Songling Shan, PhD

Songling Shan, PhD

  • Associate Professor
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • Education

    • PhD Georgia State University 2015

    • MS East China Normal University 2011

    • BS Northwest Normal University 2008

    Professional Experience

    2023–present Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Auburn University
    2018–2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Illinois State University
    2015–2018 Non-tenure-track Assistant Professor (Postdoc), Department of Mathematics, Vanderbilt University

    Grants

    2025–2028 NSF Grant DMS-2451895
    2025–2026 PI of NSF Conference Grant DMS-2509739
    2022–2025 NSF Grant DMS-2345869 (DMS-2153938)
    2022–2023 PI of NSF Conference Grant DMS-2231600
    2021 Illinois State University Pre-tenure Faculty Initiative Grant
    2019 NSF-AWM Mentoring Travel Grant
    2019 Illinois State University New Faculty Initiative Grant
    2017–2018 Co-PI of NSF Conference Grant DMS-1707486

    Selected Publications

    • On the Multigraph Overfull Conjecture (with Michael J. Plantholt). J. Graph Theory, 109 (2025), no. 2, 226–236.
    • A construction of a 3/2-tough plane triangulation with no 2-factor. J. Graph Theory, 109 (2025), no. 1, 5–18.
    • The core conjecture of Hilton and Zhao (with Yan Cao, Guantao Chen, and Guangming Jing). J. Combin. Theory Ser. B, 166 (2024), 154–182.
    • Chromatic index of dense quasirandom graphs. J. Combin. Theory Ser. B, 157 (2022), 429–450.
    • Overfullness of critical class 2 graphs with a small core degree (with Yan Cao and Guantao Chen). J. Combin. Theory Ser. B, 156 (2022), 145–173.
    • Antimagic orientation of graphs with minimum degree at least 33. J. Graph Theory, 98 (2021), no. 4, 676–690.
    • Vizing’s 2-factor conjecture involving large maximum degree (with Guantao Chen). J. Graph Theory, 86 (2017), no. 4, 422–438.
    • Homeomorphically irreducible spanning trees (with Guantao Chen). J. Combin. Theory Ser. B, 103 (2013), no. 4, 409–414.