Center for Relativistic Laser Science

Professor Yong-Hamb Kim’s research interest is in the development and applications of low temperature detectors.  Particularly, Yong-Hamb is intrigued by new physics and detector developments using micro-calorimeters. Applications include high resolution alpha and Q spectroscopies, direct detection of dark matter, and search for neutrinoless double beta decay. He is an active member of AMoRE, KIMS+, and XMASS.

■ Experience

2013 - Present: Group Leader

                                Institute of Basic Science, Center for Underground Physics

2011 - Present: Professor

                                University of Science and Technology, Nano Science               

2011 - 2012: Visiting Scientist

                                NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Astrophysics division

2005 - Present: Senior/Principal Research Scientist

                                Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science

2003 - 2005: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Brown University

2003 Ph.D. Brown University, USA

2013 – Present: International Advisory Committee of LTD conference

2012 – Present: International Advisory Committee of IWSSD workshop

2006 – Present: Steering Committee Member of the AMoRE experiment

2006 – Present: Member of Korean Physical Society

I have been interested in searching for anything beyond the standard model to understand what the Universe is. Now I am after the dark matter of the Universe by searching for axion. Then, the next after the dark matter will be the rest of the Universe.

My research interests lie in modern particle physics, focussing especially on the strong CP problem and one of its great candidate solutions, the axion.