Eun-Suk Seo () is an American astrophysicist known for her observational research on

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s. She is a professor of physics at the

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, where she is also affiliated with the Institute for Physical Science and Technology and heads the Cosmic Ray Physics Group.

Education and career

Seo earned her doctorate in 1991 at

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, under the joint supervision of William Vernon Jones and John Wefel. She joined the University of Maryland faculty in 1991.

Research

Seo has been a been principal investigator on international astrophysical collaborations including the

Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass Experiment Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (CREAM) is an experiment to determine the composition of cosmic rays up to the 1015 eV (also known as the "knee prospect") in the cosmic ray spectrum. It has been hypothesized that the knee prospect of the cosmic ray ...

(CREAM) (both in its initial balloon-launched configuration and in its second-generation ISS-CREAM experiment sent aboard the

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in 2017 ), and co-investigator on others such as the Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter,

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, and Balloon-borne Experiment with Superconducting Spectrometer. In 2019,

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attempted to replace Seo as principal investigator on ISS-CREAM, and after a majority of the project's scientists supported Seo by rejecting NASA's chosen successor as principal investigator, they discontinued the experiment.

Service and Recognition

In 2010, Seo was elected as a

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(APS), after a nomination from the APS Division of Astrophysics, "for leading the development and utilization of particle detectors for balloon and space-based experiments to understand cosmic ray origin, acceleration and propagation, especially as Principal Investigator of the Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass balloon-borne experiment over Antarctica". Furthermore, she has been president of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association, Korean-American Women in Science and Engineering, and Association of Korean Physicists in America. She is the founding president of the Korean-American AeroSpace Science and Technology Association (KASST

and a prior U.S. representative for the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.

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Cosmic Ray Physics Group
at the University of Maryland * {{DEFAULTSORT:Seo, Eun-Suk Living people American astrophysicists American women physicists South Korean physicists University of Maryland, College Park faculty Fellows of the American Physical Society 1971 births 21st-century American women scientists 21st-century South Korean women scientists 21st-century South Korean scientists Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Education and career

Research

Service and Recognition

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