RESEARCH INTEREST

Algebraic Geometry  :  Birational Geometry, variations of Minimal Model Program, Positivity of divisors, Okounkov bodies, etc.

EMPLOYMENT

• 2019 Mar- : Associate professor
  2022 Sep - 2024 Aug : Adjunct professor (겸임교수) at POSTECH, graduate school of AI
  2016 Mar-2019 Feb :  Assistant Professor (주임교수 2017 Mar-2019 Feb),
  Department of Mathematics, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

• 2015 May - 2016 Feb : IBS Fellow (tenure-track),
  Institute for Basic Science, Center for Geometry and Physics, Pohang, Republic of Korea

• 2013 Jul - 2015 Apr : Research Fellow,
  Institute for Basic Science, Center for Geometry and Physics, Pohang, Republic of Korea

• 2011 Jul - 2013 Jun : Collegiate assistant professor,
  POSTECH, Pohang, Republic of Korea

• 2008 Jul - 2011 Jun : Visiting Assistant Professor,
  University of California at Riverside, USA

EDUCATION

• 2003 - 2008:  Ph.D. Mathematics (advisor: Vyachelav V. Shokurov), 
  Johns Hopkins University, USA

• 1996 - 2003:  B.S., Magna Cum Laude, Mathematics, 
  Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

 (Jul 20, 1998 - Sep 19, 2000: mandatory military service)

STUDENTS  (as of Feb 2025)
Donghyeon Kim (Ph.D,  2025 Aug expected)
Minsok Seo (Ph.D)
Ei Thu Thu Kyaw (Ph.D)
Kyoungmin Yoo (Ph.D)
Youngwoo Kim (MS)

ALUMNI:
(Ph.D)
Sungwook Jang (Feb 2024, Yonsei Univ→IBS CCG)
Dae-Won Lee (Feb 2023, Ewha Womans univ)

(MS)
김주안(2025년2월,석사)
조일형(2023년2월,박사수료)
양희준(2021년8월,석사)
이흥섭(2018년8월,석사)
강동호(2017년8월,석사)

See CV for more information, which is almost never up to date.

RESEARCH PAPERS

1. Okounkov bodies associated to abundant divisors and Iitaka fibrations (with J. Park and J. Won), accepted in Documenta Mathematica

2. ACC of plc thresholds  (with S. Jang),  Manuscripta Mathematica, Volume 174, pages 491–503, (2024)

3. On Subadditivity of Okounkov bodies for algebraic fiber spaces (with J. Park), Int Math Res Notices.  Volume 2023, Issue 24, 2023, Pages 21781–21802

4. On a generalized Batyrev's cone conjecture (with Y. Gongyo), Math.Z.  300, 1319–1334 (2022) 

5. Local numerical equivalences and Okounkov bodies in higher dimensions (with J. Park, J. Won), Michigan Math. J. 71(2): 347-372 (May 2022). 

6. A product formula for volumes of divisors via Okounkov bodies (with SJ. Jung, J. Park and J.Won), Int Math Res Notices. 2019 no. 22, 7118-7137 .

7. Okounkov bodies associated to pseudoeffective divisors (with Y. Hyun, J. Park and J. Won), J. London Math. Soc. (2) 98 (2018), 170-195.

8. Asymptotic base loci via Okounkov bodies (with Y. Hyun, J. Park, and J. Won), Adv. Math. 323 (2018), 784-810.

9. Okounkov bodies associated to pseudoeffective divisors II (with J. Park and J. Won), Taiwanese J. Math. 21 (2017), 602-620.

10. Okounkov bodies and Zariski decompositions on surfaces (with J. Park and J. Won), Bull. Korean. Math. Soc. 54 (2017), 1677-1697.

11. Potentially non-klt locus and its applications (with J. Park), Math. Ann. (2016) 366: 141-166 (See also arXiv for updates.)

12. Factorization of anticanonical maps of Fano type varieties (with D. Hwang, J. Park), Int Math Res Notices. (2015) 2015 (20): 10118-10142.

13. Geography of log models via asymptotic base loci, Int. J. Math, 25, 1450089 (2014)

14. On partially ample adjoint divisors,  J. Pure Appl. Algebra 218 (2014), no. 7, 1171-1178.

15. On partially ample divisors, Math. Nachr, 287, No. 14-15, 1632-1641 (2014)

16. Duality of the cones of divisors and curves, Math. Res. Lett. vol 19 (2012), no 2, 403-416

17. On the dual of the mobile cone, Math. Z. Volume 272, Issue 1 (2012), 87-100

18. Geography of log models : theory and applications (with V.V Shokurov), Cent. Eur. J. Math. 9 (2011), no. 3, 489-534

• Geography of log models and applications, Thesis, Johns Hopkins University, 2008

PREPRINTS

• Comparing numerical dimensions again (with J. Park), arXiv, submitted

• Adjoint asymptotic multiplier ideal sheaves (with S. Jang and D. Kim), arXiv, submitted

• On existence of bounded relative-global complements for Fano fibrations (with C. Zhou), arXiv, submitted

• Plc pairs with good asymptotic base loci (with S.Jang, D.Lee), submitted

BOOK/TRANSLATION

• 안톤의 선형대수 (Contemprorary Linear Algebra by Howard Anton , Robert C. Busby) 번역 - 최성락, 고형준 외 7인  (텍스트북스, 2025년2월출판) 

• 현대대수학 (A First Course in Abstract Algebra by John B. Fraleigh , Neal E. Brand) 번역 - 김연수,유명준,유화종, 최성락 번역 (Pearson Education Asia, 2024년1월 출판)

• 플립러닝을 위한 대수학 - 환, 체 그리고 갈루아 이론편,  원준영 , 박유진 , 박진형 , 송은정 , 정기룡 , 최성락 , 홍규식 지음 (경문사, 2021년10월 출판)
  ISBN: 9791160734690

• 대수곡선론-오기소 케이지 지음, 최성락 옮김, (경문사,2021년 9월 출판)  ISBN: 9791160734812, 연세대학교 선정 2021년도 우수저역서   (독후감, 후기, 코멘트 환영합니다.)
  代数曲線論（小木曽啓示）の 韓国語版

OTHER WRITINGS

• 필즈메달 수상자, 코처 비르카 소개  in Horizon (webzine published by KIAS)

• LearnUs 기초수학 대중강의 소개

This is the list of conferences/workshop that I may attend or have attended.

(*=speaker, #=organizer)

2025

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• 2025 Summer Research Institute in Algebraic Geometry, Colorado, USA,  July 14 ~ Aug 1

• China Southeastern Algebraic Geometry Symposium VIII, SUSTECH, China, June 9-13 *

• AG Seminar, Beijing University, China, April 10 *

• Yonsei Workshop on Birational Geometry, Seoul, March 30 #

• 2025 Pohang Workshop on Birational Geometry, Pohang, IBS-CGP, March 24-28 *

• SNU Seminar, Feb 27 *

• SWAG16, Ewha Womans University, Feb 17 #

• Conference - Affine Geometry and Birational Geometry, Feb 10-14, Gyeongpo *

• Workshop on Fano spherical varieties - 2025, Feb 3-7, Yonsei University #

2024

• Workshop on Algebraic Geomtry, Dec 26-28, Pusan

• Conference on Recent Progress in Algebraic Geometry (aka YNL60), Nov 4-8, 2024 #

• IBS-CGP Reunion, October 21-23, 2024 *

• Summer Mini-School on AG, IBS-CGP, Aug 20-23 *

• SWAG15, Sogang Universitry, Jul 12 #

• AG seminar, IBS-CCG, May 23 *

• Workshop on Algebraic Geometry in Busan, May 14 - 16

• Nepal Mathematics Society, Talk Series, May 11 *

• IBS-CGP, AG Seminar, April 23 *

• SWAG14, Jan 29, Yonsei University #

• Conference on Singularities and Birational Geometry,  Yonsei University, SEOUL, KOREA, 17-19 & 22-26 JAN #

• 2023 대수기하 심포지엄, 1월 3-5일, 부산

2023

• Birational Geometry and Algebraic Dynamics, Tokyo, Japan, Nov 27-Dec 1

• Algebraic Geometry in East Asia, Nov 6-10*

• Fano varieties, their Geometry and Moduli, KIAS, Oct 30-Nov 3

• KMS Conference, OCT 26-28, SNU #

• A Journey through Algebraic and Complex Geometry, 부여, Sep 11-15 (a.k.a Hwang 60)

• Intensive Lectures on Algebraic Geometry, 8월 15일 (화) - 8월 18일 (금) in 강릉*

• SWAG 13, Jul 3, 이화여대#

• BRL AG Seminar, May 24, online*

• Workshop on Moduli, K-stability, Fano varieties, and related topics, IBS-CCG, May 15 - 19

• AG Seminar, University of Tokyo, April 21*

• AG Seminar, IBS-CGP, February 24*

• Korea-Japan Conference in Algebraic Geometry, IBS-CCG, February 13 - 17

2022

• SWAG12, Dec 15#

• Colloquium SNU, Dec 1*

• IBS Center for Geometry and Physics 10th Anniversary Conference, Oct 4-6*

• 2022 담양 대수기하-위상수학 여름학교, 7월 17-21일*

• SWAG11, Yonsei University, June 10#

• Algebraic Geometry Seminar, IBS-CCG, May 31*

• Colloquium, Korea University, May 20*

• Colloquium, Sungkyunkwan University, May 12*

• KIAS AG Seminar, Jan 28*

2021

• 2021 대수기하 심포지엄 -ONLINE, 12월20일#

• SWAG10, Dec 10#

• ZAG (Zoom AG Seminar) - Nov 23*

• Complex Geometry Seminar, IBS-CCG, Aug 19*

• SWAG9, July 1#

• Colloquium, Korea university, May 14*

• BK21 2021-1 기하학 수요집회#

• AG Seminar, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, CAS ,Chinese Academy of Science, Feb 25*

• Advances in Algebraic Geometry, Yonsei University, Feb 24#

2020

• 2020 Symposium in Algebraic Geometry 대수기하심포지엄 (ONLINE), Dec 21-22# 

• SWAG8, Sogang (ZOOM ONLINE), Dec 4#

• Colloquium, KAIST, Nov 26*

• Steklov Institute, May 18-22, Moscow (Cancelled)*

• Higher Dimensional Algebraic Geometry-in honor of Prof. Shokurov's 70th Birthday, Johns Hopkins University, Mar 16-22

• Small Workshop on AG (feat JSJ), Feb 24-25, Sogang University#

 2019

• ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY IN AUCKLAND, Dec 16-20, 2019, Auckland, New Zealand

• SWAG7, Dec 13, Ehwa Womans Univ#

• BIRATIONAL GEOMETRY, KAHLER-EINSTEIN METRICS AND DEGENERATIONS in Pohang, IBS-CGP, Nov 18-22*

• ShanghaiTech-Yonsei Mathematics Conference, Nov 15-16*

• KMS Fall meeting, Nov 25-27, Hongik University

• SWAG6, June 21, Yonsei University#

• Algebraic Geometry International Conference, June 3-7, 2019, KIAS#

• 第2回大阪高次元代數多樣體論, 5月27-28日 (日本語で講演)*

• Colloquium, Sogang University, May 2, 2019*

• KMS Spring meeting, April 19-20, 2019, Kangwon National University*

• Birational Geometry, Kahler-Einstein metrics and Degeneration, April 8-13, Moscow, Russia

• AG Seminar, Feb 26, 2019, IBS-CGP, Pohang*

• AG Seminar, Feb 8, 2019, KIAS*  

2018

• Colloquium, Pusan National University, Nov 30, 2018, Pusan*

• 2018 Fall Program of Moduli Spaces and Varieties, Sept. 10 - Nov. 23, 2018, Shanghai, China

• ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY IN EAST ASIA, 23-26 Oct , 2018, Hanoi, Vietnam

• Joint Meeting of the Korean Mathematical Society and the German Mathematical Society, Coex, Seoul, Korea, October 3-6, 2018*

• SSAG-VII at Ewha Womans University, Sep 7, 2018#

• Летняя математическая школа <<Алгебра и геометрия>>, Jaroslavl, Russia, July 23-31, 2018*

• "Positivity", Yonsei Univeristy (SINCHON campus), June 4-8, 2018# (Group Photo)

• Algebraic Geometry in Gunsan, May 27-30, 2018*

• SWAG4, Ewha Womans Univ, April 27, 2018#

• AG Seminar, KAIST, Apr 10, 2018*

• Colloquium, POSTECH, Apr 6, 2018*

• Young Algebraic Geometer Workshop at Kyungpook Univ, Apr 4-6,2018

• SSAG VI, Konkuk Univ, Mar 30, 2018

• Higher dimensional algebraic geometry, Tokyo Univ, Mar 12-16, 2018

• Frontiers of Algebraic Surfaces, IBS-CGP Feb 26-Mar 2, 2018*

• Winter School on K-stability, Haeundae, Jan 15-18, 2018

• Korea-Italy Algebraic Geometry Conference, KIAS, Jan 8-12, 2018*

2017

• The Shokurovs: Workshop for Birationalists, IBS, Pohang, Dec 18-22, 2017*#

• Pohang Math Workshop in Jeonju, Dec 7-9, 2017#

• Colloquium, Inha University, Nov 29, 2017*

• Colloquium, POSTECH, Nov 24, 2017* (cancelled)

• SWAG3, Yonsei University, Nov 9-10, 2017#

• Stability, Boundedness and Fano Varieties, Beijing, Aug 28-Sep 1, 2017*

• Colloquium, Mathematics Department, Incheon National University, May 22, 2017*

• SSAG-4, NIMS 판교 스타트업캠퍼스, May 12, 2017#

• NCTS Workshop on Singularities, Linear Systems, and Fano Varieties, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, April 13-16, 2017

• Algebraic Geometry Conference(a.k.a Keum 60), Haeundae, Mar 28-Apr 1, 2017*

• SSAG-3, 서울대학교, Mar 10, 2017#

• SWAG2 - Geometry and Topology, 연세대학교, 2017년 2월 27-28일#

• Research visit, Tokyo University, Feb 19-24, 2017

2016

• Symposium in Algebraic Geometry,해운대, Dec 26-27, 2016*

• IBS workshop, 해운대, Nov 24-27, 2016*

• Int'l Conference for the 70th anniversary of KMS, SNU, Oct 20-23, 2016*

• Workshop on Convexity in Algebraic Geometry, Fields Institute, Oct 2-7, 2016

• SSAG 싹-하나 (Seoul Seminar on Algebraic Geometry), 연세대학교, 2016년 9월 30일-10월 1일*#

• Second French-Korean Conference in Mathematics Institut de Mathématiques IMB, Bordeaux, July 4-12, 2016*

• Algebraic Geometry seminar, Seoul National University, Jun 15, 2016*

• Colloquium, Yonsei University, Mathematics department, Jun 9, 2016*

AG seminar archive at Yonsei (~2020)

RESOURCES ON ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY

• Mathscinet (교외접속시)

• arXiv (AG recent)

• Upcoming conferences in AG (maintained by Dr.Ravi Vakil)

YONSEI LIFE

• Yonsei University

• Calendar - 학사일정

• Yonsei portal

• 연세대 공식 블로그

MISCELLANEOUS

• My A-match record