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
David Keating (RTG postdoc, 2024-2027)
Peter Bradshaw (RTG postdoc, 2023-2026)
Ian Cavey (Doob postdoc, 2023-2026)
Abhishek Dhawan (RTG postdoc, 2024-2027)
Andrew Hardt (RTG postdoc, 2023-2026)
Michael Wigal (RTG postdoc, 2023-2026)
Current Graduate Students in Combinatorics
| Name | Year Entered | Advisor | Email Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duy Phan | 2024 | Yong | duyphan2@illinois.edu |
| Jaewon Min | 2023 | Yong | jaewonm2@illinois.edu |
| Abigail Price | 2022 | Yong | price29@illinois.edu |
| Ada Stelzer | 2021 | Yong | astelzer@illinois.edu |
| Ce Chen | 2020 | Balogh | cechen4@illinois.edu |
| Araujo, Igor | 2019 | Balogh | igoraa2@illinois.edu |
| Garcia, Ramon | 2019 | Balogh | rig2@illinois.edu |
Past Graduates (with year and Ph.D. advisor)
- 1980s: 4 students
- 1990s: 15 students
- 2000s: 18 students
- 2010s: 43 students
- 2020s: 16 students
| Name | Year Graduated | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Kang, Wonwoo | 2025 | Kedem |
| Vu, Trung | 2025 | Di Francesco |
| Luo, Haoran | 2025 | Balogh |
| Xu, Jingwei | 2025 | Kostochka |
| Gao, Shiliang | 2024 | Yong |
| Kreuger, Bob | 2024 | Balogh |
| McCourt, Grace | 2024 | Kostochka |
| Nahvi, Mina | 2024 | Kostochka |
| Orelowitz, Gidon | 2023 | Yong |
| Roy, Souktik | 2023 | Balogh |
| Clemen, Felix | 2022 | Balogh |
| Linz, William | 2022 | Balogh |
| Robichaux, Colleen | 2022 | Yong |
| 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
- Ilkyoo Choi (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) 1/24-12/24
- 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
- Elizabeth Kelley (Minnesota) 08/21-08/24
- Ethan White (UBC) 08/23-06/24
- Leticia Mattos (IMPA), 01/23-12/23
- 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