Education

Ph.D. in Mathematics, UCLA, Sep. 2022 – Present
- Expected June 2028
- Advisor: Prof. Mihai Cucuringu
- Research areas: mathematical and statistical finance
M.A. in Mathematics, UCLA, Sep. 2022 – Jun. 2024
- GPA: 4.00/4.00
- Masters by coursework completed while working towards doctorate
Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) – Science, The Australian National University, Feb. 2018 – Nov. 2021
- Major in Mathematics
- GPA: 7.00/7.00
- Completed Honours under the supervision of Dr. Po-Lam Yung
- Thesis: Fourier Restriction and Decoupling
- First Class Honours

Publications and Preprints

PROSE-FD: A Multimodal PDE Foundation Model for Learning Multiple Operators for Forecasting Fluid Dynamics
Yuxuan Liu, Jingmin Sun, Xinjie He, Griffin Pinney, Zecheng Zhang, and Hayden Schaeffer.
NeurIPS 2024 Foundation Models for Science Workshop, 2024. [code]
A decoupling proof of the Tomas restriction theorem
Griffin Pinney.
arXiv:2112.04111, 2021.

JPMorgan Chase Quantitative Finance Summer Analyst & Associate Program, NYC, Jun. 2026 – Aug. 2026
- Interned with the Model Risk Governance and Review (MRGR) team

Small Gaps Between Primes, Nov. 2023
- UCLA Participating Analysis Seminar
- Presented James Maynard’s 2013 paper on the twin prime conjecture
- Part of a reading course advised by Prof. Terence Tao
A Decoupling Proof of the Tomas Restriction Theorem, Apr. 2023
- UCLA Participating Analysis Seminar
- Presented Honours work on Fourier restriction and decoupling

Liggett Teaching Award (UCLA), Jun. 2024
- Awarded to at most 4 TA’s per year
Horn-Moez Prize (UCLA), Jun. 2023
- For high academic achievements by first-year math graduate students
- Awarded to at most 3 students per cohort
Graduate Dean’s Scholar Award (UCLA), Sep. 2022
- Supplemental stipend awarded to top applicants
Excellence in Tutoring or Demonstrating Award (ANU), Jun. 2022
- For excellence in promoting learning at the university
Chancellor’s Letter of Commendation (ANU), 2018–2021
- For achieving a GPA of 7.00/7.00 over an academic year