John Joseph Light

Degree Program:
PhD, Mathematical Sciences

Education:
PhD, Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University, 2009
MA, Mathematics, Western Michigan University, 2005
BS, Mathematics with Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996

Areas of Study:
Graph Theory, Combinatorics

Professional Activities:
Graduate Instructor of Record, August 2005 present.

Graduate Mentor, REU in Computational Number Theory and Combinatorics, Summer 2008.

Outstanding Graduate Instructor awards: Department of Mathematical Sciences (2007, 2008), College of Engineering and Science (2008), Clemson University (2008).

Selected Publications:

• On a Problem of Eric Mendelsohn on Edge-Intersections of Graphs. Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing. Congressus Numerantium 181 (2006), 165-172.
• Chromatic Spectrum of 2-Matching Decompositions of K_5,n. Proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing. Congressus Numerantium 191 (2008), 185-191.
• Efficient Cross Comparison Graphs. Proceedings of the Fortieth Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing. (submitted for publication)

Related Web Sites:
Department of Mathematical Sciences.