Born and raised in San Francisco, I received my two B.S. in Mathematics and Physics
from University of California at Davis in 2009. I am continuing my education here on
the Ph.D. track in Applied Mathematics.   CV (as of 1/17)
My thesis adviser is Craig Tracy.  

Contact Information
Email: rkwok at math dot ucdavis dot edu
Office: MSB 3125

TA
I do not have any teaching assignments this quarter

Courses
Mat 290 Research Focus Group: Quantum Phase Transitions with Bruno Nachtergaele

Research Interestes
Interacting particle systems, statistical mechanics, random matrix theory and functional analysis.
I gave a talk about my summer research at the Davis Math Conference on September 19th, 2011.
Here is an introduction to the Asymmteric Exclusion Process by Gunter M. Schütz.

Past Courses
TA
Mat 25 Advanced Calculus with Greg Kuperberg
Mat 16c Short Calculus III with Andrew Berget
Mat 16a Short Calculus I with John Chuchel
Mat 21b Calculus II with Dan Romik
Mat 16b Short Calculus II with Duane Kouba
Mat 17b Calculus for BioSci with Wanda Strychalski
Associate Instructor for Mat 22b Differential Equations
Mat 21a Calculus I with Motohico Mulase
Mat 21c Calculus III with Naoki Saito

Taken
Mat 201a Analysis with Eric Babson
Mat 226a Numerical Methods with Roland Freund
Mat 390 Teaching Assistantship Training with Ali Dad-del
Mat 290 Student-Run Math/Applied Math Seminar
Mat 201b Analysis with Dianwen Zhu
Mat 226b Matrix Computations with Roland Freund
Mat 119a Ordinary Differential Equations with Tim Lewis
Mat 290 Student-Run Math/Applied Math Seminar
Mat 201c Analysis with Alexander Soshnikov
Mat 205 Complex Analysis with Craig Tracy
Mat 299 Interacting Particle Systems and Stochastic Growth Models with Craig Tracy
Mat 202 Functional Analysis with Alessandro Pizzo
Mat 235a Probability Theory with George Roussas
Mat 280 Mathematical Classical Mechanics with Sven Bachman
Mat 290 Math Physics / Probability Seminar with Alessandro Pizzo
Phy 215a Quantum Mechanics with Hsin-Chia Cheng
Mat 204 Asymptotic Analysis with Alex Mogilner
Mat 235b Probability Theory with George Roussas
Mat 290 VIGRE - RFG on Quantum Mechanics and Probability with Alessandro Pizzo
Mat 206 Measure Theory with John Hunter

I gave a talk in the Mat 290 Student-Run Math/Applied Math Seminar on October 14th, 2009, titled
An age-structured and behavioral model of measles dynamics in the United Kingdom


Fun
I like playing the piano.  Here is an amateur video of my performance of a song from the Amelie soundtrack.
I enjoy watching professional basketball and baseball, primarily Los Angeles Lakers and San Francisco Giants.

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