Eun-Suk Seo

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]

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
Born1971
Alma materLouisiana State University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Maryland, College Park
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeo Eunsuk
McCune–ReischauerSŏ Ŭnsuk

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 co-investigator on international astrophysical collaborations including the Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, and Balloon-borne Experiment with Superconducting Spectrometer, and has been principal investigator on 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]

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

Seo 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.[6] In 2010 she 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".[7]

References
  1. Eun-Suk Seo: Professor of Physics and IPST, University of Maryland Institute for Physical Science and Technology, retrieved 2020-08-20
  2. Seo, Eun-Suk, Professor, University of Maryland Physics, retrieved 2020-08-20
  3. "Eun-Suk Seo", Physics Tree, retrieved 2020-08-20
  4. "Univ. of Md. professor prepares to send project to International Space Station", The Diamondback, 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. "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
  7. APS Fellows Nominated by DAP: 2010, APS Division of Astrophysics, retrieved 2020-08-20

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