About

Hang Lu Su

I recently completed my PhD from ICMAT-UAM, where I was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie and “la Caixa” Foundation co-fund fellow. My thesis received a cum laude distinction (highest honors).

My research was focused on left-orderability of groups using tools of formal languages and geometric group theory, under the supervision of Yago Antolín.

I am fluent in English and French, decent in Spanish, and speak a bit of Cantonese and Mandarin.

I am currently on the job market.

About the blog

I started this blog when I was in between undergraduate and graduate studies. It was an outsider-looking-in sort of thing. I was feeling that the math world should be friendlier and more accessible, and this blog became my personal safe space to talk about math.

In the Summer of 2017, I was at the Recurse Center, a self-directed, community-driven educational retreat for programmers in NYC and thorougly enjoyed my experience there. You can find some programming-related posts on this blog which I wrote during my stay.

Last updated: 2025-10-24