Professors

Department of Physics & Astronomy
김지훈
Kim, Ji-hoonAssociate Professor
Office : 56-511 , +82-2-880-4219

Education

  • · 2011 Ph. D., in Physics, Stanford University
  • · 2002 B. Sc., in Physics, Seoul National University

Career

  • · 2022 - present Associate Professor, Seoul National University
  • · 2018 - 2022 Assistant Professor, Seoul National University
  • · 2016 - 2017 Research Associate, Stanford University/KIPAC
  • · 2015 - 2017 NASA Einstein Fellow, Stanford University/SLAC
  • · 2014 - 2015 NASA Einstein Fellow, California Institute of Technology
  • · 2014 - 2014 Moore Fellow, California Institute of Technology
  • · 2013 - 2013 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University/KIPAC
  • · 2011 - 2013 IMPS Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Santa Cruz
  • · 2005 - 2009 William R. & Sara Hart Kimball Graduate Fellow, Stanford University

Research Interests

We study the evolution of stars, star clusters, galaxies, and supermassive black holes using various techniques in computational cosmology. Listed below are some of the recent published research topics. For more information, visit our website.

● AGORA Project: High-resolution Galaxy Simulations Comparison Initiative
● Formation of Globular Cluster Candidates in Merging Proto-galaxies
● Star-Forming Galaxies with Massive Black Hole Feedback
● Dwarf Galaxies with Star-Forming Molecular Cloud Feedback

Selected Publications in the last 5 years

  1. Lee, J., Shin, E. -J., & Kim, J. -H.* (corr. author), “Dark Matter Deficient Galaxies And Their Member Star Clusters Form Simultaneously During High-velocity Galaxy Collisions in 1.25 pc Resolution Simulations”, ApJ Letters 917 (2021) L15
  2. Roca-Fabrega, S., Kim, J. -H.* (corr. author), Hausammann, L., Nagamine, K., & 19 other co-authors for the AGORA Collaboration, “The AGORA High-resolution Galaxy Simulations Comparison Project. III: Cosmological Zoom-in Simulation of A Milky Way-mass Halo”, ApJ 917 (2021) 64
  3. Shin, E. -J., Kim, J. -H.* (corr. author), & Oh, B. K., “How Metals Are Transported In And Out Of A Galactic Disk: Dependence On The Hydrodynamic Schemes In Numerical Simulations”, ApJ 917 (2021) 12
  4. Shin, E. -J., Jung, M., Kwon, G., Kim, J. -H.* (corr. author), Lee, J., Jo, Y., & Oh, B. K., “Dark Matter Deficient Galaxies Produced Via High-velocity Galaxy Collisions in High-resolution Numerical Simulations”, ApJ 899 (2020) 25
  5. Kim, J. -H.* (corr. author), Wise, J. H., Abel, T., Jo, Y., Primack, J. R., & Hopkins, P. F., “High-redshift Galaxy Formation with Self-consistently Modeled Stars and Massive Black Holes: Stellar Feedback and Quasar Growth”, ApJ 887 (2019) 120
  6. Jo, Y., & Kim, J. -H.* (corr. author), “Machine-assisted Semi-Simulation Model (MSSM): Estimating Galactic Baryonic Properties from Their Dark Matter Using A Machine Trained on Hydrodynamic Simulations”, MNRAS 489 (2019) 3565
  7. Kim, J. -H.* (corr. author), Ma, X., Grudic, M. Y., Hopkins, P. F., Hayward, C. C., & 5 other co-authors for the FIRE Collaboration, "Formation of Globular Cluster Candidates in Merging Proto-galaxies at High Redshift: A View from the FIRE Cosmological Simulations”, MNRAS 474 (2018) 4232
  8. Kim, J. -H.* (corr. author), Agertz, O., Teyssier, R., Butler, M. J., Ceverino, D., & 38 other co-authors for the AGORA Collaboration, "The AGORA High-resolution Galaxy Simulations Comparison Project. II: Isolated Disk Test”, ApJ 833 (2016) 202