Ohkyung Kwon
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I am a postdoctoral scientist designing and conducting the latest Holometer research program at Fermilab, affiliated with the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago.  I was formerly a research fellow at the Institute of Natural Science at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, in an alternative national service position as a Specialized Research Personnel in the Korean army.
I received a doctorate in physics at the University of Chicago in 2015, under the tutelage of Craig J. Hogan and Stephan S. Meyer.  I attended Harvard University as a member of the Class of 2007, graduating in 2008 with high honors in physics, with Howard M. Georgi as advisor.  I am an alumnus of Seoul Science High School, where I received a gold medal in the International Physics Olympiads in 2002 (Bali, Indonesia).
I am passionate about teaching and communicating science.  At the University of Chicago, I received the Gregor Wentzel Teaching Award and the College Core Tutor Award, and ​taught and mentored students in the Physics and Math departments, the Graham School of Continuing Education, and the Chicago Academic Achievement Program.  I have personally worked with a diverse range of students.  I have volunteered on the South Side of Chicago and in oppressed minority communities in Central Asia, and I was also able to cultivate the talents of gifted high school students as a record-breaking coach for the Korean National Physics Team.
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kwon [at] uchicago.edu                         ​Fermilab, PO Box 500   •   MS 322, 9 Sauk Circle   •   Batavia IL, 60510   •   U. S. A.
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