Education

Ph.D., Stony Brook University (2012)

Thesis : Theory of nuclear matter of neutron stars and core collapsing supernovae

Advisors: Prof. James M. Lattimer

BA., Seoul National University (2003)

Academic Career

Yonsei University : Feb 2023 - current (Assistant Professor)

Ewha Womans University : Mar 2021  - Jan 2023 (Assistant Professor)

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik and Technische Universität Darmstadt : June 2019 - Feb 2021

Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University : July 2016 – May 2019

RISP/IBS : Sep 2013 – July 2016

Daegu University : Sep 2012 – Aug 2013

Representative Papers

• L. Xayavong and Y. Lim, iption of Nucleon- Nucleus Scattering with Quantified Uncertainties", 

"Constraining theoretical corrections to Gamow-Teller transition rates", 

Phys. Rev. C 111, 015501 (2025). 

• Yeunhwan Lim and Achim Schwenk,

"Symmetry energy and neutron star properties constrained by chiral effective field theory calculations", 

Phys. Rev. C 109, 035801 (2024).  arXiv:2307.04063

• T. Whitehead, Y. Lim, and J.W. Holt, 

"Global Microscopic Description of Nucleon- Nucleus Scattering with Quantified Uncertainties", 

Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 182502 (2021).  

• Yeunhwan Lim and Jeremy W. Holt, 

"Proton pairing in neutron stars from chiral effective field theory", 

Phys. Rev. C 103, 025807 (2021).

• Yeunhwan Lim, Jeremy W. Holt, and Robert J. Stahulak, 

"Predicting the moment of in- ertia of pulsar J0737-3039A from Bayesian modeling of the

nuclear equation of

state", 

Phys. Rev. C 100, 035802 (2019).  arXiv:1810.10992

• Yeunhwan Lim and Jeremy W. Holt, 

"Neutron star tidal deformabilities constrained by nuclear theory and experiment", 

Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 062701 (2018). arXiv:1803.02803

• Yeunhwan Lim,Chang-Ho Hyun,and Chang-Hwan Lee, 

"Nuclear Equation of State and Neutron Star Cooling", 

Int. J. Mod. Phys. E, 26, 1750015 (2017).  arXiv:1501.04397 

• James. M. Lattimer and Yeunhwan Lim, 

"Constraining the Symmetry Parameters of the Nuclear Interaction", 

The Astrophysical Journal 771, 51 (2013).  arXiv:1203.4286