Most of you have chosen our department at CBNU because you must be scientifically interested in our Universe. Astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, and space science are a field of study to require a broad range of knowledge of fundamental physics and also an integrated scientific approach. In particular, in astrophysics, it is important to learn fundamental physics steadily and patiently such as mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, fluid mechanics, quantum mechanics, and special relativity and general relativity.
The black hole astrophysics group of our department aims to study high-energy phenomena and relativistic transients around astrophysical black holes through computational hydrodynamic modeling and theoretical/analytical approaches. I have been served as a scientific editor of the Journal of Korean Astronomical Society (JKAS [1]) since 2018. I have also been a member of the Center for High Energy Astrophysics (CHEA [2]), Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) since 2020.
Our group members are currently composed of two undergraduate students, a graduate student, and two postdoctoral researchers. One of the two posdocs is also affiliated with UNIST. Our research collaborators are actively working in many different countries: Korea, USA, Russia, England, China, Germany, India, Netherlands, Israel, Australia, and Japan. While our mentoring program is flexible for a master course student, it is more specialized toward being a scientific researcher for a Ph.D. candidate. The students who are strongly interested in theoretical physics and global/international communication are most welcome in our group.
[1] http://jkas.kas.org/sub/sub1_3.html
[2] http://sirius.unist.ac.kr/SRC-CHEA/people.html