People

Duties and Specialties

• Neutrino experiment
• Data analysis
• Simulations

Experience

• 2013-Present: Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science
• 2008-2013: Invited professor, Sejong University
• 2003-208: Researcher, Seoul National University
• 2003 Ph.D. The Graduate University for Advanced Studies

Duties and Specialties

• Short-Baseline neutrino oscillation Experiment (SBL)
• Detector design and development
• Computing for data analysis
• Organic liquid scintillator development

Experience

• 2013-Present: Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science
• 2012-2013: research associate, Sejong University
• 2009-2011: research associate, Seoul National University
• 2006-2009: Post doctoral researcher, Seoul National University
• 2006 Ph.D. Sungkyunkwan University

Duties 

• Purification, crystal growth and characterization for rare-decay experiments (COSINE and AMoRE)
• Ultra-low background measurement (High Purity Germanium detector, Alpha counter, Radon detector)
• Short base-line neutrino experiment (NEOS-I/II)
• Silicon detector R&D (SiPM, PIN Photo-Diode, Avalanche Photo-Diode)

Specialties

• Crystal detectors (CsI(Tl) at BELLE and KIMS, NaI(Tl) at COSINE, Molybdate at AMoRE )
• Sampling calorimeter (CREAM at ballon and space station)
• Nuclear and particle detectors in collider, Antarctica balloon, and space station experiments
• Elementary particle physics (Tau lepton/B-meson)
• Astroparticle physics (Cosmic ray physics)

Experience

• 2019-present: Associate Professor, IBS UST (University of Science and Technology)
• 2014-present: Research Fellow, IBS, Daejeon
• 2000-2014: Research Associate / Assistant Research Scientist, University of Maryland, MD, USA
• 1994-2000: Joshu (Research Associate) / Monbusho Foreign Scientist, KEK, Japan
• 1993-1994: Postdoctoral Research Associate (Korea-Japan Researchers’ Friendship Fellow, KOSEF), Seoul National University
• 1992-1993: Postdoctoral Associate, Rutgers University, NJ, USA
• 1992: Ph.D. Korea University
• 1982-1984: Korean Army service (Sergeant)

Duties and Specialties

• Double beta decay searches
• Dark matter searches 
• Background control and radiopurity screening 

Experience

• 2014-Present: Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science
• 2010-2014: Assitant professor, University of seoul 
• 2009 : Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of Maryland 
• 2004-2008: Post doctoral research Scientist, University of Alabama 
• 2004  Ph.D. University of North carolina at Chapel at chapel Hill, NC