Myeonggi Kwon

Welcome

I am a mathematician currently working at Jeonbuk National University, Department of Mathematics Education. I earned my Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2017 under the direction of Otto van Koert at Seoul National University.

Contact

Email: mkwon_at_jbnu.ac.kr
Address: Department of Mathematics Education, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea

Research interests

Symplectic geometry
Floer theory
Reeb dynamics
Singularity theory

Employment

March 2026 – present, Associate Professor, Jeonbuk National University, Department of Mathematics Education, Korea
September 2023 – February 2026, Assistant Professor, Jeonbuk National University, Department of Mathematics Education, Korea
March 2021 – August 2023, Assistant Professor, Sunchon National University, Department of Mathematics Education, Korea
September 2020 – February 2021, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, IBS Center for Geometry and Physics, Korea
March 2020 – August 2020, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Ruhr-University Bochum (Mentor: Kai Zehmisch), Germany
January 2018 – February 2020, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Giessen (Mentor: Kai Zehmisch), Germany
April 2017 – December 2017, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Heidelberg University (Mentor: Peter Albers), Germany

Education

March 2010 – February 2017, Ph.D. in Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Seoul National University (Advisor: Otto van Koert)
March 2004 – February 2010, Bachelor in Mathematics Education, Department of Mathematics Education, Seoul National University (Military service: 2006 - 2008)

Grants

September 2025 – August 2028, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Fund, Contact links of singularities and rigidity of symplectic fillings
June 2021 – February 2024, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Fund, Symplectic and contact topology via Floer theory and singularities

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