1. Eun-Suk Seo AKPA President University of Maryland
Association of Korean Physicists in America
Eun-Suk Seo
AKPA President
University of Maryland

2. History Established in 1979
: Nowhan Kwak, Retired from U of Kansas
: Young Soo Oh, Retired from Penn State
: Tong Nyung Lee, Retired from POSTECH
: Saeyoung Ahn, Retired from NRL
: Ja Hyun Lee, Retired from NASA
: Yanglai Cho, ANL
: Yung Keun Lee, Retired from Johns Hopkins
: Kyungsik Kang, Brown University, deceased
: Yoon-Soo Park, Retired from ONR
: Yung Kee Yeo, Air Force Institute of Technology
: Won Yong Lee, Retired from Columbia Univ.
: Jin Joo Song, UC San Diego
: Ki-Hyon Kim, North Carolina Central University
: Zang-Hee Cho, UC Irvine
: Moo Young Han, Duke University
: Sungkwun Lyo, Sandia National Lab
: William Tong-Il Chu, LBNL (retired)
: Kwangje Kim, University of Chicago
: Kong Ki Min, Retired from RPI
: Quiesup Kim, Retired from JPL
: Yeong Ell Kim, Purdue University
: Ho Jung Paik, University of Maryland (retired)
: Chung-Wook Kim, Retired from both JHU and KIAS
: Tail Bai, Stanford
: Yong Wook Kim, Lehigh University
: Chueng-Ryong Ji, North Carolina State University
: Suk Koo Yun, deceased
: Eun-Suk Seo, University of Maryland
: Hyo Gun Kim, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
: Jaehoon Yu, University of Texas at Arlington
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3. 29th AKPA Administration Organization Chart
Preceding President
(Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji,
NC State Univ.)
Vice President
(Prof. Jaehoon Yu,
Univ. of Texas, Arlington)
General Secretary
(Prof. Yoonseok Lee,
Univ. of Florida)
Auditor
Web Management Secretary Publication Secretary
Membership Secretary E-Link Secretary Treasury Secretary
Award Committee
Publicity and Editorial Committee
Web Management Committee E-link Committee Election Committee Nomination Committee Task Force for International Cooperation Task Force for National Competition
President (Prof. Eun-Suk Seo)
More details at
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4. Mission & Vision
To serve the community to promote continued advancement in physics and related areas, and to promote close networking of Korean physicists.
Technical Excellence
US-Korea Cooperation
Professional Networking
Career Development
Community Service
협회는 물리학에 관한 학술의 발전 장려 및 회원 상호간의 긴밀한 유대를 도모함을 목적으로 한다.
한국 물리학계와 연락 및 협조.
북미주(미국, Canada포함) 물리 학회와의 연락 및 협조.
물리학에 관한 정보 교환 및 협조.
한국계 재미물리학자의 권익 옹호.
기타 협회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업.
협회의 사업연도는 매년 5월 1일부터 다음해 4월 30일까지로 한다.
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5. Activities and Programs
Recognize and promote excellence in research
Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Publish Newsletters regularly
Promote and facilitate Korean Physicist Symposia at specialized conferences, e.g.,
American Physical Society (APS) division meetings, American Geophysical Union (AGU), American Astronomical Society (AAS) meetings, etc.
Organize various regional activities, e.g., public lectures for local Korean-American communities
Collaborate with other Korean-American and Korean organizations, such as Korean Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) and Korean Physical Society (KPS)
Collaborate with American Physical Society, e.g., Forum on International Physics
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6. Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA)
AKPA recognizes outstanding young researchers early on in their careers through the OYRA.
Awarded every year to one or two outstanding young (< 5 yr after Ph.D.) Korean physicists in North America since 1994.
in a rigorous selection process
$1,500 cash award
Many OYRA awardees play important roles in Korea and the United States.
Two winners of OYRA 2012 will be selected in January 2012.
The Korean Physical Society (KPS) will sponsor one of the two awards.
Year 
Recipients
Current Affiliation
Area
2011
 Jong-kyu Park
Princeton 
 Plasma Physics
Cheol-Hwan Park
MIT 
Material Science 
2010
Ian Woo Kim
U. of Wisconsin
Particle physics
2009
Kyoungchul Kong
Fermi Nat. Lab.
2007
Tuson Park
LANL
Condensed Matter
2006
Nam Jung Hur
Inha U
2005
Inseok Song
Caltech
Astrophysics
2004
Sang-Ho Kim
LG Chemical
2003
Hwang Lee
LSU
Quantum Computing
2002
Philip Kim
Columbia
Superconductivity and Nanosicence
2001
Taekjip Ha
U. Illinois
Biological Physics
2000
Seung-Hun Lee
UVA
1999
Yong Baek Kim
U. of Toronto
1998
Piljin Yi
KIAS
Field theory
1997
Insu Yi
Ewha U.
1996
Kyungwon An
Seoul National U.
Optics
1995
Sebastian Seung
MIT
Computational Neuroscience
1994
Byungwoo Park
Electromaterial Physics
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7. AKPA Newsletters Newsletters help us stand closer to the community.
Newsletters play an important role in building a strong organization.
Currently published quarterly
Member News
Science and Technology News
Scholarship and Education News
2 – 3 featured research articles
Awards and opportunities
Upcoming meeting announcements
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8. Korean Physicist Symposium at the 2011 APS April Meeting
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9. Cooperation with American Physical Society
Korean Physicist Symposium was held as a Satellite meeting of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics (DPP), Salt Lake City, Utah, November 15, 2011.
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10. Cooperation with Korean Physical Society
KPS will sponsor one of the two OYRA 2012 awards.
AKPA-KPS joint workshop, “US-Korea Workshop: International Cooperation on Particle, Nuclear and Astrophysics Research,” is being organized as part of the KPS 60th Anniversary Celebration, which will be held in Daejeon, Korea, April , 2012.
AKPA to help collaboration between KPS and APS.
The APS President Bob Byer will meet the KPS President in Korea in February 2012.
A photo from the AKPA-KPS meeting of May 24, 2011: from the left, a KPS VP Prof. J. W. Wu, the AKPA President, Prof. E. S. Seo, the KPS President Prof. S. C. Shin, and the AKPA VP Prof. J. Yu.
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11. Cooperation with Korean Scientists and Engineers Association
AKPA organized a Physics (Technical Group A of KSEA) Session and a forum on Rare Isotope Beam Accelerator for the US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2011), which was held in Park City, Utah, August 10-14, 2011.
AKPA will launch the National High School Physics Contest to promote an interest in physics for high school students and to identify potential students who will be successful in physics.
As a pilot program, a set of physics problems will be prepared for two KSEA Chapters, North Texas and North Carolina, during the National Mathematics & Science Competition (NMSC 2012).
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12. 2011 – 2012 AKPA Events Event Schedule Planned Event Coordinator
Aug. 5, 2011
AKPA-KSEA Lunch Seminar, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Dr. Zaeill Kim, University of Maryland
Aug , 2011
US-Korea Conference, Park city, Utah
Prof. Jaehoon Yu, U of Texas at Arlington
Sept. 19, 2011
Space Science Seminar and membership drive, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Dr. Youngsoo Yoon, University of Maryland
Oct , 2011
Fall 2011 Korean Physical Society meeting, Korea
Prof. Chueng-Ryong Ji, NC State University
Nov , 2011
Korean Physicists Symposium at American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics (DPP) Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. Jong-Kyu Park, Princeton
Dec , 2011
Korean Physicists Symposium at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting, San Francisco, CA
Dr. Peter Yoon, University of Maryland
Jan , 2012
Korean Physicists Symposium at American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting, Seattle, WA
Dr. Jeonghee Rho, NASA Ames Res. Cntr
Jan , 2012
Symposium of Advanced Physics Topics at University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Jaehoon Yu, U of Texas at Arlington
Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, 2012
AKPA Annual Meeting & Korean Physicists Symposium at American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, MA
Prof. Jongsoo Yoon, U. of Virginia
April 21, 2012
National High School Physics Contest, North TX & NC
April , 2012
60th Anniversary of Korean Physical Society (KPS), Daejeon, Korea
August 8-12, 2012
US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2012), Los Angeles, CA
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13. AKPA Membership Lifetime Members
The number of members registered on the list is over 500.
The paid AKPA-KSEA members in 2011 increased by a factor of two compared to 2010.
Join both KSEA and AKPA by selecting “AKPA” as your Affiliated Professional Society (APS) on the KSEA web site.
Your regular membership fee is not sufficient to cover the expenses of all our activities but the number of members is an important factor for external funding.
Lifetime Members 1
Taeil Bai
SLAC   2
 Moo Young Han
Duke University  3
Ki-Hyon Kim 
N.C. Central University  4
Yong Wook Kim 
Lehigh University  5
 Nowhan Kwak
University of Kansas  6
 Ho Jung Paik
University of Maryland   7
 Yoon Soo Park
Retired  8
Youngho Seo 
UC - San Francisco  9
 Jin Joo Song
UC - San Diego 
 10
Shun Y Zinn 
Promogen, Inc.  11
 Do Hyung Lee 12
 Jaehoon Yu
UT - Arlington  13
Young-Kee Kim
Univ. of Chicago/FNAL 14
Kyungseon Joo
 University of Connecticut 15
Peter H. Yoon
 University of Maryland 16
Hwang Lee
 Louisiana State University 17
Philip Kim
Columbia University 18
Yoonseok Lee
University of Florida 19
Eun-Suk Seo
University of Maryland
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