Martin Balko

Martin Balko is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague. He previously held postdoctoral positions at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (2017–2018) and the Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics (2016–2017). His research focuses on graph theory, classical combinatorics, Ramsey theory, and combinatorial geometry.

His recent work explores topics such as Ramsey numbers of ordered graphs and hypergraphs, geometric graph representations, and extremal problems in discrete geometry. He has contributed to advancements in probabilistic methods for random point sets and combinatorial characterizations of graph drawings.

• Best paper award at the 23rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing & Network Visualization (GD 2015)

He teaches courses including Algorithmic Game Theory and Geometric Seminar, emphasizing computational geometry and combinatorics. He is actively involved in supervising student presentations and mentoring in discrete mathematics.