Lee, ChongGyu (Joey)
Education
Brown University, Providence, RI, United States
Doctor of Philosophy, May 2010
Dissertation : “Height estimate for rational maps”
Advisor : Professor Joseph H. Silverman
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Ph.D. Candidate, 2004 - 05
Master of Science, 1999 - 2004, (Leave of absence for Military Service, 2000 03)
Thesis : “Universal Quaternary Lattices over Fq[x]”
Advisor : Professor Myung-Hwan Kim
Bachelor of Science in Math, 1995 - 1999
Field of Interest
Number theory, arithmetic & algebraic geometry, algebraic and complex dynamics, cryptography
Employment
Professor, Soongsil University, 2024 - present
Associate Professor, Soongsil University, 2018 - 2024
Assistant Professor, Soongsil University, 2012 - 2018
Research assistant professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2010 - 2012
Academic Experience
Director, Creativity Institute, Soongsil University, 2024. 2 - present
Vice Dean, College of Natural Science, Soongsil University, 2024. 2 - 2025. 2
Chair, Department of Mathematics, Soongsil University, 2024. 2 - 2025. 3
Vice Dean, College of Natural Science, Soongsil University, 2021. 2 - 2022. 2
Chair, Department of Mathematics, Soongsil University, 2020. 2 - 2022. 3
Visiting Scholar, Brown University, 2018. 7.- 2019. 8
Associate Member, KIAS, 2013. 1.- present
Chair, Department of Mathematics, Soongsil University, 2016. 3 - 2018. 2
Visiting Scholar, ICERM, Brown University, 2012. 1.30 - 5.4
Visiting Scholar, , Hwarang Program, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 2011. 7.4 - 21
Visiting Scholar, Focused Research Group, University of California at Berkeley, 2011. 3. 12 - 27
Other Service
CEO, FlexMath School-based Enterprise, Soongsil University, 2022. 3 - present
Auditor, Associatin of Korean School-based Enterprises, 2024. 2 - 2025. 2
Awards
The Best Online Teaching Award, Soongsil University, 2020
Soongsil Fellow Professor, Soongsil University, 2016
The Best Research Paper Award, Soongsil University, 2012
Mathematics Department Outstanding Teaching Award, Brown University, 2010
Best Teaching Assistant Award, Seoul National University, 2003
Grants & Fellowship
G-LAMP Research Institute, National Research Foundation 2024 - 2029
Research Grant, National Research Foundation 2024 - 2026
Research Grant, National Research Foundation 2016 - 2023
Research Grant, National Research Foundation 2013 - 2015
Research Grant, Soongsil University 2012 - 2013
Travel Grant, for JMM2011, AMS, 2011. 1
Travel Grant, for MRC, AMS, 2010. 6
Travel Grant, for JMM2010, AMS, 2010. 1
Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, Brown University, 2009 Fall
Conference Travel Grant, Brown University, 2009. 5
Dean’s Fellowship, Graduate School, Brown University, 2005 -06
Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government, 2005
BK21 Research Fellowship, Seoul National University, 1999, 2003 – 05
Teaching Career
Instructor, Soongsil University
Various courses including Algebra, Topology, Combinatorics, Cryptography, Mathematical Statistics
Instructor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Linear algebra, Number Theory, Fall 2011
Multivariable Calculus, Spring 2011
Introductory Calculus II, Fall 2010
Instructor, Office of Continuing Education, Brown University
Introductory Calculus II, Summer 2008, 2009
Teaching Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Brown University
Introductory Calculus I, Fall 2007, Fall 2008
Introductory Calculus II, Spring 2008, Spring 2010
Teaching Assistant, Brown University, Spring 2007
Teaching Assistant, Seoul National University, 2003 - 05