Leading mathematician returns to China to take up prestigious role as US funding cuts prompt brain drain
There are four top-tier journals in mathematics academia: Annals of Mathematics, Inventiones Mathematicae, Journal of the American Mathematical Society and Acta Mathematica.
These journals put out only about 100 articles each year, and publishing even one is a mark of a leading mathematician. It is very rare to publish in all four.
Li Hanfeng published 10 in total across all four between 2005 and 2019.
The leading China-born mathematician has now returned from the United States.
