Yong-Geun Oh

Yong-Geun Oh
Born1961
Alma materU.C. Berkeley, Seoul National University
AwardsKorea Science Award
Scientific career
FieldsSymplectic topology, Floer homology, Hamiltonian mechanics, and mirror symmetry
InstitutionsPohang University of Science and Technology, Institute for Basic Science
ThesisNonlinear Schrodinger Equations with Potentials: Evolution, Existence, and Stability of Semi-Classical Bound States (1988)
Doctoral advisorsAlan Weinstein
Korean name
Hangul
오용근
Hanja
吳龍根
Revised RomanizationO Yonggeun
McCune–ReischauerO Yonggŭn
WebsiteCenter for Geometry and Physics

Yong-Geun Oh (Korean: 오용근) is a mathematician and distinguished professor at the Pohang University of Science and Technology and founding director of the IBS Center for Geometry and Physics located on that campus. His fields of study have been on symplectic topology, Floer homology,[1][2] Hamiltonian mechanics, and mirror symmetry[3] He was in the inaugural class of fellows of the American Mathematical Society and has been a member of Institute for Advanced Study, Korean Mathematical Society, and National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea and is on the editorial boards of Journal of Gokova Geometry and Topology and Journal of Mathematics of Kyoto University.

Education

Oh went to Seoul National University and received a B.A in Math in 1983. He then went to U.C. Berkeley, where he majored in Mathematics and his Ph.D. was conferred in 1988. His dissertation research was supervised by Professor Alan Weinstein. With the completion of his PhD, he then focused on developing and enhancing the Floer homology theory in symplectic geometry and its application within that field.[4]

Career

His career started during his Ph.D. program, where he worked as a teaching assistant and then research assistant in the Department of Math at U.C. Berkeley. After graduation, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, located in Berkeley. He then moved to New York to work as a Courant Instructor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences for a year. Going to the Department of Mathematics in the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he started as an assistant professor in 1991, associate professor in 1997, and full professor in 2001. During his sabbatical, he was a visiting professor at Stanford University for the academic year 2004–2005.

While teaching at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he also was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, a research member at the Isaac Newton Institute in the University of Cambridge, visiting professor at the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Kyoto University, and a professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study.[4] He became a distinguished professor at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) in 2010 and the founding director of the Institute for Basic Science Center for Geometry and Physics in 2012, which is located on the POSTECH campus.

Memberships

Editorial boards

  • 2007–current: Journal of Gokova Geometry and Topology
  • 2009–current: Journal of Mathematics of Kyoto University

Awards

Selected publications

  • Fukaya, Kenji; Oh, Yong-Geun; Ohta, Hiroshi; Ono, Kaoru (2020). Kuranishi Structures and Virtual Fundamental Chains (Springer Monographs in Mathematics). Springer. pp. XV, 638. doi:10.1007/978-981-15-5562-6. ISBN 978-9811555619.
  • Fukaya, Kenji; Oh, Yong-Geun; Ohta, Hiroshi; Ono, Kaoru (2010). Lagrangian Intersection Floer Theory: Anomaly and Obstruction, Part II. ISBN 9780821852507.
  • Fukaya, Kenji; Oh, Yong-Geun; Ohta, Hiroshi; Ono, Kaoru (2009). Lagrangian Intersection Floer Theory: Anomaly and Obstruction. AMS and International Press of Boston. ISBN 978-0-8218-5253-8.

References

  1. ^ Oh, Yong-Geun (24 September 2015). Symplectic Topology and Floer Homology 2 Volume Hardback Set. New Mathematical Monographs. University Printing House. p. 892. ISBN 978-1107535688.
  2. ^ "A 'Textbook' is Published on Symplectic Topology and Floer Homology". Institute for Basic Science. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Geometry & Topology". Department of Mathematics. POSTECH. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Yong-Geun Oh receives Korean Young Scientist Prize". Department of Mathematics. University of Wisconsin. 2001. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  5. ^ "List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Past member Yong-Geun Oh". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  7. ^ 이인준 (31 May 2022). "32회 삼성호암상…오용근 포스텍 교수 등 6인 수상". Newsis (in Korean). Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  8. ^ 김, 만기 (12 December 2019). "한국과학상·공학상에 오용근, 안지훈, 이승재, 하헌필" (in Korean). The Financial News. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  9. ^ "우수과학자 시상식서 한국과학상 수상한 오용근-안지훈 교수" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  10. ^ 황, 윤정 (24 September 2012). "경암학술상 이정식 교수 등 4명 선정". Naver (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  11. ^ "이정식 교수 등 4명 '경암학술상'". Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). 24 September 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  12. ^ "경암학술상에 이정식 교수 등 4명". Naver (in Korean). 서울경제. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Past Winners Vilas Associates". University of Wisconsin–Madison. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  14. ^ 송, 대섭 (16 February 2001). "한국공학상.젊은 과학자상 수상자". Naver (in Korean). Korea Economic Daily. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  15. ^ 이, 영철 (12 March 2012). "세계 석학 몰린 기초과학연, 연구단장후보 11명 압축". 아시아경제 (in Korean). Retrieved 21 January 2020. 김은준, 오용근 박사는 한국과학기술한림원 젊은과학자상을
  16. ^ 2015 POSTECH Research Human Resources Guide. POSTECH. 2015. p. 15.