재미한인물리학자협회

Dear AKPA members:

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 AKPA Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) will be awarded to 

Dr. Monica Jinwoo Kang (Center of Particle Cosmology Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania)

for her prolific and creative research contributions to string theory, quantum field theory, and mathematical physics as well as for providing excellent mentorship to younger generations of physicists.

and

Dr. Youngjun Ahn (Materials Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory)

for his outstanding contributions to the study of the light-matter interaction in a wide range of quantum materials, utilizing ultrafast x-ray and optical techniques.

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. Kang and Dr. Ahn for their outstanding achievements! 

Harold Kim

President, AKPA

Professor of Physics  

Georgia Institute of Technology

Dear AKPA members:

We are pleased to announce that the 2024 AKPA Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) will be awarded to 

Dr. Brian S. Y. Kim (Assistant Professor, University of Arizona)

for his exceptional research at the intersection of condensed matter physics and nanotechnology, specifically for his significant contribution to the design and construction of complex heterostructures.

and

Dr. Isaiah Jinhyuk Lim (Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Florida)

for his outstanding research contributions in the field of high-pressure and low-temperature experimental physics, notably his exploration of alternative routes for inducing superconductivity, among other endeavors.

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. Brian Kim and Dr. Jinhyuk Lim for their outstanding achievements! 

Harold Kim

President, AKPA

Professor of Physics  

Georgia Institute of Technology

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

The US-Korea Conference (UKC 2022) was held in Washington DC, August 18 – 20, 2022.  As a part of the program, AKPA organized the Physics Symposium with three oral sessions covering a wide range of topics: (1) Physics under extreme conditions, (2) Astrophysics, and (3) AKPA and Other Topics. More than 20 Physicists, from US and Korea and from graduate students to senior faculty members, participated and made stimulating presentations followed by many questions and discussions. The UKC 2022 and the Physics Symposium provided an excellent opportunity to establish and strengthen the professional network among the Korean physicists in US and from Korea through the scientific interactions, the networking dinner, and the banquet.