January 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Honors Mathematics and Data Science (Mathematics Concentration). My Senior Thesis mentors are Vahagn Nersesyan and Zhuang Su.
Here is my personal CV.

Teaching

MATH S4061 Introduction to Modern Analysis I (Summer 2025 A, Andre Carneiro)

Mathematics Notes

• Complex Geometry (Spring 2025, Duong Phong)
• Modern Geometry II (Spring 2025, Elena Giorgi)
• Analytic Methods for PDEs (Fall 2024, Michael Weinstein)
• Modern Geometry I (Fall 2024, Melissa Liu)

Photos

with Undergraduate Advisors

My Life & Hobbies

Love Life

My girlfriend is Lillian Zhang, second year NYU Math PhD candidate. We've gone through a lot in our days at New York, from Century Park to Flushing, from Newport to Coney Island. We buried ourselves in the love tales at Seattle as well as in the forest and valleys at Yellowstone. Our anniversary is October 7th.

Singing / A Cappella

I sang Tenor 1 for Elite A Cappella (Octave Fusion) at NYU Shanghai from Spring 2021 to Fall 2022, trained by Katherine Girvin and Gabriel Song. This was among my most precious memories in undergraduate years.

Literature

I served as President of Literature Club at NYU Shanghai (2021–2022), and Vice President at Nanyang Model High School (2018–2019).

Film

I watched 21 films in a single week at the 12th Beijing International Film Festival.