Jungyeon Cho

Assistant Research Scientist
Astronomy Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin
475 N. Charter St.
Madison, WI 53706, USA

Phone: (608) 265-6768
FAX: (608) 263-6386 cho@astro.wisc.edu
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~cho

Education

Univ. of Texas at Austin, Ph.D., astronomy, 2000

Thesis title: Structure of MHD Turbulence

Thesis advisor: Ethan T. Vishniac

(obligatory military service, 1991-1992)

Seoul National Univ., Korea, M.S., astronomy, 1991

Seoul National Univ., Korea, B.S., astronomy, 1988

Fields of Study

Numerical Astrophysics, MHD, Interstellar Medium, CMB foregrounds

Positions

Assistant scientist, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, 09/00-present

sponsor: Alex Lazarian

Visiting scientist, Center for Turbulence Research, Stanford U., 07/02 (1 month)

Visiting student, Johns Hopkins Univ., 09/98-08/00

Computing Skills

Languages: Fortran 77, Fortran 90, C, MPI

Available Codes: incompressible MHD/EMHD, compressible MHD

Awards

CO-I of Hubble theory (grant) proposal, 2003

CO-I of NSF theory (grant) proposal, 2003

PI/CO-I of several proposals for NCSA supercomputer time, 1998-2003

Korean Government Fellowship for Overseas Studies, 1993-1996

Recent Conferences

03/2003, CMB workshop, Minneapolis, Minnesota

10/2002, Mexico-Korea workshop, Ensenada, Mexico

09/2002, Patzcuaro conference on bubbles,..., Mexico (30 min. talk)

08/2002, NCAR workshop on acoustics, Boulder, CO (1 hour talk)

06/2002, Ringberg workshop on astro-plasma physics, Germany (invited talk)

06/2001, 1st Korean astrophysics workshop (invited talk)

Recent Talks

2003: U of Wisconsin U Chicago (Flash Center)
McMaster

2002: U of Wisconsin,    CTR, Stanford U. (informal)
UC Berkley,    U of Minnesota
Seoul Nat'l U. (Korea)        Korean Astron. Observatory
Kyungpook U. (Korea)       Sejong U. (Korea)
CITA                                    McMaster

Teaching Experiences

Teaching assistant (UT Austin): AST101, search for E.T. life,

astronomy and science fiction, graduate stellar atmosphere, etc.

Substitute lectures (UW-Madison): 2 undergraduate and 2 graduate courses

Additional information can be obtained from:

Ethan T. Vishniac
Professor, Physics & Astronomy Dept.
Johns Hopkins Univ.
3400 N. Charter St.
Baltimore, MD21218
ethan@pha.jhu.edu; http://tarkus.pha.jhu.edu/~ethan/ethan.html

Alex Lazarian
Assistant professor, Astronomy Dept.
Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison
475 N. Charter St.
Madison, WI 53706
lazarian@astro.wisc.edu; http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~lazarian/

Peter Goldreich
Emeritus Professor
Caltech
Pasadena CA 91125
pmg@gps.caltech.edu;
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/faculty/goldreich/goldreich.html