Korean-American Symposium
Korean Academy of Science and Technology – U.S. National Academy of Sciences
June 26-28, 2017
Irvine, California, US
Sessions:
- ALMA: In Search of Our Cosmic Origins
- Evolving Biological System Responses to Environmental Change
- Energy Storage
- Frontiers in Data Science
- Genome Editing / Gene Engineering
- Modeling and Predicting Natural Disasters
- Particle Physics Standard Model, Higgs and Beyond
- Visualizing Brain Activity during Behavior and Decision Making
ALMA: In Search of Our Cosmic Origins
Organizers: Aeree Chung and Ian Crossfield
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe with ALMA
Sabrina Stierwalt, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
SPEAKERS:
Star Formation in the ALMA Era
Jeong-Eun Lee, Kyung Hee University
How Were the Most Ancient Objects in the Universe Formed?
Kelsey Johnson, University of Virginia
Evolving Biological System Responses to Environmental Change
Organizers: Aradhna Tripathi, Elodie Ghedin and Joong-Ho Won
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Evolving Biological System Responses to Environmental Change: Pathogen-Host Systems
Derek Cummings, University of Florida
SPEAKERS:
Clinical and Research Perspectives on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Epidemic in Korea
Soyeon Ahn, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
The Changing Ocean and Life’s Capacity to Adapt
Robert Eagle, University of California, Los Angeles
Energy Storage
Organizers: Sang Ouk Kim and Louise Berben
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Future Electrochemical Energy Storage: Materials Challenge
Jang Wook Choi, EEWS, KAIST
SPEAKERS:
Lesson from Biological Photosystem to Make Electrocatalysts for Solar Fuel
Ki Tae Nam, Seoul National University
Engineered Biomolecular Catalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis
Kara Bren, University of Rochester
Frontiers in Data Science
Organizers: Eugene Ng and Joong-Ho Won
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Data Science: Techniques and Impact
Ndapa Nakashole, University of California, San Diego
SPEAKER:
Universality in Random Matrix Theory
Ji Oon Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Genome Editing / Gene Engineering
Organizers: Keith Slotkin Ka Young Chung and Kwang Hyun Cho
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Genome Engineering with CRISPR systems
Duhee Bang, Yonsei University
SPEAKERS:
Genome Editing using CRISPR-Cas
Hyongbum Kim, Yonsei University
Genome Editing of Human Cells for Biomedical Applications
Krishanu Saha, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Modeling and Predicting Natural Disasters
Organizers: Aradhna Tripathi and Jinho Ahn
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKERS:
Imaging Large Earthquakes and Plate Boundary Complexity with Seismic Big Data
YoungHee Kim, Seoul National University
Understanding and predicting hazardous weather: Where we have been and where we are going
Deanna Hence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SPEAKERS:
Cold Eurasian winter in recent decade: Is it caused by Arctic sea ice?
Seok-Woo Son, Seoul National University
Monitoring and Predicting Natural Disasters from Space
Ali Behrangi, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Particle Physics Standard Model, Higgs and Beyond
Organizers: Yong-Il Shin and Yulia Pushkar
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Particle Physics in Korea
Jonghee Yoo, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
SPEAKER:
What’s next after the Higgs boson discovery: toward Beyond the Standard Model
Hwidong Yoo, Seoul National University
Visualizing Brain Activity during Behavior and Decision Making
Organizers: Gavin Rumbaugh and Jeong Ho Lee
INTRODUCTORY SPEAKER:
Neural Circuit Dynamics Underlying Touch Perception
Daniel O’Connor, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
SPEAKER:
Functional Dissection of Neural Circuits for Sensory Integration
Seung-Hee Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
The Korean-American Kavli Frontiers of Science symposia are sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Korean Academy of Science and Technology. Major support is provided by the Kavli Foundation with additional support from the National Academy of Sciences.