Heeyeon Kim
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, KAIST
Mathematical Physics and Quantum Field Theory Group
Email: heeyeon.kim at kaist.ac.kr
Phone: +82-42-350-2511
Address: 5304, E6-2, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea
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Academic Career
2026. 03 - present : Associate Professor, Department of Physics, KAIST
2022. 11 - 2026.02 : Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, KAIST
2020. 12 - 2022.10 : Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
2019. 09 - 2020. 12 : Titchmarsh Research Fellow, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
2019. 09 - 2020. 12 : Junior Research Fellow, Wadham College, University of Oxford
2017. 09 - 2019. 08 : Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
2014. 09 - 2017. 08 : Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Education
2009. 03 - 2014. 08 : Ph.D. in Physics, Department of Physics, Seoul National University
2005. 02 - 2009. 02 : B.S. in Physics, Department of Physics, Seoul National University
Research Interests
My research focuses on studying the mathematical structures of Quantum Field Theory (QFT). In particular, I am interested in various aspects of Topological QFTs, Supersymmetric QFTs, and Conformal Field Theories from String/M-theory with an emphasis on their geometric and algebraic structures.
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Recognitions
Baekcheon Physics Prize, Korean Physics Society, April 2025
Posco Science Fellowship, Posco TJ Park Foundation, 2025
Outstanding Teaching Award, KAIST, May 2024
Titchmarsh Research Fellowship, University of Oxford, Sep 2019- Aug 2022
Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Aug 2014
Global Ph.D. Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea, Mar 2011-Feb 2014
Presidential Scholarship, Mar 2005-Feb 2009
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