Contact Information

email : sjoo at ima.umn.edu
office : 358 Lind Hall
phone : (612)626-0563
Mailing address:

Institute for Mathematics and its Applications
400 Lind Hall
207 Church St. SE.
Minneapolis,MN 55455
USA

Teaching

• Information for Math 2243 class

Education

• Ph.D. Mathematics, Purdue University, 2004 (Advisor: Daniel Phillips)
• M.S. Mathematics, Ewha W. University, 1996
• B.S. Mathematics, Ewha W. University, 1994

Research Interests

• Nonlinear partial differential equations
• Liquid crystals
• Superconductivity

Publication

• The continuum theory for chiral smectic C liquid crystals, preprint. (with M.C.Calderer)
• The phase transitions from chiral nematic toward smectic liquid crystals, accepted to CMP. (with D. Phillips)
• The phase transition between chiral nematic and smectic C* liquid crystals, PhD thesis.