I am a mathematician working at Jeonbuk National University (JBNU), Department of Mathematics Education. I earned my Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2017 under the direction of Otto van Koert at Seoul National University.
Email: mkwon_at_jbnu.ac.kr
Address: Department of Mathematics Education, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of Korea
Symplectic geometry
Floer theory
Reeb dynamics
Singularity theory
September 2023 - present, 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
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)
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"