Young-Heon Kim (Preferred)
Young-Heon Kim
Pronouns: he/him
Full Professor, Mathematics, University of British Columbia
- Joined September 2025
Names
Emails
****@math.ubc.ca (Confirmed)
Personal Links
Career & Education History
Full Professor
Mathematics, University of British Columbia (ubc.ca)
2018 – Present
Associate Professor
Mathematics, University of British Columbia (ubc.ca)
2013 – 2018
Assistant Professor
Mathematics, University of British Columbia (ubc.ca)
2008 – 2013
Researcher
Mathematics, Institue for Advanced Study, Princeton (ias.edu)
2008 – 2009
Postdoc
Mathematics, University of Toronto (utoronto.ca)
2005 – 2008
PhD student
Mathematics, Northwestern University (northwestern.edu)
2000 – 2005
PhD student
Mathematics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (kaist.ac.kr)
1996 – 1997
MS student
Mathematics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (kaist.ac.kr)
1994 – 1996
Undergrad student
Mathematics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (postech.ac.kr)
1990 – 1994
Advisors, Relations & Conflicts
Coauthor
Sunhi Choi
2024 – Present
Coauthor
Kyeongsik Nam
2023 – Present
Coworker
Mathav Murugan
2019 – Present
Coauthor
Seung-Yeol Ha
2016 – Present
Coauthor
Brendan Pass
2015 – Present
Coauthor
Raymond Chu
2024 – 2025
Postdoc Advisee
Andrew Warren
2023 – 2025
PhD Advisee
Forest Kobayashi
2020 – 2025
Postdoc Advisee
Aaron Zeff Palmer
2017 – 2021
PhD Advisee
Malcolm Bowles
2014 – 2020
PhD Advisee
Tongseok Lim
2011 – 2016
Postdoc Advisee
Emil Wiedemann
2012 – 2014
Postdoc Advisor
Robert J. McCann
2006 – 2008
Postdoc Advisor
Adrian Nachman
2006 – 2008
Expertise
Optimal transport
Present