NSF RTG Faculty and Research Interests
 | Jozsef Balogh | Graph Theory and Combinatorics |
 | Philippe Di Francesco | Mathematical Physics, Physical Combinatorics, Integrable Systems |
 | Kevin Ford | Analytic and Combinatorial Number Theory |
 | Rinat Kedem | Representation Theory of Affine Algebras, Vertex Algebras and Deformations; Integrable Models in Statistical Mechanics and Field Theory; Cluster Algebras |
 | Alexandr Kostochka | Graph Theory and Combinatorics |
 | Alexander Yong | Algebraic Combinatorics |
For an entire list of faculty with interests in combinatorics, see here.
Current Postdocs in Combinatorics
Reuven Hodges (Doob postdoc, 2018-2021)
Sean English (Doob postdoc, 2019-2022)
Avery St. Dizier (NSF postdoc, 2020-2023)
Elizabeth Kelley (RTG postdoc, 2021-2024)
We will be hiring four additional postdocs (US citizens or permanent residents) through the NSF RTG grant during the next five years. Feel free to contact RTG faculty about your interest.
Current Graduate Students in Combinatorics
| Name | Year Entered | Advisor | Email Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luo, Haoran | 2020 | Balogh | haoranl8@illinois.edu |
| Araujo, Igor | 2019 | Balogh | igoraa2@illinois.edu |
| Gao, Shiliang | 2019 | Yong | sgao23@illinois.edu |
| Garcia, Ramon | 2019 | Balogh | rig2@illinois.edu |
| Krueger, Robert | 2019 | Balogh | rak5@illinois.edu |
| McCourt, Grace | 2019 | Kostochka | mccourt4@illinois.edu |
| Xu, Jingwei | 2019 | Kostochka | jx6@illinois.edu |
| Nahvi, Mina | 2018 | Kostochka | mnahvi2@illinois.edu |
| Orelowitz, Gidon | 2018 | Yong | gidono2@illinois.edu |
| Souktik, Roy | 2018 | Balogh | souktik2@illinois.edu |
| Clemen, Felix | 2017 | Balogh | fclemen2@illinois.edu |
| Murley, Cassie | 2017 | Balogh | clchris2@illinois.edu |
| Linz, William | 2016 | Balogh | wlinz2@illinois.edu |
| Robichaux, Colleen | 2016 | Yong | cer2@illinois.edu |
Past Graduates (with year and Ph.D. advisor)
Photo: Most of the University of Illinois contingent at the SIAM Discrete Mathematics meeting in Victoria, Canada, in June 2006.
- 1980s: 4 students
- 1990s: 15 students
- 2000s: 18 students
- 2010s: 43 students
- 2020s: 5 students
| Name | Year Graduated | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Heath, Emily | 2021 | Balogh |
| Jing, Yifan | 2021 | Balogh/Li |
| Zirlin, Dara | 2021 | Kostochka |
| Li, Lina | 2020 | Balogh |
| Liu, Xujun | 2020 | Kostochka |
| Luo, Ruth | 2019 | Kostochka |
| Yager, Derrek | 2019 | Kostochka |
| Bernsteyn, Anton | 2018 | Kostochka/Tserunyan |
| Monical, Cara | 2018 | Yong |
| Weigandt, Anna | 2018 | Yong |
| Zsolt Wagner, Adam | 2018 | Balogh |
| Delcourt, Michelle | 2017 | Balogh |
| Loeb, Sarah | 2017 | West |
| McConvey, Andrew | 2017 | Kostochka |
| Petrickova, Sarka | 2017 | Balogh |
| Liu, Hong | 2016 | Balogh |
| Pechenik, Oliver | 2016 | Yong |
| Santana, Michael | 2016 | Kostochka |
| Sharifzadeh, Maryam | 2016 | Balogh |
| Spinoza, Hannah | 2016 | West |
| Wise, Jennifer | 2016 | West |
| Mahoney, Thomas | 2015 | West |
| McDonald, Daniel | 2015 | West |
| Reiniger, Ben | 2015 | Kostochka |
| Searles, Dominic | 2015 | Yong |
| Yeager, Elyse | 2015 | Kostochka |
| Choi, Ilkyoo | 2014 | Kostochka |
| Hu, Ping | 2014 | Balogh |
| Kim, Jaehoon | 2014 | Kostochka |
| Puleo, Gregory | 2014 | West |
| Jahanbekan, Sogol | 2013 | West |
| Kyle (Jao), Fang-Kai | 2013 | West |
| Yancey, Matthew | 2013 | Kostochka |
| Butterfield, Jane | 2012 | Balogh |
| Kinnersley, Bill | 2012 | West |
| Kim, Younjin | 2011 | Füredi |
| Kumbhat, Mohit | 2011 | Kostochka |
| Lenz, John | 2011 | Balogh |
| LeSaulnier, Timothy | 2011 | West |
| Suil, O | 2011 | West |
| Stocker, Chris | 2011 | Kostochka |
| Wu, Hehui | 2011 | West |
| Zamani, Reza | 2011 | West |
| Kantor, Ida | 2010 | Füredi |
| Milans, Kevin | 2010 | West |
| Ozkahya, Lale | 2010 | Füredi |
| Samotij, Wojciech | 2010 | Balogh |
| Wenger, Paul | 2010 | West |
| Barrus, Michael | 2009 | West |
| Choi, Jeong-Ok | 2008 | West |
| Prince, Noah | 2008 | Balogh |
| Sheikh, Naeem | 2008 | Kostochka |
| Stodolsky, Burak | 2008 | Kostochka |
| Vandenbussche, Jennifer | 2008 | West |
| Cranston, Daniel | 2007 | West |
| Liu, Qi | 2007 | West |
| Cao, Weiting | 2006 | West |
| Kaul, Hemanshu | 2006 | West/Jacobson |
| Yu, Gexin | 2006 | Kostochka |
| Hwang, Kyung-Won | 2005 | Füredi |
| Kang, Jeong-Hyun | 2004 | Füredi |
| Nakprasit, Kittikorn | 2004 | Kostochka |
| Kim, Seog-Jin | 2003 | West |
| Pelsmajer, Michael | 2002 | West |
| Ramamurthi, Radhika (Deceased) | 2001 | West |
| Jiang, Tao | 2000 | West |
| Axenovich, Maria | 1999 | Füredi |
| Chen, Ya-Chen | 1999 | Füredi |
| Kundgen, Andre | 1999 | Füredi |
| Mubayi, Dhruv | 1998 | West |
| Hartman, Chris | 1997 | West |
| Chappell, Glenn | 1996 | West |
| Chang, Yi-Wu | 1994 | West |
| Malouf, Janice | 1994 | Füredi |
| Chung, Myung S. | 1993 | West |
| Lin, In-Jen | 1993 | West |
| Will, Todd G. | 1993 | West |
| George, John | 1991 | Weichsel |
| Snevily, Hunter (Deceased) | 1991 | West |
| Kezdy, Andre E. | 1990 | West |
| Sanders, Robin S. | 1990 | Weichsel |
| Kratzke, Thomas M. | 1988 | West |
| Weaver, Margaret L. | 1988 | West |
| Sportsman, J. Scott | 1987 | Weichsel |
| Beezer, Robert A. | 1984 | Weichsel |
History of Visitors
Long-Term Visitors
- Neil Fan (Sichuan U), 8-17-8-18
- Alexander Woo (U. Idaho), 8-17-12-17
- Robert Jamison (Clemson U), 1/11-6/11
- Seog-Jin Kim (Konkuk U, South Korea), 1/10-1/11
- Arash Rafiey (Simon Fraser U.), 8/08-10/08
- Oleg Borodin (Novosibirsk), 1/05-5/05
- Peter Hamburger (IU-PU Fort Wayne), 8/03-5/04
- Dmitry Fon-Der-Flaass (Novosibirsk), 1/03-5/03
- Vitaly Voloshin (Moldova), 2/02-5/02
- Nikolai Kuzjurin (Russian Academy of Science, Moscow), 8/01-12/01
- Dmitry Fon-Der-Flaass (Novosibirsk), 8/00-5/01
- Jian Shen (Queen’s U., U So. Texas), 1/00-6/00
- Yoshiyasu Ishigami (Tokyo), 8/99-3/01
- Vitaly Voloshin (Moldova), 2/98-8/98
- James Haglund, 8/95-5/97
- Joseph Zaks (Israel), 1/96-5/96
- Xiaoyun Lu, 8/92-8/94
- Gyula Katona (Hungarian Academy, Budapest), 1/93-5/93
- Malay Sen (North Bengal U, India), 8/88-7/89
Postdoctoral Faculty
- Avery St. Dizier (Cornell), 8/20-5/23
- Sean English (Western Michigan U), 8/19-5/22
- Reuven Hodges (Northeastern), 8/19-5/21
- Misha Lavrov (Carnegie Mellon U) 8/17-5/20
- Laura Escobar (Cornell), 8/15-5/18
- Alexander Miller (Minnesota), 8/14-5/17
- Theodore Molla (Arizona State U), 8/13-5/17
- Benjamin Wyser (Georgia), 8/12-5/17
- Bernard Lidicky (Charles U) 8/11-5/14
- Li Li (Stony Brook), 8/07-5/10
- Sujith Vijay (Rutgers), 8/07-5/10
- Stephen Hartke (Rutgers), 8/04-5/07
- Jozef Skokan (Emory), 8/00-5/03
- Tibor Szabo (Ohio St.), 8/97-5/00