Welcome!
I am an assistant professor at Department of Mathematics Education in Kongju National University.
Email: seongchankim at kongju dot ac dot kr
Post: Gongjudaehak-ro 56, Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea
Research Interests
Symplectic dynamics, Pseudoholomorphic curves, Floer theory, Celestial mechanics
Academic Positions
03/2022--present, Assistant Professor, Kongju National University, Republic of Korea
08/2021--02/2022, Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Republic of Korea
01/2021--07/2021, Postdoctoral Researcher, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
03/2019--12/2020, Postdoctoral Researcher, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland
10/2018--12/2018, Academic Guest, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Academic Education
07/2018, Ph.D. in Mathematics, Universität Augsburg, Germany, Advisor: Prof. Urs Frauenfelder, Grade: summa cum laude
08/2014, M.S. in Mathematics, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
02/2012, B.S. in Mathematics, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
Honours and Awards
06/2025, Excellent Research Paper Award, The Chungcheong Mathematical Society
04/2025, KMS Award for Young Mathematicians, The Korean Mathematical Society
06/2020--07/2020, Oberwolfach Leibniz Fellow, Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach
Grants
12/2025--11/2030, Research grant, Samsung Science and Technology Foundation
09/2025--08/2028, Research grant(중견연구-창의연구형), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
04/2025--02/2026, Kongju National University Research Fund
06/2022--02/2025, Research grant(기본연구), National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
04/2022--02/2023, Kongju National University Research Fund
Languages
Korean (native), English (proficient), German (conversant)