Research Interests
- Star formation, Young Stellar Objects, Protoplanetary disk evolution
- Transitional disks, Planet formation
- Gas and Dust componets and evolution in ISM and disks
About Kyoung Hee
Kyoung Hee received her B.A. in Science Education from Kongju
National University in 1997 and B.A. in Physics from Korea University
at 1999. She had majored in high energy physics and contributed to
construct RPC(Resistive Plate Chambers) for the CMS(Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment
at the LHC/CERN until she started her Ph.D progarm at the department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of
Rochester at 2003.
She always wants to find an orgin of life and the worlds. So,
she joined in Astronomy/Astrophysics group at the University of
Rochester to find the answer from the Universe instead of from the
elemetary particles in labaratories on the Earth.
She has been working to reduce and analyze IRS data from
Spitzer as a member of IRS_Disks team under her advisor Prof. Dan M.
Watson since 2004 summer.
Right now, she indulges in the protoplanetary disks in Orion A
star-forming region, especially transitional disks.