Jacob Fox

Jacob Fox is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Stanford University. His research areas include Combinatorics and Probability. He is based in Building 380, 383-K, and can be contacted via email at jacobfox@stanford.edu or by telephone at (650) 736-6988. Fox also serves as the Director of the Mathematics Research Center. His profile page lists his research interests as Combinatorics and Probability, and he advises students such as Carl Schildkraut and Shengtong Zhang.

Jacob Fox is a researcher in combinatorics, with a focus on Ramsey theory, extremal graph theory, and related areas. His work includes significant contributions to graph Ramsey theory, graph removal lemmas, and the study of hypergraph Ramsey numbers. Fox has explored problems such as Sidorenko’s conjecture, Zarankiewicz's problem, and the Erdős–Hajnal conjecture, often employing techniques from combinatorics, probability, and geometry. His research also addresses topics like induced Ramsey-type theorems, string graphs, and the structure of tournaments. His publications highlight the interplay between combinatorial structures and their extremal properties, advancing the understanding of Ramsey-type problems and their applications.