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Junggi Yoon

Assistant Professor

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Hi,


I love coffee, jazz club, trail running and skiing. I enjoy asking questions, challenging my own assumptions, and reframing ideas in new and creative ways. Somewhere between espresso shots and mountain trails, I'm still seeking the gateless gate. Life’s too short for bad coffee or boring weekends.​​

내게 주어진 하루만이

전 생애라고 생각하니

저만치서 행복이

웃으며 걸어왔다.

- 이해인, 시 <어떤 결심> 중.

Research Experience

2021-2025

2021-2025

2018-2021

2016-2018

Assistant Professor

Kyung Hee University

Seoul, Korea

Junior Research Group Leader

Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP)

Pohang, Korea

Postdoctoral Fellow

Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)

Seoul, Korea

Postdoctoral Fellow

International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Bangalore, India

Education

Ph.D.

2016

B. S.

2010

Brown University, Providence, USA

Physics

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Physics and Mathematics (Double-major)

Honors & Awards

2020

2016

2015-2016

2010-2015

Academic Research Award

Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS), Korea

Anthony Houghton Award for Excellence in Theoretical Physics

Brown University, USA

Galkin Fellowship

Galkin Foundation, USA

Doctoral Study Abroad Program Fellowship

Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS)

Academic Event
Organization

2025

Amplitudes 2025 Conference

Local Organizer

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

June 16 - 20, 2025

Amplitudes 2025 Summer School

Local Organizer

KIAS, Seoul, Korea

June 9 - 13, 2025

Quantum Gravity and Information in Expanding Universe

Organizer

Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto, Japan

February 17 - 21, 2025

APCTP Winter School on Fundamental Physics 2025

Organizer

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea,

February 10 - 14, 2025.

2024

New Frontiers in String and Field Theories 2024

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Nest Hotel Incheon, Incheon, Korea

December 17 - 19, 2024

Research Summary 2024

Organizer

Nest Hotel Incheon, Incheon, Korea

December 15 - 17, 2024

Quantum Threads: Weaving Technology and Theory 

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IFC Yeoui-do, Seoul, Korea

December 14, 2024

Amplitudes Methods for Gravity and Cosmology III

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea

December 3 - 5, 2024

Frontiers in Theoretical Physics 2024

Organizer

The Grand Sumorum Jeju, Jeju, Korea

November 24 - 29, 2024

Integrability, Duality and Related Topics 2024

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea

September 30 - October 4, 2024

Holography 2024: Correlation and Entanglement in Quantum matter

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea, August 10 - 18, 2024

Amplitudes Methods for Gravity and Cosmology II

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KIAS, Seoul, Korea

August 1 - 2, 2024

QUC School in High Energy Physics-Amplitudes 

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KIAS, Seoul, Korea

July 29 - 31, 2024

Quantum Threads: Stitching Strings and Qubits

Organizer,

Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea

July 16 - 18, 2024

Entanglement, Large N and Black Hole 2024

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APCTP, Pohang, Korea

May 27 - 31, 2024

Amplitudes Methods for Gravity and Cosmology I

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Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

April 12 - 13, 2024

APCTP Winter School on Fundamental Physics 2024

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea

January 24 - February 2, 2024

6th Mandelstam Theoretical Physics School and Workshop 2024

Organizer

Mandelstam Institute for Theoretical Physics, Johannesburg, South Africa

January 9 - 16, 2024

2023

Integrability, Duality and Related Topics 2023

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APCTP, Pohang, Korea

October 29 - November 4, 2023

Quantum Geometry and Duality

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APCTP, Pohang, Korea

October 27 - 28, 2023

Holography 2023: Quantum matter and spacetime

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APCTP, Pohang, Korea, August 16 - 24, 2023

Numerical Methods in Theoretical Physics 2023

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APCTP, Pohang, Korea

July 9 - 14, 2023

Gravity beyond Riemannian Paradigm

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Club ES Jeju Resort, Jeju, Korea

June 18 - 24, 2023

Frontiers in Theoretical Physics 2023

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Langding Jeju Shinhwa World, Jeju, Korea

May 23 - 28, 2023

Entanglement, Large N and Black Hole 2023

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APCTP, Pohang, Korea

May 11 - 23, 2023

Scattering Amplitudes and related topics

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APCTP, Pohang, Korea

May 9 - 11, 2023

Kavli Asian Winter School 2023

Local Organizer

IBS, Daejeon, Korea

January 9 - 18, 2023

2022

Frontiers in Theoretical Physics 2022

Organizer

The Grand Sumorum Jeju, Jeju, Korea

November 24 - 29, 2022

Integrability, Duality and Related Topics 2022

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea

October 30 - November 5, 2022

Higher Spin Gravity and its Applications

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea

October 11 - 18, 2022

Junior Research Talks

Organizer

Yeosu, Korea

August 22 - 26, 2022

Holography 2022: Quantum matter and spacetime

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea, August 11 - 19, 2022

Numerical Methods in Theoretical Physics

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea

May 15 - 21, 2022

Pioneer Symposium, "November Perspectives in Black Hole Information Paradox"

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2022 KPS Spring Meeting, Online, Korea

April 20 - 22, 2022

Advances in Theoretical Physics 2022

Organizer

The Grand Sumorum Jeju, Jeju, Korea

January 23 - 29, 2022

2021

Frontiers in Theoretical Physics 2021

Organizer

The Grand Sumorum Jeju, Jeju, Korea

November 7 - 24, 2021

Exact Results on Irrelevant Deformations of QFTs

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Utop Ubless Hotel, Jeju, Korea

September 26 - October 2, 2021

APCTP Winter School on Fundamental Physics 2021

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea

January 7 - 16, 2021

2020

TTbar Deformation and Integrability

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea

November 8 - 13, 2020

KIAS Autumn Symposium on String Theory

Local Organizer

KIAS, Seoul, Korea

September 21 - 25, 2020

APCTP Winter School on Fundamental Physics 2020

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea

January 30 - February 5, 2020

2019

Pioneer symposium "Quantum Chaos: common ground for black holes, quantum many body systems and quantum information

Organizer

2019 KPS Fall Meeting, Gwangju, Korea

October 23, 2019

Higher Spin Gravity: Chaotic, Conformal and Algebraic Aspects

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea

September 23 - October 2, 2019

2018

Korean High Energy Physics (K-HEP) Workshop

Organizer

APCTP, Pohang, Korea

October 7 - 12, 2018

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