Seoyeon Yang

Seoyeon Yang 양서연

PhD candidate in Mathematics

Advisor: Allan Sly  ·  PhD expected May 2027

On the academic job market. Seeking postdoctoral positions beginning in Fall 2027.

My research is in probability, particularly stochastic dynamics and random structures, with a focus on mixing times and the cutoff phenomenon.

Before Princeton, I received my B.S. in Mathematics (summa cum laude) from Seoul National University.

Curriculum Vitae
Seoyeon Yang on Princeton’s campus

Research & papers

Much of my work concerns how geometry, interactions, and initial conditions shape the approach to equilibrium. Currently, I study Glauber dynamics for spin systems and random walks on random graphs. I am also interested in scaling limits of interacting particle systems and statistical inference for growing random networks.

Publications and preprints

  1. arXiv

  2. Cutoff for Simple Random Walk on Preferential Attachment Graphs (with Allan Sly)

    To appear on arXiv, 2026.

  3. arXiv

  4. Cutoff and Dynamical Phase Transition for the General Multi-component Ising Model (single-authored)

    Journal of Statistical Physics 190, 151 (2023).

    Journal arXiv

  5. Relaxation dynamics of SIR-flocks with random epidemic states (with Seung-Yeal Ha and Hansol Park)

    Communications on Pure and Applied Analysis 21(11), 3887–3918 (2022).

    Journal arXiv

Manuscripts

Drafts available upon request.

  1. Detecting correlation in preferential attachment trees (with Shankar Bhamidi and Miklós Z. Rácz)

Talks

Unless noted, talks are on Information Percolation and Cutoff for Potts Glauber Dynamics.

Upcoming

  • Rutgers University

    Probability Seminar

  • AMS Fall Western Sectional Meeting

    Special Session on Lattice Models of Statistical Mechanics · Arizona State University, Tempe

  • MIT

    Probability Seminar

Recent

  • University of Chicago

    Probability Seminar

  • Northwestern University

    Summer School in High-Dimensional Probability and its Applications

  • Simons Center for Geometry and Physics

    Recent Developments on Mixing Times Workshop

    Cutoff and Dynamical Phase Transition for the General Multi-component Ising Model

Beyond research

Alongside my research, I organize the Noetherian Ring, a Princeton mathematics community focused on mentorship and community-building. In 2023–2024, I also co-organized the Graduate Student Seminar and served as president of the Korean Graduate Student Association (KGSA) at Princeton. Lately, I have been enjoying traveling and playing tennis.

Contact

syeon.y@princeton.edu

Office: Fine Hall 1209
Department of Mathematics, Princeton University
Fine Hall, Washington Road · Princeton, NJ 08544-1000, USA