David Offner

David Offner is an Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. His research focuses on combinatorics, particularly in packing and decomposition problems, polychromatic coloring problems, and pursuit-evasion games on graphs. Offner is actively involved in mentoring undergraduate researchers and has contributed to several preprint and published works in combinatorics. His work includes studies on hypercubes, polychromatic colorings, and cop-win graphs. Offner's research is accessible to undergraduates, and he is committed to fostering student engagement in mathematical research.