Center for Relativistic Laser Science

- Detector Construction / Software Development / Data Analysis / MC Simulation for NEOS

■ Experience

2012-Present : Unified Master's and Doctor's Course at Sejong University

- Data Analysis for KIMS

■ Experience

2013-Present : Doctor's Degree Course at Sejong University

- Training Student

■ Experience

2014-Present : Doctor's Degree Course at Sejong University

■ Duties and Specialties

- Research Student

■ Experience

2013-Present: MSc-Doctoral Joint honour, Seoul National University

2010-2012 BSc. Mathematics and Physics, University College London

■ Education

2004-2008 B.S. Department of Physics Education, Ewha Womans University

2012- Ph.D Student. Department of Nuclear Physics, Ewha Womans University

■ Duties and Specialties

- Double beta decay experiment (AMoRE)

- Dark matter search (KIMS)

- Rare Process Search

- Crystal Scintillator development

■ Experiene

2004 - Present: Assistant, associate and full Professor, Kyungpook National University

2000 – 2004 : Research Professor, Yonsei University.

1997 -- 2000 : Visiting Assistant Professor, Seoul National University. 

1989 -- 1997 : Postdoctoral & Senior Researcher, Assistant Professor-Research, Louisiana State University

1989 Ph.D. Korea University

■ Duties and Specialties

CUP activities: KIMS, AMoRE, HPGe Array

Research Interest: Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics, Experimental Nuclear Physics,

Dark Matter Search, Medical Nuclear Physics, Science Education

■ Experience

1999~present Ewha Womans University Professor

1998 University of Houston Research Professor

1996-1997 RIKEN RIKEN Fellow

1993-1995 Caltech Research Fellow

1992 Yale University Ph.D.

Ki Yong Kim received the Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA, in 2003. Then he worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow. In 2008, he returned to the University of Maryland as an Assistant Professor and became a Full Professor in 2020 with the Department of Physics and the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP). In 2021, he joined Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) as Professor in the Department of Physics and Photon Science and Associate Director at the Center for Relativistic Laser Science (CoReLS), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Korea. He is the author or co-author of more than 200 research papers and conference proceedings. His current research interests include intense laser-matter interaction; ultrafast optical, terahertz, and X-ray spectroscopy; laser-driven charged particle acceleration; and high-energy-density laboratory plasma physics. He is the recipient of the Marshall Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award presented by the American Physical Society (APS) in 2004; Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance Award by Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2007; both National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Energy (DOE) Early Career Awards.

■ Duties and Specialties

- Data analysis of double beta decay experiment using HPGe detector

- Data analysis for radioactive amount of samples using HPGe detector

- Research Center for Underground Experiment , YangYang laboratory operations and management

- Data analysis of high energy for CsI detector and NaI detector

- Muon data analysis and DAQ upgrade

■ Experience

2013-Present : Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science

2012-2013 : Research Fellow, Seoul National University

2012 : Ph.D. Sejong University

■ Duties and Specialties

- Experimental high energy physics

- Detector design and development

- Construction of infra for experiment

■ Experience

2013-Present: Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science

2013-2013: Research professor, Kyungpook National University

2011-2012: Research professor, Pusan National University

2007-2010: Research professor, Chonnam National University

1998-2006: Research professor, Gyeongsang National University

1996-1997: Post Doc., Beijing IHEP

1994: Ph.D., Chungnam National University

■ Duties and Specialties

- FADC electronics

- DAQ Software

■ Experience

2013-Present: Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science

2011-2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

2007-2011: Postdoctoral Researcher, Kyungpook National University

2007 Ph.D. Sungkyunkwan University

■ Duties and Specialties

- Experimental Nuclear physics, Dark Matter research

- Radio-Active Calibration source R&D for XMASS

- Optical Calibration system and Photomultiplier efficiency upgrade R&D for KIMS-NaI

- Management of NaI(Tl) crystal and related materials for KIMS-NaI

■ Experience

2013-Present: Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science

2012-2013: Principal Researcher, Sejong University

2009-2010: Postdoctoral Researcher, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

2009 Ph.D. Chung-Ang University

■ Duties and Specialties

- Electric Electronic Circuit Design& Making, Experiment equipment Repair

- Electric Electronic Circuit Making, Experiment equipment Repair

- MCU Development

- Power supply Development

- Pos system Maintenance

■ Experience

2013-Present: Techinician ,Institute for Basic Science

2003-2013: Electrical Engineer, Seoul National University

2002-2003: Development ID SYSTEM Co., Ltd.

2000-2002: Development, SUNJIN Electronic Co., Ltd.

1990-1997: Technical, KISC Co., Ltd.

■ Duties and Specialties

- Low temperature detector field

- Design and development

- Data analysis

- Refrigerator operation and maintenance

■ Experience

2016 ~ Lawrence Livemore National Laboratory

2013 ~ 2016 Researcher, Institute for Basic Science

2011 ~ 2013 Student researcher, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science

2010~ Ph.D. course, Seoul National University

■ Duties and Specialties

- Neutrino physics

- Photo-nuclear Reactions in the Continuum Random Phase Approximation

- Calculation of Cross Sections Using Direct Capture Mechanism

- Nuclear Structures and Nucleon Interactions Based on the Soft-rotator Model

- Experiments for Thermal Neutron Capture Cross Sections

-Nuclear Structure and Decay Data Evaluation

■ Experience

- Ph. D. from Sungkyunkwan University

- Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Postdoctoral Researcher

- Ewha Womans University, Research Professor

- Sejong University, Research Professor

- Present: Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science

■ Duties and Specialties

- Experimental High Energy Physics

- Cryostat design

- Gas Detector Development

■ Experience

2013-Present: Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science

2010-2013: BK Professor, Seoul National University

2006-2010: Postdoc fellow, University of Hawaii, USA

2004-2006: Postdoc, University of science and Technology of China

2004 Ph.D University of science and Technology of China

■ Duties and Specialties

- Development of Cryogenic detector

- Scintillation detectors

- Neutrinoless double beta decay search 

- Dark matter search

■ Experience

2017-Present : SD School of Mines & Technology

2013-2017: Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science

2013 Ph.D. Kyungpook National University

■ Duties and Specialties

- Detector development for high resolution spectroscopies

- Fabrication and characterization of superconducting sensors and detectors

- Design and calculation of high resolution metallic magnetic calorimeters

- Operation of fabrication facility

■ Experience

2017-present : Research Fellow, IBS

2013-2017: Researcher, Institute for Basic Science

2011-2012: Researcher, Korea Advanced Nano Fab Center

2010-2011: Researcher, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute

2007-2010: Researcher, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science

2007 M.Sc. Chonbuk National University

■ Duties and Specialties

Background and double beta decay research of CaMoO4 crystal with 4-pi detector

■ Experience

2012-Present: Master Course, Kyungpook National University

■ Duties and Specialties

- MC Simulations for AMoRE

■ Experience

2012-Present : Master Student at Kyungpook National University

■ Duties and Specialties

- Chemical purification of materials for neutrinoless double beta decay experiment

■ Experience

2013-Present: Master student at Kyungpook national University

■ Duties and Specialties

- Crystal growth using Czochralski and Bridgman technique

- Measurement of scintillation properties and room and low temperature

■ Experience

2011-Present: Master and Doctoral combined degree student,

Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea

■ Duties and Specialties

- Chemical purification of materials for neutrino less double beta decay experiment.

■ Experience

2014- Present master student at Kyungpook National University

- MC Simulations for KIMS

■ Experience

2012-Present : Unified Master's and Doctor's Course at Sejong University

■ Duties and Specialities
Dark matter research with scintillation detectors

■ Experience
2013. M.S. Seoul National University

■ Duties and Specialties

- Low temperature detector R&D for AMoRE and KIMS-LT

- Simulations

- Data analysis

■ Experience

November 2014-Present : Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science.

2011-2014 : CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut de Physique Nucleaire d'Orsay, Orsay, France.

2007-2010 : FWO Postdoctoral Fellow, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

2007 : Ph.D. University of Paris Sud (Paris 11), Orsay, France.

■ Duties and Specialties 

- Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay and Dark Matter searches

- HPGe detector development

- Simulations and Analysis

- Low Temperature measurements

- Material Selection

■ Experience

2017-Present : Max Planck Institute 

2014-2017: Research Fellow, Institute for Basic Science

2014 Ph.D. Universita` degli Studi di Milano Bicocca

■ Duties and Specialties

- Analysis of Neutrino Oscillation
- Development of ultra-sensitive radon detector

■ Experience

- 2017 - Present : KEK

- 2015 - 2017  : Research Fellow, IBS
- 2012 - 2015      : Postdoc, Korea Neutrino Research Center (KNRC)
- 2012                : Ph.D, Seoul National University, Korea

■ Duties and Specialties 

- Development of a dark matter detector using low-temperature detectors

- Radon scrubber

■ Experience 

2015-present : Research Fellow, IBS
2012-2014 : Visiting Scholar, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2011 Ph.D. : Case Western Reserve University