Kim Jihn-eui
| Kim Jihn-eui | |
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| Born |
30 July 1946 Gurye, Jeollanam-do, Korea. |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Seoul National University |
| Alma mater |
Kyunggi High School Seoul National University University of Rochester |
| Known for | Invisible axion Strong CP Invariance Cosmological Gravitino |
| Notable awards |
Ho-Am Prize (1992) Humboldt Prize (2001) |
| Kim Jihn-eui | |
| Hangul | 김진의 |
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| Revised Romanization | Gim Jin-eui |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chinŭi |
Kim Jihn-eui (born July 30, 1946) is a South Korean theoretical physicist. His research interests concentrate on particle physics and cosmology and has many contributions to the field, most notably the suggestion of the invisible axion.
Kim was born in Gurye, Jeollanam-do, Korea in 1946. He graduated from Kyunggi High School and earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Seoul National University in 1971. He earned his Ph.D in particle physics from University of Rochester in 1975. He became a research associate at Brown University from 1975 to 1977 and worked as a research investigator at University of Pennsylvania to 1980. Then he was appointed to assistant professor of Seoul National University in 1980 and had been there until retirement in 2011. Afterwards he took a position at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in Gwangju. Currently he is distinguished professor and eminent scholar at Kyung Hee University.
He was also a professor in School of Physics at Korea Institute for Advanced Study from 1998 to 1999 and held many inviting positions from other institutions including CERN, University of Michigan, Harvard University and University of Bonn.
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