About me

Welcome to my homepage! My name is Li Gan. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics, INFN, Florence, Italy. My research interests include statistical mechanics, combinatorial physics, and their intersections with mathematical physics and high energy physics. I obtained my PhD in physics from Université Paris-Saclay under the supervision of Professor Stéphane Ouvry at LPTMS, CNRS. My PhD thesis focuses on the enumeration of closed lattice random walks according to their algebraic area (a.k.a. signed area), with connections to quantum exclusion statistics, as well as the combinatorics of generalized Dyck and Motzkin paths.

I am now seeking a postdoctoral position in mathematical, statistical, or combinatorial physics starting from February 2025. If you have any job openings or know of any, please reach out to me. Thank you!

Updated: November 2024
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Employment

  1. 2024 — Present Postdoctoral Fellow, Galileo Galilei Institute

Education

  1. 2024 PhD in Physics, Université Paris-Saclay
  2. 2018 Diplôme d'ingénieur, École Centrale Paris
  3. 2015 BSc in Mathematics, École Centrale de Pékin

Publications

  1. 5. Algebraic area of lattice random walks and exclusion statistics

    L. Gan, Université Paris-Saclay (2023)

    Links: [HAL] [Google Scholar] [these.fr]


  2. 4. Algebraic area of cubic lattice walks

    L. Gan, Physical Review E 108, 054104 (2023)

    Links: [DOI] [Google Scholar] [arXiv] [HAL] [INSPIRE-HEP] [ADS] [ResearchGate]


  3. 3. Combinatorics of generalized Dyck and Motzkin paths

    L. Gan, S. Ouvry, A. P. Polychronakos, Physical Review E 106, 044123 (2022)

    Links: [DOI] [Google Scholar] [arXiv] [HAL] [INSPIRE-HEP] [ADS] [ResearchGate]


  4. 2. Algebraic area enumeration of random walks on the honeycomb lattice

    L. Gan, S. Ouvry, A. P. Polychronakos, Physical Review E 105, 014112 (2022)

    Links: [DOI] [Google Scholar] [arXiv] [HAL] [INSPIRE-HEP] [ADS] [ResearchGate]


  5. 1. Electrostatic force between two dielectric particles in electrorheological fluids: beyond spherical particles

    H.-Z. Tang, L. Gan, W. An, 4th International Conference on Chemical Materials and Process (2018)

    Links: [DOI] [Google Scholar] [ResearchGate]

Miscellanea

  1. Quotes


    The most difficult thing is not facing setbacks and frustrations, but facing them without losing enthusiasm for life. – Ko Wen-je, former mayor of Taipei City


    My mind is very peaceful. I don't care so much about the money, or the honor. I like to be very quiet and keep working by myself. – Yitang Zhang, mathematician


    Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity. – Occam's razor


  2. Memes

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    Fibonacci sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, ... e.g. 8 Miles ≈ 13 Kilometers

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Contact

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:30 - 13:00, 14:00 - 19:30

Address: Largo Enrico Fermi, 2, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Enter the building and take stairs to room 23B on the 1st floor