Principal Researcher, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
Associate Professor, Korea University of Science and Technology
Press Release & Media Coverages (Selective)
2024 NCU-Delta Young Astronomer Lectureship Award
- I am honored to receive the NCU-Delta Young Astronomer Lectureship Award
- Press release in Korean from KASI: Award
- Press release in Vietnamese from Vnexpress: Award
News on 'Oumuamua and Planet 9)
- The identity of `Oumuamua (1I/2017 U1,`Oumuamua) has been overturned once again., KASI Press Release, Sept 14, 2023
- No Hydrogen Ice for 'Oumuamua, Selection from 2020, AAS Nova (Dec 29, 2020)
- Mystery of Interstellar Visitor-'Oumuamua Gets Trickier, Scientific American (August 19, 2020)
- Scientists Determine 'Oumuamua Isn't Made From Molecular Hydrogen Ice After All, CfA Harvard, Press Release (August 17, 2020)
- Is There a Black Hole in Our Backyard?, New York Times (Sept 11, 2020)
- If "Planet Nine" is a primordial black hole, could we detect it with a fleet of tiny spacecraft?, Physicsworld (May 19th, 2020)
- Here is Why We Should Laser-Launch 100 Spacecraft To The Edge Of The Solar System, Forbes News (May 7th, 2020)
New Dust Destruction Mechanism (Nature Astronomy)
- Unraveling the secrets of space dust, KASI Press Release, August 05, 2029
Discovery of a new mechanism to destroy dust grains in strong radiation fields, Nature Astronomy News, May 6th, 2019
- Discovery of a New Mechanism to destroy cosmic dust in strong radiation fields (in Korean), DongA Science, May 6th, 2019
- Chemistry on Rotating Grain Surface: Ro-thermal desorption of molecules from ice mantles, Astrobiology, June 2019
- Co che moi pha huy bui bang buc xa manh (Vietnamese), Tiasang, May 27th, 2019
Relativistic-speed Spacecraft
- Unraveling the clue that makes space travel possible, KASI Press Release, March 14, 2017
- If "Planet Nine" is a primordial black hole, could we detect it with a fleet of tiny spacecraft?, Physicsworld, May 19th, 2020
- Here is Why We Should Laser-Launch 100 Spacecraft To The Edge Of The Solar System, Forbes News, May 7th, 2020
- Shields up, Mr. Sulu! Cruising at 20% speed of light has some inherent risks , Universe Today, August 25th, 2016
- Could Spacecraft Make it to Proxima Centauri? , Sky and Telescope,August 25th, 2016
- How we could see the near 'Earth-like' planet up close?, PopSci, August 25th, 2016
- The crazy quest to send spaceships to an Earth-like planet at Alpha Centauri, CBC News, September 1, 2016
Search for Life in the Universe
Physics of Dust Grain Alignment