Karen Gunderson

Karen Gunderson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Science. Her research spans graph theory, combinatorics, random graphs, percolation, hypergraphs, and extremal combinatorics.

• Research Focus: Graph theory, combinatorics, random graphs, percolation, hypergraphs, extremal combinatorics
• Academic Role: Associate Professor, Acting Associate Head Graduate
• Contact: Karen.Gunderson@umanitoba.ca, karen.gunderson@umanitoba.ca

Her work includes bootstrap percolation, random geometric graphs, and extremal hypergraph problems, with applications in network modeling and probabilistic combinatorics. Recent publications focus on adversarial burning densities, Erdos-Ko-Rado robustness, and Turán numbers in switching contexts.

Academic Leadership: Co-organizer of the University of Manitoba Combinatorics Seminar and key organizer for the 2023 CanaDAM conference and Movement & Symmetry in Graphs retreat.