Former Members - Discrete Mathematics Group

Research Fellows

Methuku, Abhishek

Research Fellow (2019.8.1-2020.1.15)

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Central European Univ. (2019).
Advisor: Gyula O. H. Katona and Ervin Győri.
Currently, an assistant professor at UIUC.
Email: abhishekmethuku@ (gmail.com)

Tompkins, Casey

Research Fellow (2019.9.1-2021.11.30)

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Central European Univ. (2015).
Ph.D. Advisor: Gyula O. H. Katona
Currently, a post-doctoral researcher at the Rényi Institute, Budapest, Hungary.

Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences, KAIST. (2018).
Ph.D. Advisor: Andreas Holmsen
Currently, an assistant professor at GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology), Gwangju, Korea.
Email: minkikim @ (gist.ac.kr)

Tran, Tuan (Trần Mạnh Tuấn)

Young Scientist Fellow (2020.8.1-2022.6.28)

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Freie Universität Berlin (2015).
Ph.D. Advisor: Tibor Szabó
Currently, an associate professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, Anhui, China.

Lee, Dabeen (이다빈)

Young Scientist Fellow (2021.1.1-2022.6.30)
Research Fellow (2019.6.16-2020.12.31)

Ph.D. in Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization, Carnegie Mellon Univ. (2019).
Ph.D. Advisor: Gerards Cornuejols
Currently, an assistant professor at KAIST, Daejeon, Korea.

Kim, Jinha (김진하)

Visiting Research Fellow (2023.11.16-)
Young Scientist Fellow (2023.3.1-2023.8.25)
Research Fellow (2020.9.1-2023.2.28)

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Seoul National University (2019).
Ph.D. Advisor: Woong Kook (국웅)
Currently, an assistant professor at Dept. of Mathematics, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.
Email: jinhakim @ jnu.ac.kr

Chakraborti, Debsoumya (দেবসৌম্য চক্রবর্তী)

Research Fellow (2020.8.16-2023.8.31)

Ph.D. in Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization, Carnegie Mellon Univ. (2020).
Ph.D. Advisor: Po-Shen Loh
Currently, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Warwick, UK.

Cook, Linda

Research Fellow (2021.8.1-2024.7.31)

Ph.D. in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton Univ. (2021).
Ph.D. Advisor: Paul Seymour
Currently, a postdoc fellow at the Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics, University of Amsterdam.

Gollin, J. Pascal

Young Scientist Fellow (2021.8.1-2024.7.31)
Research Fellow (2019.10.1-2021.7.31)

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Universität Hamburg. (2019).
Ph.D. Advisor: Reinhard Diestel
Currently, a postdoc fellow at the University of Primorska, Slovenia.

Hendrey, Kevin

Research Fellow (2019.8.16-2024.8.15)

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Monash Univ. (2019).
Ph.D. Advisor: David R. Wood
Currently, a postdoc fellow at Monash University, Australia.

Clifton, Alexander

Research Fellow (2022.8.16-2024.8.31)

Ph.D. in Mathematics, Emory Univ. (2022).
Ph.D. Advisor: Hao Huang
Will be a postdoc fellow at Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech.

Wiederrecht, Sebastian

Research Fellow (2022.7.16-2024.9.30)

Ph.D. from Technische Universität Berlin (2021).
Ph.D. Advisor: Stephan Kreutzer
Currently, an assistant professor at the School of Computing, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea.

Visiting Research Fellows

Choi, Jeong Ok (최정옥)

Visiting Research Fellow (2020.9.1-2021.8.31)

Associate Professor at GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology).
Ph.D. in Mathematics, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2008).

Shin, Heesung (신희성)

Visiting Research Fellow (2020.9.1-2021.8.31)

Professor at Dept. of Mathematics, Inha University.
Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences, KAIST (2007).

Yang, Hongseok (양홍석)

Visiting Research Fellow (2022.2.28-2023.2.24)

Professor at School of Computing, KAIST.
Ph.D. in Computer Science, UIUC (2001).

Visiting Researchers

Kim, Ringi (김린기)

Visiting Researcher

Previously, a Research Assistant Professor at Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST.
Currently, an Assistant Professor at Dept. of Mathematics, Inha University.
Advisor: Paul Seymour

Zhang, Xin (张欣)

Visiting Scholar (2019.8.1-2020.7.31)

Associate Professor of Xidian University, China.
Email: xzhang @ (xidian.edu.cn)

Xu, Chuandong (徐川东)

Visiting Researcher (2023.6.21-2024.6.20)

Lecturer at Xidian University, Xian, China.
Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China (2016).
Email: xuchuandong @ (xidian.edu.cn)

Students

Kang, Dong Yeap (강동엽)

Graduate Student ( – 2020.2)

Previously, a graduate student at Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST, 2014.3-2020.2.
Currently, a Young Scientist Fellow at the IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group, Korea from June 2023.
Email: dykang.math@ (ibs.re.kr).

Lee, Duksang (이덕상)

Graduate Student ( – 2022.12)

Graduate Student at Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST since March 2018.
Institute of Advanced Technology Development of Hyundai Motor Group from November 2023.

Ahn, Jungho (안정호)

Graduate Student ( – 2023.8)

Graduate Student at Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST since March 2018.
A research fellow at KIAS from September 2023.
Email: junghoahn@ (kias.re.kr)

Wee, Sounggun (위성군)

Graduate Student (2020.1-2023.2)

Graduate Student at Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST since Sep. 2019
Email: tjdrns2704@kaist

Overman, William

Visiting Student (2019.6 – 2019.8, 2021.3-2021.8)

Previously, an undergraduate student at California
Institute of Technology, -2020.6.
Currently, a graduate student at Stanford University.
Email: wpo@ (stanford.edu)

Kook, Yunbum (국윤범)

Visiting Student (2020.7-2021.6)

Previously, an undergraduate student at Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, KAIST since March 2015.
Currently, a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Email: yb.kook@ (gatech.edu)

Reinald, Amadeus

Visiting Graduate Student (2022.5.18-2022.8.26)

Previously, a graduate student at the ENS de Lyon, France.
Currently, a graduate student at the University of Montpellier and LIRMM.
Email: amadeus.reinald @ (lirmm.fr)

Do, Tuan Anh (Tuấn Anh Đỗ)

Visiting Graduate Student (2022.3.1-2022.8.31)

Previously, a graduate student at the Technical University of Graz, Austria.
Currently, a lecturer at the Hanoi Pedagogical University 2, Vietnam.
Email: dotuananh @ (hpu2.edu.vn)