Dr Michael Sun, Mathematician

• Visiting Scholar, East China Normal University, China (2016)

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, 博士后 research only, University of M¨unster, Germany (2014-2016)

• PhD (Mathematics) under Huaxin Lin, University of Oregon (2009-2014) I was mentored by Victor Ostrik and N. Christopher Phillips.

I was awarded the B¨orsting Prize for best graduate. Michael Sun - The Mathematics Genealogy Project

• M.Sc (Research) under Anthony Henderson, University of Sydney (2009)

Completed in less than 6 months with a research publication.

• B.Sc (Advanced)(Honours) University of Sydney (2005-2008)

I was awarded the University Medal. High Distinction in all Maths courses.

• HSC (99.95) Normanhurst Boys High School, Australia (2004)

I was Dux and Best All-Rounder. I was also a prefect.

Research publications

• Symplectic level rank duality via tensor categories (with V. Ostrik and E. Rowell)

J. Lie Theory 30 (2020), No. 4, 909–924.

• Strongly outer group actions on UHF algebras

J. Topology and Analysis (2017). DOI: 10.1142/S1793525318500231

• Low dimensional representations of the three component loop braid group

J. Math. Phys. 56, 111707 (2015), DOI: 10.1063/1.4935361.

• Existence of the Matui-Sato tracial Rokhlin property

J. Operator Theory 74:1 (2015), 101–119, DOI: 10.7900/jot.2014apr11.2031.

• Level-rank duality via tensor categories (with Victor Ostrik),

Comm. Math. Phys. 326 (2014) 49-61, DOI: 10.1007/s00220-013-1869-9

• Point stabilizers for the enhanced and exotic nilpotent cones,

J. Group Theory 14 (2011), 825-839, DOI: 10.1515/JGT.2010.080

• Native speaker of English, very fluent in spoken Chinese, some German.

• Attended Joint Meetings of the American Maths Society (San Antonio 2015) as well as the International Congress of Mathematicians (Seoul 2014)

• Countries visited:

Australia,

China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Nanjing, Changchun, Nanning, Wuxi),

United States of America (Oregon, California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts, Washington, Minesota, Nevada, Texas, Kansas),

Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland

Books

Higher School Mathematics

-recalling the maths in the HSC

Maths Olympiad: Theory building and problem solving. 3 books

Junior to Intermediate

Intermediate to Senior

Senior to Professional

There will be various scholarships and things which are omitted to save time, some of which do become relevant from time to time.

For example,

I played Table tennis for NSW U21 team

JCL chess rating of about 1000

2025-2026 U16 Telopean Tigers Local comp team.

2024-5 Committee Member elect Hornsby Spiders Basketball association.

2024- Volunteer Coach and Referee for CWPS PSSA and State knockout.

2023- Volunteer Coach Friday 4-5pm Upper Primary Basketball

2022 Assistant Coach U18/Div 1 Spiders under Ben Fricke

2019 Head Coach Barker year 7 A team, 10D

2019 Head Coach U16/Div 2 Spiders without assistant. Had winning season and made Semi Finals.

2018 and 2019 Train-on player for Spiders Men’s team (two seasons)

under Jim Arkell and Alicia Poto

2017 Assistant Coach U12/Div 1 Spiders under Wayne Nicols

got some game coaching experience

Other sports

Represented NSW U21 table tennis Australian National Championships

Represented UO at USA College National Championships.

Represented Usyd at Easter and Australian University Games

Volleyball represented Sydney North at NSW state championships twice. Represented Usyd at SVL.

Chess represented high school at NSW state championships, JCL rating about 1000.

2024-6 Committee Member elect Hornsby Spiders Basketball association.

2024- Volunteer Coach and Referee for CWPS PSSA and State knockout.

2023- Volunteer Coach Friday 4-5pm Upper Primary Basketball

2022 Assistant Coach U18/Div 1 Spiders under Ben Fricke

2019 Head Coach Barker year 7 A team, 10D

2019 Head Coach U16/Div 2 Spiders without assistant. Had winning season and made Semi Finals.

2018 and 2019 Train-on player for Spiders Men’s team (two seasons)

under Jim Arkell and Alicia Poto

2017 Assistant Coach U12/Div 1 Spiders under Wayne Nicols

got some game coaching experience

Other sports

Represented NSW U21 table tennis Australian National Championships

Represented UO at USA College National Championships.

Represented Usyd at Easter and Australian University Games

Volleyball represented Sydney North at NSW state championships twice. Represented Usyd at SVL.

Chess represented high school at NSW state championships, JCL rating about 1000.