Dr. Lutz Warnke

Associate Professor

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Biography

Lutz Warnke earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Oxford in 2012. His research primarily focuses on combinatorial probability, exploring topics such as random graph processes and phase transitions. He has made significant contributions in areas including extremal combinatorics and Ramsey theory. For his work in combinatorics, he was recognized with the Dénes König Prize in 2016 and the Richard Rado Prize in 2014. Additionally, he received the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in 2018 and was awarded the NSF CAREER Award in 2020. Before joining the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Dr. Warnke served as a junior research fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge University in 2016. He then moved to Georgia Tech as an Assistant Professor before being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2021.

Research Interests

Probability Theory Combinatorial Probability

Experience

Associate Professor

2021-01-01 — Present

University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA

Promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.

Assistant Professor

— 2021-01-01

Georgia Tech •

Taught and conducted research in combinatorial probability.

Junior Research Fellow

2016-01-01 — 2016-12-31

Peterhouse, Cambridge University •

Conducted research in mathematics.

Awards

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Dénes König Prize

2016-01-01
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Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship

2018-01-01
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Richard Rado Prize

2014-01-01
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NSF CAREER Award

2020-01-01

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
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  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).