Conferences
1984: First Recorded Mathematical experience: Aki Mer az Nyer [Mathematical TV show for 6th grade students from Hungary.
2024: Leroy P. Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research.
Summary of my life is on page 23 (555)
CV [highlights]
2025: Foreign Member of the Hungarian Academy of Science.
2025: Co-editor-in Chief of Combinatorica
2024: AMS Steele prize
2024: Simons Fellow
2023: AMS Fellow
2022-26: FRG NSF Grant
2020-26: NSF RTG Grant, PI.
2018: Invited ICM Speaker
2016: George Pólya Prize (SIAM)
1984: Aki Mer az Nyer, 1st prize [ZX81 personal computer]
Having spent nearly 21 years at the University of Illinois, I am seeking exciting new opportunities for personal growth while continuing to mentor the next generation of mathematicians.
I am a proud member of the UIUC Math Dep