Professor in the School of Mathematics at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study

Contact Information

• School of Mathematics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Building 1, Room 1308
  85 Hoegiro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02455, Republic of Korea

• namgyu(at)kias(dot)re(dot)kr

Employment

• Professor, KIAS, Jan. 2016 – Present

• Affiliate Professor, KAIST, May 2018 – Apr. 2024 

• Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Seoul National University, Mar. 2010 – Dec. 2015

• Olga Taussky - John Todd Instructor, Caltech, Aug. 2007 – Feb. 2010 

• C.L.E. Moore Instructor, M.I.T., July 2004 – June 2007

Education

• Ph.D., Mathematics, Yale University, May 2004 (Thesis Advisor: Prof. Peter W. Jones)

Editorial Work

• Analysis and Mathematical Physics, Oct. 2020 – Present

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society, Apr. 2019 – Apr. 2025

• Horizon – the webzine published by KIAS, Feb. 2020 – Dec.2021

• KIAS Springer Series in Mathematics, Editor-in-Chief, Oct. 2021 – Present

• Newsletter of the Korean Mathematical Society, Jan. 2021 – Dec. 2022

Committee/Service

• Director of the June E Huh Center for Mathematical Challenges at KIAS, 

Mar. 2024 – Aug. 2025, Apr. 2026 – Present

• Chair of the School of Mathematics at KIAS, July 2021 – Dec. 2022 

• Director of the Center for Mathematical Challenges at KIAS, July 2021 – Dec. 2022 

• Board Member of the Korean Mathematical Society, Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2022

• Member of 2022 IMU (International Mathematical Union) Nominating Committee 

Awards and Honors

• Clay Liftoff Fellow, Clay Mathematics Institute, 2004

• Prize Teaching Fellow, Yale University, 2004 – 05