Jun-Muk Hwang
Born1963
Seoul, South Korea
Alma materSeoul National University
Harvard University
AwardsNational Scientist of the Republic of Korea (2010), Ho-Am Prize in Science (2009), Korea Science Award (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsAlgebraic geometry, complex differential geometry, complex analysis
InstitutionsInstitute for Basic Science, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul National University, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, University of Notre Dame
ThesisGlobal Nondeformability of the Complex Hyperquadric (1993)
Doctoral advisorYum-Tong Siu
Korean name
Hangul
황준묵
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHwang Jun-muk
McCune–ReischauerHwang Chun-muk
WebsiteCenter for Complex Geometry

Jun-Muk Hwang (Korean: 황준묵; born 27 October 1963) is a South Korean mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry and complex differential geometry.[1]

Personal life

Hwang is the eldest son of gayageum musician Hwang Byungki and novelist Han Malsook.[2]

Education and career

Hwang studied physics at Seoul National University for his bachelors before studying physics at Harvard University. In 1993, he completed his PhD under the direction of Yum-Tong Siu with thesis Global nondeformability of the complex hyper quadric.[3][4] In the following years he held positions at the University of Notre Dame, the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, and Seoul National University. Since 1999, he was a professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study.[1] He was in 2006 an invited speaker with talk Rigidity of rational homogeneous spaces at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Madrid[5] and in 2014 a plenary speaker with talk Mori geometry meets Cartan geometry: Varieties of minimal rational tangents at the ICM in Seoul.[6]

With his collaborator Ngaiming Mok, he has developed the theory of varieties of minimal rational tangents, which combines methods of algebraic geometry and differential geometry in the study of rational curves on algebraic varieties. He has applied this theory to settle a number of problems on algebraic varieties covered by rational curves.[1]

In 2020, he was the founding director of the Center for Complex Geometry at the Institute for Basic Science.[7] In 2023, he was selected to be on the committee for the Abel Prize.[8][9]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hwang, Jun-Muk / School of Mathematics". Korea Institute for Advanced Study. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  2. ^ 임아영 [Im A-yeong] (15 November 2014). "[우리시대의멘토]국악인 황병기". Kyunghyang Shinmun. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  3. ^ Jun-Muk Hwang at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ Global nondeformability of the complex hyperquadric. ACM Digital Library (phd). Association for Computing Machinery. 1993. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Rigidity of rational homogeneous spaces" (PDF). International Congress of Mathematicians, Madrid, 2006. Vol. II. Zurich: Eur. Math. Soc. 2006. pp. 613–626.
  6. ^ Hwang, Jun-Muk (2015). "Mori geometry meets Cartan geometry: Varieties of minimal rational tangents". arXiv:1501.04720 [math.AG].
  7. ^ "IBS launches the IBS Center for Complex Geometry". Institute for Basic Science. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  8. ^ "The Abel Committee". The Abel Prize. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  9. ^ 홍아름 (22 March 2023). "'수학계 노벨상' 아벨상 수상자에 루이스 카파렐리 미국 오스틴 텍사스대 교수". Chosun Biz (in Korean). Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  10. ^ 권예슬 (27 September 2021). "황준묵 단장, '제66회 대한민국학술원상' 수상". Institute for Basic Science (in Korean). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  11. ^ 임세호 (21 April 2006). "김성훈 교수 대한민국 최고과학기술인상 선정". The Yakup (약업신문) (in Korean). Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Hwang, Jun-Muk / School of Mathematics". Korea Institute for Advanced Study. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

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