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 (Korean오용근) 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.

  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.