Fangting Zheng PH.D

Assistant Professor

Dr. Fangting Zheng is an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematical Science, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.


  • B.Sc, South China Normal University, 2009-2013 (Thesis: M-fibrewise homotopy extension property and its applications, supervised by Prof. Hao Zhao)
  • Ph.D, Fudan University, 2013-2018 ( Thesis: Toric topology and hyperbolic geometry, supervised by Prof. Jiming Ma and Prof. Zhi Lv)


  • Lecturer, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 2018-2019
  • Assistant Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 2019 to present


  • Low-dimensional Topology, Hyperbolic Geometry, Coxeter Group, Algebraic number theory, Toric Topology


  • Jiming Ma, Fangting Zheng. Compact hyperbolic Coxeter five-dimensional polytopes with nine facets. Transform. Groups (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00031-023-09830-3
  • Jiming Ma, Fangting Zheng. Compact hyperbolic Coxeter four-dimensional polytopes with eight facets. https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.00154 To appear in J. Algebra. Comb.
  • Jiming Ma, Fangting Zheng. Geometrically bounding 3-manifold, volume and Betti number.Algebraic Geom. Topol. 23 (2023), 1055--1096. DOI: 10.2140/agt.2023.23.1055 (corresponding author).
  • Jiming Ma, Fangting Zheng. Hyperbolic 4-manifolds over the 120-cell. Math. Comp. 90 (2021), 2463-2501 (corresponding author). https://doi.org/10.1090/mcom/3625
  • Jiming Ma, Fangting Zheng. Algebraic fibrations of certain hyperbolic 4-manifolds. Topol. Appl. 290(1), 2021,107592 (corresponding author). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.topol.2021.107592
  • Jiming Ma, Fangting Zheng. Torsions of 3-dimensional small covers. Chin. Ann. Math. Ser. B 38(6), 2017, 1311-1320 (corresponding author). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11401-007-1039-5
  • Fangting Zheng, Hao Zhao. M-fibresise homotopy extension property and its applications. Journal of South China Normal University (Natural Science Edition). 46(3), 2014, 18-24.


  • 12/2016 The 4-th Korea Toric Topology Winter Workshop (Ajou University).
  • 01/2017 The East Asian Core Doctoral Forum on Mathematics (Seoul National University).
  • 06/2017 The Algebraic Topology and Geometric Topology Conference (Nankai University).
  • 12/2017 The Sino-Russian Algebraic Topology , Geometry and Combinatoric Conference (Tsinghua Sanya International Mathematics Center).
  • 01/2018 The East Asian Core Doctoral Forum on Mathematics (Tsinghua university).
  • 01/2019 The 14th East Asian Conference on Geometric Topology (Peking University)
  • 05/2019 The 6th National Young Topologist Forum (Beijing Normal University).
  • 01/2021 The 16th East Asian Conference on Geometric Topology (Tokyo University) http://webpark1815.sakura.ne.jp/topology/conference/EACGT16/
  • 12/2021 Russian-Chinese Conference on Knot Theory and Related Topics ( http://labtd.nsu.ru/8RCCKT/program.html )
  • 1/2022 The 17th East Asian Conference on Geometric Topology ( https://eacgt2022.cayley.kr/ )
  • 11/2022 Invited talk, hyperbolic reflection group, Hangzhou Normal University.
  • 2/2023 The 18th East Asian Conference on Geometric Topology


  • Principle Investigator. NSFC Young Scientist Fund. 2022/01-2024/12. No. 12101504.
  • Principle investigator. General Programme, Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China. 2021/10-2023/09. No. 21KJB110009
  • Principle investigator. XJTLU Research Development Fund. 2019/01-2021/12. No. RDF-19-01-29.


  • 2021, SURF (summer undergraduate research fund). Project: the automated english essay scoring algorithm.
  • 2022, SURF. Project: paper category prediction with robust fusion-enhanced graph neutural network.
  • 2023, SURF. XJTLU Chat Assistant: an XJTLU knowledge-oriented, ChatGLM-based chat application via Langchain.
  • 2021.9-now, NLP (natural language processing) study group, co-organizer.
  • 2022.9-now, TDA (topological data analysis) student research group, co-supervisor.
  • send email to fangting.zheng@xjtlu.edu.cn if you want to join either of the above group (NLP & TDA).


  • MTH301 Final Year Project (hyperbolic geometry / Lie group and Lie algebra / Topological data analysis / patent analysis)
  • MTH118 Analysis II
  • MTH125 Real Analysis for Financial Mathematics
  • MTH014 Calculus for Architecture students
  • MTH008 Multivariable Calculus
  • MTH007 Linear Algebra
  • MTH013 Calculus
  • MTH019 Calculus for Business
  • MTH025 Pre-calculus


  • 2022 Key Talents of Science Education, SIP.
  • 2019 Jiangsu Province Innovation & Entrepreneurship Doctor Talent Program.
  • 2019 Shenzhen open data innovative contest (SODIC), the third prize.
Fangting Zheng