재미한인물리학자협회

The inaugural KOREA NIGHT took place on March 6th at Hyatt Regency Minneapolis during the APS March Meeting 2024, where Korean physicists gathered to connect and collaborate with their colleagues. Welcoming remarks were given by Harold Kim (President of the Association of Korean Physicists in America, AKPA), Suklyun Hong (President of the Korean Physical Society, KPS), and Young-Kee Kim (President of the American Physical Society, APS).

Dear Colleagues,

The Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA) is pleased to invite nominations for the 2024 Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA). OYRA was established in 1994 to recognize and promote excellence in research by ethnic Korean physicists in their early careers. Nominees are limited to physicists who are working at universities, research institutions, or industrial or government laboratories in North America. 

The deadline for the nomination letter and supporting documents is March 31, 2024.

More details of the announcement can be found at https://www.akpa.org/oyra-award and in the attached flyer. Please help share the information with your colleagues and encourage them to nominate excellent candidates. If you have any questions, please contact oyra2024@akpa.org.

Best regards,

Harold Kim

President, AKPA

Dear AKPA members:

We are pleased to announce that the 2023 AKPA Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) will be awarded to   

Junyeong Ahn (Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University)

"for elucidating the optical responses of quantum materials in terms of geometry and topology,"

and

Na Hyun Jo (Assistant Professor, University of Michigan)

"for pioneering experimental studies of quantum materials under strain using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) "  

This award is jointly sponsored by the Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA) and the Korean Physical Society (KPS).

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Junyeong Ahn and Dr. Na Hyun Jo for their outstanding achievements! 

Harold Kim

Chair of OYRA Committee

Professor of Physics  

Georgia Institute of Technology

The 2023 AKPA-KPS Symposium will be held via ZOOM.  The 2023 Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) will be presented in the beginning of the event, and the presentations by the winners and the others will follow.  

AKPA-KPS Symposium

8:00 – 10:30 pm, May 14 (Sun), 2023 in EST

9:00 – 11:30 am, May 15 (Mon), 2023, in KST

Dear colleagues,

The Association of Korean Physicists in America (AKPA) invites you to submit nominations for the 2023 Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA). The OYRA was established in 1994 to recognize and promote excellence in research by ethnic Korean physicists in their early career. Nominees are limited to physicists who are working at research universities/institutions or industrial/government laboratories in North America.  

We would like to inform you that the nomination deadlines for the 2023 OYRA Award will be extended:

- The deadline for the nomination letter is January 31.

- The deadline for the letters of support is February 15.

Although we anticipate that the nominee’s advisor or colleague will prepare the nomination letter on behalf of the nominee, we are open to self-nomination. The details of the announcement can be found at https://www.akpa.org/oyra-award and in the attached flyer.  Please help share the information with your colleagues and encourage them to nominate excellent candidates.  If you have any questions, please contact oyra2023@akpa.org.

Best regards,

Yoonseok Lee

President, AKPA