Eun-Suk Seo

This article is about the South Korean scientist. For the South Korean politician, see Seo Eunsuk.

The native form of this personal name is Seo Eun-Suk. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Eun-Suk Seo
Born1961[1*]
Alma materLouisiana State University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland, College Park
Korean name
Hangul
서은숙
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeo Eunsuk
McCune–ReischauerSŏ Ŭnsuk

Eun-Suk Seo (Korean: 서은숙) is a Korean-American astrophysicist known for her observational research on cosmic rays. She is a professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park, where she is also affiliated with the Institute for Physical Science and Technology and heads the Cosmic Ray Physics Group.[1]

Education and career

Seo earned her doctorate in 1991 at Louisiana State University,[2][3] under the joint supervision of William Vernon Jones and John Wefel.[3] She joined the University of Maryland faculty in 1991.[2]

Research

Seo has been a been principal investigator on international astrophysical collaborations including the Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass Experiment (CREAM)[1] (both in its initial balloon-launched configuration and in its second-generation ISS-CREAM experiment sent aboard the International Space Station in 2017[4] ), and co-investigator on others such as the Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, and Balloon-borne Experiment with Superconducting Spectrometer.

In 2019, NASA attempted to replace Seo as principal investigator on ISS-CREAM, and after a majority of the project's scientists supported Seo by rejecting NASA's chosen successor as principal investigator, they discontinued the experiment.[5]

Service and Recognition

In 2010, Seo was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), after a nomination from the APS Division of Astrophysics, "for leading the development and utilization of particle detectors for balloon and space-based experiments to understand cosmic ray origin, acceleration and propagation, especially as Principal Investigator of the Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass balloon-borne experiment over Antarctica".[6] Furthermore, she has been president of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association, Korean-American Women in Science and Engineering, and Association of Korean Physicists in America.[7] She is the founding president[8] of the Korean-American AeroSpace Science and Technology Association (KASSTA)[1], and a prior U.S. representative for the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Eun-Suk Seo: Professor of Physics and IPST, University of Maryland Institute for Physical Science and Technology, retrieved 2020-08-20
  2. ^ a b Seo, Eun-Suk, Professor, University of Maryland Physics, retrieved 2020-08-20
  3. ^ a b "Eun-Suk Seo", Physics Tree, retrieved 2020-08-20
  4. ^ "Univ. of Md. professor prepares to send project to International Space Station", The Diamondback, January 1000, retrieved 2020-08-20
  5. ^ Kramer, David (June 2019), "Questions surround NASA's shutdown of an international cosmic-ray instrument", Physics Today, 72 (6): 30–32, Bibcode:2019PhT....72f..30K, doi:10.1063/pt.3.4224
  6. ^ APS Fellows Nominated by DAP: 2010, APS Division of Astrophysics, retrieved 2020-08-20
  7. ^ "Dr. Eun-Suk Seo", NSF Track Speaker Biography: Sustainable Development & The Future, US–Korea Conference 2020 – UKC 2020, Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association, retrieved 2020-08-20
  8. ^ "KSEA". www.ksea.org. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  9. ^ "Astroparticle Physics (C4)". archive.iupap.org. Retrieved 2024-06-21.

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Further reading

  1. ^ 김, 창엽 (31 October 1997). "'미국 차세대 과학자' 한국인 첫 영예…재미물리학자 서은숙박사". The JoongAng (in Korean). Retrieved 2024-06-21.