Name: Byungnam Kahng
Address: Dept.
of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
Tel: +82-2-880-1326,
Fax: +82-2-884-3002
Email: bkahng at snu.ac.kr
Educations:
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1983 Seoul National University B.S.
1985 Seoul National University M.S.
1989 Boston University Ph.D. (under Sidney Redner)
Careers and Awards:
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1989 - 1991 University of California, Berkeley Postdoc
1991 - 2000.12 Konkuk University, Professor
2001.1 - present, Seoul National University, Professor
1995.6-1995.8 Visiting Scholar at HRLZ, Juelich, Germany (with D.E. Wolf)
1999.-2002.Visiting Scholar at Univ. of Notre Dame (with A.-L. Barabasi)
1997.5 Haksul Grand Award, Konkuk University
2003.4 The 13rd KOFST award for outstanding paper
2004.4 Haksul Award, the Korean Physical Society
2005.6 Research Award, College of Natural Sciences-SNU
2005.3- 2009.3 Managing Editor, Journal FRACTALS,
2006.1- 2006.8 Visiting scholar at CNLS, Los Alamos National Lab, USA
2006.8- 2006.12 Visiting professor at Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Notre Dame
2006.11- present Member of the KAST
2013.2 Award of Outstanding reviewer of EPL in 2012
2013.5 Award for outstanding monthly scientist, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
2013.06-present Board member of Network Science Society
2013.8 Grand prize of 2012 National R & D in Korea, KISTEP, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning
2014.9 Award of National Academy of Sciences
2015.9- present Fellow of American Physical Society
2015.11 S-Oil Award of outstanding thesis supervisor
2016.3- 2018.12 Editorial board member of New Journal of Physics
2016.3- 2019.10 Senator of Seoul National University
2017.2- present Editorial board of Scientific Reports
2019.7- present Editorial board of Journal of Physics, Complexity
2019.9- present Editorial board of Physical Review Research
Research Interests:
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Complex systems:
- Structural and dynamic properties in complex networks
Nonequilibrium phase transitions
Self-organized critical phenomena
Computational Physics
Dynamics in granular media
Nanoscale systems:
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Dynamics of fluctuating interfaces and growing surfaces
Equilibrium surface phase transitions
Sputtering and pattern formation on surfaces