Research Fellowships

We are hiring up to 3 research fellows: 2-year + possible 3-year extension.

Successful candidates for research fellowship positions will be Ph.D.’s (or will obtain Ph.D. before starting date) with outstanding research potential in all fields of discrete mathematics with emphasis on extremal and probabilistic combinatorics, graph theory, discrete geometry, Ramsey theory and additive number theory.

This is a purely research position and will have no teaching duties.


Deadline: December 8, 2023, 18:00 KST

Eligibility: Ph.D. in mathematics or related fields (or will obtain Ph.D. before starting date)

Starting date: May 1, 2024 (flexible).

Salary: 59,000,000 KRW.

Related group at IBS: Discrete Mathematics Group (DIMAG), led by Prof. Sang-il Oum.

Informal inquiries can be sent to hongliu@ibs.re.kr. Inquiries about recruitment process can be sent to ecopro@ibs.re.kr

How to apply: submit items 1-4 to ecopro@ibs.re.kr. Recommendation letters should be sent to ecopro@ibs.re.kr directly from the letter writers.

  1. AMS standard cover sheet (preferred) or cover letter (PDF)
  2. Curriculum vitae including a publication list (PDF)
  3. Research statement (PDF)
  4. Consent to Provide Personal Information(Please convert to pdf)
  5. At least 3 recommendation letters

IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group
기초과학연구원 수리및계산과학연구단 극단 조합 및 확률 그룹
대전 유성구 엑스포로 55 (우) 34126
IBS Extremal Combinatorics and Probability Group (ECOPRO)
Institute for Basic Science (IBS)
55 Expo-ro Yuseong-gu Daejeon 34126 South Korea
E-mail: ecopro@ibs.re.kr, Fax: +82-42-878-9209
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