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Jan van den Brand is an Assistant Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) specializing in theoretical computer science. He completed his PhD at KTH Stockholm under the supervision of Danupon Nanongkai. His PhD thesis received the EATCS Distinguished Dissertation Award and the SMC Prize for Excellent Doctoral Dissertation. He also holds a Master of Science in Mathematics and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Goethe University Frankfurt, where he was advised by Amin Coja-Oghlan and Rudolf Mester, respectively. Additionally, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the same institution. His research interests encompass the design and theoretical analysis of efficient algorithms and data structures, specifically focusing on dynamic algorithms for maintaining properties of dynamically changing graphs and optimization algorithms to solve iterative sequences of smaller subproblems.
Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, GA
Teaching and conducting research on theoretical computer science and algorithms.
Max Planck Institute for Informatics •
Conducted research in computer science.
Simons Institute & UC Berkeley •
Researched algorithms and data structures.
Department of Computer Science: GRE scores are optional for Fall 2026.