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Myungkook James Jee, Ph.D.

Project Physicist
    Department of Physics, University of California at Davis
    One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
    jee.james@gmail.com
    (530)754-7651
Education
  • Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD (2001-2005)   
        - Ph. D. in Astrophysics   
          - Thesis Title: Probing High-redshift Clusters with HST/ACS gravitational lensing and Chandra X-ray Observations
  • Yonsei University - Seoul, Korea (1995-1997)
- M.Sc. Astronomy and Atmospheric Science (Yonsei Graduate Fellowships in 1996 and 1997)
  • Yonsei University - Seoul, Korea (1989-1993)
- B.Sc. Astonomy and Atmospheric Science (Highest Honors in 1990, 1991, and 1992)

Experience
  • University of California, Davis - LSST Fellow, Project Physicist   (2010-present)
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- Shear Recovery Test for LSST
- Lensing Scaling Relations for z>1 clusters with HST
  • University of California, Davis - LSST Fellow, Postdoc   (2007-2009)
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- Point Spread Function Simulation for LSST
- Weak-lensing Analysis of High-redshift Clusters with HST
  • Johns Hopkins University - Associate Research Scientist  (2006-2007)
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- Mass modeling of  intermediate redshift clusters with strong and weak-lensing
- Principal component analysis (PCA) of ACS/WFC PSF

  • Johns Hopkins University - Assitant Research Scientist  (2005-2006)
- Mass modeling of  intermediate redshift clusters with strong and weak-lensing
- Weak-lensing and X-ray analysis of high-z clusters
  • Johns Hopkins University - Research Assistant (2001-2005)
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- Weak-lensing and X-ray analysis of high-z clusters
- On-orbit Calibration of the Advanced Camera for Surveys

  • California Institute of Technology - Software Scientist (1998-2001)
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- Galex Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
- Development of micro-channel plate (MC) analysis tool
- Integration and test of the instrument
- Science mission planning software development
- Aspect/dithering simulation

  • Samsung, Inc. - System Programmer (1993-1995)
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- Database development (IBM and ORACLE)
Invited Talks/Colloquium
  • Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Clusters of Galaxies, Sesto, Italy (7/1/2013)
  • Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (3/11/13)
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA (12/17/12)
  • Department of Physics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA (12/03/12)
  • WKYC2012, Daejon, South Korea (06/27/12)
  • Center for Particle Astrophysics, Fermilab, Illinois, USA (06/07/10)
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (11/12/09)
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (04/24/2009)
  • Department of Astronomy, Collumbia University, New York, USA (11/07/07)
  • Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA (10/24/07)
  • Tracing Cosmic Evolution with Clusters of Galaxies: Six Years Later, Sesto, Italy (06/25/07)
  • Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Yale University, Connecticut, USA (04/11/07)
  • Center for Astrophysical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, USA (02/07/06)
Award
  • LSST Cosmology Prize Fellowship (2007) - 5 Year
  • Group Achievement Award from NASA for GALEX (2004)
Grants
  • NASA HST Cycle 21 GO-13343, 2013 "Probing Dark Matter with a New Class of Merging Clusters", Co-I, $127,000
  • UC-HiPACC Small Grants Program for the Spring/Summer 2012 "UC Davis-Irvine Merging Cluster Collaboration", Co-I, $9,826
  • NASA Chandra Cycle 14 P-14800360, 2012 " Cycl 18 GO-12377, 2010 "DLSCL J0916+2953: A New Transverse Cluster Merger", Co-I, $30,000
  • NASA Chandra Cycle 12 P-12800854, 2010 "A New Transverse Cluster Merger", Co-I, $30,000
  • HST Cycle 18 GO-12377, 2010 "DLSCL J0916+2953: A New Transverse Cluster Merger", Co-I, $35,000
  • HST Cycle 18 GO-12135, 2010 "Principal Component Analysis of PSF for WFC3 and ACS/WFC", PI, ~$81,000
  • HST Cycle 17 GO-11710, 2008 "The Extreme Globular Cluster System of Abell 1689: The Ultimate Test of Universal Formation Efficiency", Admin-PI, ~$164,000
  • HST Cycle 15 GTO-10995, 2006 "ACS Multiband Imaging of 1E0657-56", Co-I, >$80,000
  • HST Cycle 15 GO-10874, 2006 "Search for Extremely Faint z > 7 Galaxy Population with Cosmic Lenses", Co-I, >$155,000
  • HST Cycle 14 GO-10574, 2005 "Witnessing Galaxy Transformation in Galaxy Groups at z > 1", Co-I, ~$200,000
Review Services
  • 2013: NSF Electronic Proposal Reviewer
  • 2013: Referee service to ApJ
  • 2012: Panelist for NSF astrophysics program
  • 2011: Panelist for NASA ATP
  • 2011: Referee service to PASP
  • 2011: Referee service to Nature
  • 2009: Panelist for NASA ATP
  • 2009: Referee service to ApJ
  • 2006: Referee service to ApJ
Research Interests
  • Gravitational Strong/Weak-lensing
  • Halo Structures of Galaxy Clusters
  • Cosmological N-body Simulation
  • Cosmic Star Formation History
  • Photometric Redshift Code Development
  • Astronomical Instrumentation
  • Spacecraft Orbit/Attitude Determination
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