教育 Education：

2021.9-2023.6 Ph.D., Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University, China (Advisor: Pin Yu)

2014.9-2020.6 M.S., Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University, China (Advisor: Pin Yu)

2010.8-2014.7 B.S., Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University, China

工作经历 Work Experiences：

2025.9- Associate Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Xiamen University, China

2023.9-2025.8 Postdoc, Beijing International Center for Mathematical Sciences, Peking University, China (Advisor: Liang Xiao)

2020.9-2021.7 Research assistant, School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University, China (Advisor: Yijun Yao)

研究兴趣 Research Interests：

Transcendental number theory, Diophantine approximation, including: odd zeta values, p-adic odd zeta values, multiple zeta values.

授课情况 Teaching：

2024 Spring: Advanced Mathematics B (2) （at Peking University）

获奖 Honors：

2010: 51st International Mathematical Olympiad: Gold Medal

论文 Selected Publications：

3.L. Lai, J. Sprang and W. Zudilin, A note on the irrationality of $\zeta_2(5)$, arXiv:2505.05005.

2.L. Lai, J.-Y. Li and P. Yu, On the rigidity of stationary charged black holes: small perturbations of the non-extremal Kerr-Newman family, J. Differential Geom. 125 (2023), no. 3, 553–612.

1.L. Lai and P. Yu, A note on the number of irrational odd zeta values, Compos. Math. 156 (2020), no. 8, 1699–1717.

For my full publication list, please see https://lilaimath.github.io/homepage/MathPapers.html