Dear AKPA colleagues,

 

I am pleased to announce that the 2019 OYRA will be given to two outstanding Korean physicists.

 

l  Professor Hyowon Park at University of Illinois at Chicago who has made major breakthroughs in theoretical understanding of strongly correlated system using dynamic mean field theory. This is a problem that has been considered too difficult to solve numerically and his impressive publication record reflects his productivity in this area.

l  Dr. Young Jin Kim at Los Alamos National Lab, who has built highly sensitive, state-of-the-art detectors such as SQUID, nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR), and atomic magnetometers for fundamental and applied sciences. 

 

 

 

The award ceremony will take place at the following two events.

 

l  Sunday, March 3: the 2019 Joint KPS-AKPA Symposium at Harvard University (see the symposium program at https://physics.uchicago.edu/2019-KPS-AKPA-timetable)

l  Tuesday, March 5: the APS FIP (Forum of International Physics) Reception at 6pm at the Boston Convention Center. AKPA is co-sponsoring this reception.

 

Please join me in congratulating Professor Hyowon Park and Dr. Young Jin Kim for their outstanding achievements. 

 

Best regards,

Young-Kee

 

 Sponsored by AKPA and Korean Physical Society

 

 

 

 

 

Solicitation for Nominees

 

In order to recognize and promote excellence in research by outstanding young ethnic Korean Physicist in North America, the Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) has been awarded annually since 1994 by the Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA). The list of previous recipients is available on the AKPA website http://www.akpa.org/

 

Eligibility Requirements

 

o   Candidates are limited to ethnic Korean Physicists who are working at research universities/institutions or industrial/government laboratories in North America.

o   Candidates' most recent PhD must have been awarded on or after January 1, 2010. The award committee may make exceptions for candidates who were awarded their PhD prior to January 1, 2010 if their careers were disrupted due to military service, extended medical leave, maternity leave, child-rearing, etc.

 

Nomination

 

A Nomination Letter that details the importance and impact of the candidate's work and discuss their qualifications, initiative, and research. (Deadline: December 1, 2018)

 

Supporting Documents (Deadline: December 15, 2018)

 

o    Candidate's curriculum vitae including a list of the candidate's scientific publications

o    Representative publications by the candidate 

o    Two letters of recommendation from other researchers in support of the candidate's nomination 

 

Submission Instruction

 

o    All documents must be sent electronically in PDF format to the AKPA OYRA Committee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject line “OYRA 2019 for <Candidate’s Last name, First name>” by the dates given below:

ü   Nomination Letter: December 1, 2018, 11:59 pm EST

ü   Supporting Document: December 15, 2018, 11:59 pm EST

 

Selection

 

Nominations are reviewed and candidates selected by the Award committee. Award winner(s) are selected on the basis of their scientific excellence and potential to become leaders in the scientific community through their contributions to the field. The winner(s) will be announced in January 2019 at https://www.akpa.org/.

 

Award Presentation

 

The award of $1,500 with a plaque will be presented at the AKPA annual meeting, which will be held in conjunction with an American Physical Society Meeting in the spring. The exact location of the annual meeting and time will be announced later.

 

The Award Committee

 

o    Prof. Jiwoong Park (University of Chicago), Chair

o    Prof. Kwang-Je Kim (Argonne National Lab and University of Chicago)

o    Prof. Harold Kim (Georgia Tech)

o    Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji (NC State)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Dear AKPA colleagues,

 

I am pleased to inform you that KPS (Korean Physical Society) and AKPA will host a Joint Symposium from 1pm to 8pm on Sunday, March 4, 2018 in LA (https://indico.cern.ch/event/690003/), prior to the APS March Meeting. This is to support young ethnic Korean physicists in Korea and North America. It will provide an opportunity for postdocs and students who will attend the APS March Meeting to present their work to the KPS-AKPA community and for the community to understand current concerns and needs of young Korean scientists in this global and rapidly changing society. We will also have an opportunity to congratulate and celebrate the 50th anniversary of Journal of the KPS.

 

If you plan to attend the APS March Meeting, I really hope that you will be able to participate in this Symposium. You can register at https://indico.cern.ch/event/690003/. There is no fee for registration. Symposium dinner will be provided.  

If you would like to give a talk (this could be the talk that you will be giving at the APS March Meeting), please send one of the organizing team members email. 

 

The organizing team consists of

  • Takhee Lee, Seoul National University
  • SangMin Lee, Seoul National University
  • Young-Kee Kim, the University of Chicago
  • Kyungseon Joo from the University of Connecticut

 

I look forward to seeing many of you at this Symposium.

I wish you and your family a healthy, fulfilling and joyful New Year.

 

Young-Kee Kim

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear Fellow AKPA members,

 

It is my great honor to serve as the 32nd President of AKPA.  Since its creation 38 years ago, AKPA has served the Korean physics community and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the 31 previous administrations.  The many outstanding Korean physicists who led this Association carried out volunteer activities with passion and a wonderful spirit of community service.  Together with the 32nd administration officers and committee members, I will endeavor to continue this tradition.  

AKPA’s activities need to reflect that physics is global and that the world around us is constantly evolving. Building on the previous efforts of the AKPA and KPS administrations, we will continue to strengthen our ties to KEK and APS.  APS has recently launched a Task Force on Expanding International Engagement. As part of this effort, they are reaching out to international partners in order to understand the different perspectives on shared interests and challenges.  Addressing such concerns in partnership with APS can provide an opportunity to strengthen our connections to them as well as to other sister physics societies.

Supporting young scientists has been always a high priority for AKPA. Their concerns and needs evolve in this global and rapidly changing society. I will put effort to understand better their current issues and needs.

In order to serve all of you better, we need to have your input. So, please let us know what we can do for you!

 

I look forward to working with all of you,

Young-Kee Kim 

The 32nd President of AKPA

 

 

 

 

SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Department of Physics and Astronomy



A Tenure-track Faculty Position

Department of Physics at Seoul National University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of condensed-matter physics experiment (transition metal oxides). 


This position is open for all nationalities and candidates for this position must have Ph.D. in physics or a closely related field. The successful candidate is expected to enhance our undergraduate and graduate programs in teaching and supervising students in the area of condensed matter physics. And he/she should build an independent vibrant research program in close collaboration with other faculty members, especially those at IBS center for Correlated Electron Systems (http://cces-ibs.snu.ac.kr/home/eng/). 

 

The application period is between April 6 (Wed.) and April 20 (Wed.), 17:00 (Korean time), 2016. For more details application process, please visit Seoul National University webpage at http://professor.snu.ac.kr .

 

Kookrin Char
Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Seoul National University
Seoul 151-747 KOREA

 

 

 

 

  • You are here:  
  • Home