Kwangsu Ahn


 
Updated: Oct., 2013

Contact Information

Address: 40386 North Shore Lane, Big Bear City, 92314, CA
Email : ksahn 'at' bbso.njit.edu
Phone : (909)866-5791 ex.38

 

Current Status

Assistant research professor, Big Bear Solar Observatory



Education

B. S. (Magma cum laude), Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea, 2003
Ph.D. in Astronomy, Seoul National University, Korea, 2010
 



Research Interests

Instrumentation for Solar Astrophysics
Fine Structures in the Solar Filaments/prominences

 


Journal Papers

"Journal publication list(ADS library)"



Conference Papers

"Dynamcal Feartures of Filaments/Prominencees According Their Location Relative to Active Regions", Ahn, K. and the NST team, 2009, AGU fall meeting
"Return Flows in a Counter-streaming Prominence", Ahn, K., Chae, J., Goode, P., 2009, AAS/SPD, 41, 824
"Post-focus Instrumentation of the NST", Cao, W., Gorceix, N., Andic, A., Ahn, K., Coulter, R., and Goode, P., 2009, AAS/SPD, 41, 844
Ahn, K., Chae, J., Park, H.-M., Nah, J., Park, Y.-D., Jang, B.-H., Moon, Y.-J., 2007, Capability of the Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph on NST/BBSO for Observing Filaments/Prominences at the Spectral Lines Ha, Ca II 8542, and Ca II K, Bulletin of Korean Astronomical Society, 32, vol. 2, p.32
K. Ahn, J. Chae, Y.-D. Park, J. Nah, H. Park, B.-H. Jang, Y.-J. Moon, 2007, Development of Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph, Proceedings of the 2nd Korea-China Solar, Physics Workshop, p.81
J. Chae, K. Ahn, Y.-D. Park, J. Nah, H. Park, B.-H. Jang, Y.-J. Moon, 2007, Development of Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph, Proceedings  Astronomical Instrumentation, vol. 1, p.129
K. Ahn, J. Chae, J. Nah, Y.-D. Park, H. Park, Y.-J. Moon, B.-H. Jang, 2007, Scanner Motion Control for the Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph (FISS), Bulletin of Korean Astronomical Society, 32, vol.1, p.25
J. Chae, K. Ahn, J. Nah, Y.-D. Park, H.-M. Park, B.-H. Jang, Y.-J. Moon, 2007, Development of Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph for the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory: Progress Report, Bulletin of Korean Astronomical Society, 32, vol. 1, p.25
K. Ahn, 2006, A Scanner Design for the FISS (Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph), Bulletin of Korean Astronomical Society, 31, vol. 2, p.28
J. Chae, J. Nah, Y.-D. Park, H.-M. Park, K. Ahn, Y.-J. Moon, 2006, Development of Fast Imaging Solar Spectrograph for the New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory: Concepts and Optical Design, Bulletin of Korean Astronomical Society, 31, Vol. 1, p.19

 


Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, "Astronomical Experiment", Spring2007, Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University
Telescope Operator, "Introduction to Astrophysics", Fall2002, Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology

 


Selected Awards/Grants

Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea, 2012-2013
National Graduate Science & Technology Scholarship, 2008-2009, Korean Science and Engineering Foundation
Assistant researcher, "Research on Coronal Heating and Solar Ejection Process", 2006-2008, Korean Research Foundation
Assistant researcher, "Frontier Physics Research Division", 2007-2008, Ministry of Education and Science
Seoul Science Scholarship, 2007-2008, Seoul Metropolitan Government
Academic Scholarship, 2002, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Exchange Student Scholarship, 2001, Pohang University of Science and Technology