Jineon Baek

I am a June E. Huh Fellow (an Assistant Professor) at the Korea Institue for Advanced Study (KIAS). My main interests lie in optimization problems in combinatorics and geometry, that can appeal to a general audience through simple yet intriguing statements.

I completed my Ph. D. at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, under the supervision of Michael Zieve. My thesis focused on the moving sofa problem, for which I am grateful to Dan Romik for many thoughtful discussions and feedback during the course of the research.