Eun-Joo Ahn
Postdoctoral Associate Fellow in Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration and Lecturer in Physics
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Research Areas:
Asian Americans and STEM
Biographical Sketch:
I am an astrophysicist turned historian of science. I received my Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Chicago in 2006 and my second Ph.D. in History from the University of California Santa Barbara in 2023.
Research :
I am examining the history of post Second World War transnational physics involving Asian American physicists, and on the history of Mount Wilson Observatory. As an astrophysicist, I have worked in composition determination and hadronic interaction model of ultra high energy cosmic rays. I was part of the Pierre Auger Collaboration.
Education:
Ph.D. 2023, University of California, Santa Barbara
Advisor:
Reina Maruyama