Ramsey theory course (Spring 2026)
British Combinatorial Conference, July 2026, co-organising Probabilistic Combinatorics Mini-symposium.
11th Polish Combinatorial Conference, 20-25 September 2026, invited tutorial.
Europska matematička olimpijada za djevojke (EGMO), travanj 2027. u Šibeniku; javite se ako želite volontirati!
Official results of the HRZZ Early-career projects 2025-02. Mathematics & Physics panel is PTZ1.
Department of Mathematics, University of Zagreb
Image credit: 24 sata
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Hello! I am an associate professor at the University of Zagreb, working in extremal and probabilistic combinatorics. I completed my PhD at ETH Zurich in 2018 under the supervision of Benny Sudakov. Between 2018 and 2023 I was a research fellow at Monash University and at the University of Zagreb (supported by the EU Horizon 2020 Widening Fellowship).
Topics I have recently worked on include random graphs (thresholds and detection problems), asymptotic enumeration, extremal problems for (hyper)graphs, graph Ramsey theory, arithmetic Ramsey theory. I love hearing about new problems and interesting research, so feel free to contact me on nina.kamcev at math.hr .
Among my `softer' academic interests are mentoring and leadership in research, sustainability, including women and minority groups, returning to Croatia, education vs. training, why and how fundamental science is worth pursuing. I would particularly like to participate in improving the quality of teaching and research in Zagreb, and opening new opportunities for students, but I am not claiming to have any authority there. I'd be very happy to exchange on any of those topics!
Past research talks and workshops (since 2025, not exhaustive)
26 March 2026, Seminar at LSE. Clique factors in randomly perturbed graphs: the transition points.
27 March - 3 April 2026, Bellairs workshop on graphs and probability.
Znanstveni kolokvij za EWM Hrvatska, 11.3. u 17h na PMF-MO.
19 September 2025, Oberwolfach workshop on Combinatorics, Probability and Computing. Title: Finding trees in a jungle.
6 August 2025, Random Structures & Algorithms conference. Title: Finding trees in a jungle.
5 March 2026, San Jose State University Math/Stats Colloquium. Title: How to avoid triangles and tetrahedra (invited).
24 February 2025, SLMath Institute. Title: Clique factors in randomly augmented graphs (video).
Outreach & service
Member of the Croatian national olympiad committee (2021 - present): problems selection, grading, team selection
Organising the HMD Research Colloquium, since 2025
Participated in Znanost u prolazu (03/2022), supporting and promoting women in research
Participated in Ljepota u znanosti 2026 & 2024 - student-organised conference to showcase research and foster communication between students and lecturers
Croatian representative for Eurodoc (2026). Eurodoc is an organisation representing early-career researchers at the European level.
From the media (Croatian)
HTV (02/2026), žene u znanosti
Podcast (3/2026) na temu znanstvenika povratnika u Hrvatskoj
HTV (11/2025), znanost i mentalno zdravlje
Intervju za 24 sata (10/2025)
Intervju za srednja.hr (08/2024)
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