I am an assistant professor at Arizona State University, with a joint appointment in the School of Mathematical Statistical Sciences and the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence. My research interests include discrete geometry, graph theory, and topological combinatorics.
I was born and raised in Shanghai, and in my free time, I enjoy board gaming and skiing.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sep 2018 – Dec 2020 
Applied Mathematics Instructor, Department of Mathematics
Mentor: Yufei Zhao
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Aug 2016 – Jul 2018 
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Mathematics
Mentor: Ron Aharoni
Carnegie Mellon University, Sep 2011 – May 2016 
Ph.D., Department of Mathematical Sciences
Advisor: Boris Bukh
Peking University, Sep 2007 – Jun 2011 
B.Sc., School of Mathematical Sciences
Charles Wexler Hall A839
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85281
Email: zilinj [at] asu [dot] edu