About Me

My name is Zhou Fang (Jo, 方舟). I am a PhD student at Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), funded by China Scholarship Council (CSC). My advisor is Joachim Kock.

Email: fangz2023@mail.sustech.edu.cn

CV: see here

Academic Background

• Oct 2023 - : Autonomous University of Barcelona, advised by Joachim Kock.
• Sep 2023 - Jun 2026: Southern University of Science and Technology, advised by Yifei Zhu.
• Sep 2019 - Jun 2023: Southern University of Science and Technology, advised by Liang Kong and Fei Ye.

Research Interests

• Category Theory
• Homotopy Theory

My current research focuses on reformulating classical theorems using the Kock-Møller model of negative sets (cf. Signs in objective linear algebra, exemplified with exterior powers and determinants), aiming to further develop the model and provide a deeper understanding of its cancellation structure through concrete examples.