PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Hui RAO, Professor    
Address: School of Mathematics and Statistics, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China    
E-mail:hui_rao@sina.com,  hrao@mail.ccnu.edu.cn        
Phone: 86-27-87581417    
       
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Mathematics,Wuhan University, 1995.    
Dissertation: On the structure of self-similar sets with overlaps.    
Advisor: Professor Zhi-ying Wen.    
M.A. Mathematics, Wuhan University, 1992.    
B.A. Mathematics, SiChuan University, 1989.    
     
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND CURRENT RESEARCH WORKS
Self-similar tilings, substitution dynamical systems and fractal geometry.    
     
I study the substitution dynamical systems, including geometrical representation and spectral theory. I am especially interested in the Pisot spectral conjecture, which asserts that a unimodular Pisot substitution dynamical system has purely discrete spectrum.    
I also study the Lipschitz equivalence between fractal sets, especially the self-similar sets.    
     
ACADEMIC VISITS
Feb. 1, 2001---Feb. 30, 2003, Tsuda University, Japan.  JSPS Postdoc.    
Mar. 1, 2003---Aug. 1, 2003, Montpellier University, France. Visitor.    
Feb. 1, 2004---Aug. 30, 2004, Greifswald University, Germany. Visitor.    
July 1, 2010---Aug. 26, 2010, Michigen State University, USA. Temporary teaching staff.