(Incoming) Assistant Professor, UCLA Department of Physics & Astronomy
Experience
- Adjunct Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology (2023-Present)
- Junior Research Group Leader, Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (2022-Present)
- Post-Doc (Alternative Military Service), Pohang Accelerator Laboratory (2020-2022)
Education
- PhD, Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology (2017–2020)
- MSc, Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology (2014–2017)
- BSc, Physics (First Class Honours), Imperial College London (2011–2014)
Selected Honors and Awards
- Korean Physical Society, Young Plasma Physicist Award (2025)
- Outstanding Young Scientist Grant, NRF of Korea: 1,158M KRW (2025–2030)
- Junior Research Group Grant, APCTP: 500M KRW (2022–2027)
- Under-30 Scientist and Student Award, AAPPS (2022)
- POSCO TJ Park Foundation Science Fellowship: 70M KRW (2022–2024)
- POSTECH PIURI Post-Doctoral Fellowship: 75M KRW (2021–2023)
Selected Invited Talks
- APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA (2024)
- International Particle Accelerator Conference, Venice, Italy (2023)
- International Congress on Plasma Physics Gyeongju, South Korea (2023)
- APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference (2020)
- APS Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, USA (2017)
Professional Service
- Career Mentoring Fellow, American Physical Society (2022–present)
- Program Committee Chair, International Fusion and Plasma Conference, Korea (2025)
- Program Committee, International Fusion and Plasma Conference, Seoul (2024)
- Ad-hoc reviewer for Nature Communications, Physics of Plasmas, Journal of Plasma Physics, Nuclear Fusion, Geophysical Research Letters, The Astrophysical Journal, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, and Physica Scripta
Contact
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