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1 Curriculum Vitae Chunglee Kim 522 Space Sciences Building Tel: Cornell University Fax: Ithaca, NY USA URL: ckim Born October 16, 1974 in Seoul, Korea, Republic of Country of Citizenship: Korea, Republic of Education Ph.D. ( ) Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA. Thesis: Galactic Merger Rates of Pulsar Binaries, Thesis Advisor: Dr. Vassiliki Kalogera M.Sc. ( ) Dept. of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea. Thesis: Source Evolution and Relativistic Beaming-Induced Luminosity Distribution in the Statistics of Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts., Thesis Advisors: Dr. Jongmann Yang & Dr. Insu Yi B.Sc. ( ) Dept. of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea (graduated magna cum laude). Research Interests Galactic pulsar population synthesis Implications of pulsar binaries for the detection of gravitational waves Optimizing pulsar search process and modeling pulsar survey selection effects Academic Activities Jul 2007 Participant, School on Single-Dish Radio Astronomy, Green Bank Observatory, Green Bank, West Virginia, USA, 8-15 July, 2007 May 2007 Scientific Organizing Committee, Neutron Star Population, Green Bank Observatory, Green Bank, West Virginia, USA, May, 2007 Aug present Research Associate with Prof. Jim Cordes, Center for Radiophysics & Space Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA Sep - Dec 2005 Visiting Scholar with Prof. Matthew Bailes, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Fall Spring 2006 Teaching Assistant General Physical Lab ( ) and Research Assistant with Prof. Vicky Kalogera ( ), Dept. of Physics and 1

2 Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA Spring 2000 Research Assistant with Prof. Insu Yi, Korea Institute of Advanced Study (KIAS), Seoul, Korea Summer 1999 Research Intern with Prof. Jongmann Yang, Dept. of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea (funded by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation) Spring Spring 1999 Teaching & Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea Fellowships and Prizes 2006 Luise Meyer-Schutzmeister Memorial Award from The Association of Women in Science (AWIS) Education Foundation Fall 1997 Student Assistant Scholarship from The Graduate School, Ewha Womans University; Scholarship from Research Institute for Basic Sciences, Ewha Womans University Jeong-Su Scholarship from The Jeong-Su Foundation (covered full tuition) Professional Organizations American Astronomical Society ( present) American Physical Society ( present) Association for Women in Science ( present) 2

3 Refereed Publications Constraining Population Synthesis Models via Empirical Binary Compact Object Merger and Supernovae Rates O Shaughnessy, R., Kim, C., Kalogera, V., & Belczynski, K. 2007, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal [astro-ph/ ] Constraining Population Synthesis Models via the Binary Neutron Star Population O Shaughnessy, R., Kim, C., Fragos, T., Kalogera, V., & Belczynski, K. 2005, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 633, pp The Probability Distribution of Binary Pulsar Coalescence Rate Estimates. II. Neutron Star-White Dwarf Binaries Kim, C., Kalogera, V., Lorimer, D.R. & White, T. 2004, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 616, pp The Cosmic Coalescence Rates for Double Neutron Star Binaries Kalogera, V., Kim, C., Lorimer, D.R., Burgay, M., D Amico, N., Possenti, A., Manchester, R.N., Lyne, A.G., Joshi, B.C., McLaughlin, M.A., Kramer, M., Sarkissian, J.M., & Camilo, F. 2004, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 601, pp. L179 L182 and vol. 614, pp. L137 L138 An Increased Estimate of the Merger Rate of Double Neutron Stars from Observations of a Highly Relativistic System Burgay, M., D Amico, N., Possenti, A., Manchester, R.N., Lyne, A.G., Joshi, B.C., McLaughlin, M.A., Kramer, M., Sarkissian, J.M., Camilo, F., Kalogera, V., Kim, C., & Lorimer, D.R. 2003, Nature, vol. 426, pp The Probability Distribution of Binary Pulsar Coalescence Rates, I. Double Neutron Star Systems in the Galactic Field Kim, C., Kalogera, V., & Lorimer, D.R. 2003, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 584, pp Effects of Luminosity Functions Induced by Relativistic Beaming on the Statistics of Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts Kim, C., Chang, H.-Y., & Yi, I. 2001, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 548, pp Source Evolution Function of Cosmological Gamma-Ray Bursts Kim, C., Yang, J., & Yi, I. 1999, Journal of the Korean Physical Society, vol. 34, pp Quantitative FT-IR Analysis for Condritic Meteorites: Search for C 60 in Meteorites Kim, C. & Yang, J. 1998, Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences, vol. 15, pp

4 Refereed Publications with the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (LSC) Search for gravitational wave radiation associated with the pulsating tail of the SGR hyperflare of 27 December 2004 using LIGO The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2007, Physical Review D, vol. 76, id Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2007, Physical Review D, vol. 76, id First Cross-Correlation Analysis of Interferometric and Resonant-Bar Gravitational- Wave Data for Stochastic Backgrounds The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2007, Physical Review D, vol. 76, id Searching for a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2006, The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 659, pp Joint LIGO and TAMA300 Search for Gravitational Waves from Inspiralling Neutron Star Binaries The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2006, Physical Review D, vol. 73, id Search for Gravitational Waves from Binary Black Hole Inspirals in LIGO Data The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2006, Physical Review D, vol. 73, id Upper Limits from the LIGO and TAMA Detectors on the Rate of Gravitational- Wave Bursts The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2006, Physical Review D, vol. 72, id Upper Limits on a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2005, Physical Review Letters, vol. 95, id First All-Sky Upper Limits from LIGO on the Strength of Periodic Gravitational Waves Using the Hough Transform The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2005, Physical Review D, vol. 72, id Search for Gravitational Waves from Primordial Black Hole Binary Coalescences in the Galactic Halo The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2005, Physical Review D, vol. 72, id Search for Gravitational Waves from Galactic and Extra-Galactic Binary Neutron Stars The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2005, Physical Review D, vol. 72, id Upper Limits on Gravitational Wave Bursts in LIGOs Second Science Run The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2005, Physical Review D, vol. 72, id A Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with the Gamma Ray Burst GRB Using the LIGO Detectors The LSC: Abbott, B. et al. 2005, Physical Review D, vol. 72, pp

5 Limits on Gravitational Wave Emission from Selected Pulsars Using LIGO Data The LSC: Abbott, B., et al., Kramer, M., Lyne, A.G. 2005, Physical Review Letters, vol. 94, pp Analysis of First LIGO Science Data for Stochastic Gravitational Waves The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2004, Physical Review D, vol. 69, id Analysis of LIGO Data for Gravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Stars The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2004, Physical Review D, vol. 69, id First Upper Limits from LIGO on Gravitational Wave Bursts The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2004, Physical Review D, vol. 69, id Setting Upper Limits on the Strength of Periodic Gravitational Waves from PSR J Using the First Science Data from the GEO 600 and LIGO Detectors The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2004, Physical Review D, vol. 69, id Upper Limits on the Strength of Periodic Gravitational Waves from PSR J The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2004, Classical & Quantum Gravity, vol. 21, id Detector Description and Performance for the First Coincidence Observations between LIGO and GEO The LSC: Abbott, B., et al. 2004, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, vol. 517, pp Proceedings Formation of Double Compact Objects Kalogera, V., Belczynski, K., Kim, C., O Shaughnessy, R., & Willems, B. 2007, in Bethe Centennial Volume of Physics Reports, eds. G.E. Brown, V. Kalogera, & E.P.J. van den Heuvel, Vol. 442, pp [astro-ph/ ] Galactic Merger Rate of Double-Neutron-Star Systems and Prospects for Detecting Gravitational Waves Kim, C. 2007, in The Seventh Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Astrophysics (ASP Conf. Ser.), eds. Y.W. Kang, H.-W. Lee, K.-S. Cheng, & K.-C. Leung (San Francisco: ASP), Vol. 362, pp Effects of PSR J on the Merger Rate of DNSs and Implications for GW Detection Kim, C., Kalogera, V., Lorimer, D. 2005, A Life with Stars, A meeting in honor of Ed van den Heuvel, in press [astro-ph/ ] Binary Compact Object Inspiral: Rate Expectations Kalogera, V., Kim, C., O Shaughnessy, R., & Belczynski, K. 2005, in the Proceedings of the fourteenth Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation, in press 5

6 The Double-Neutron-Star Inspiral Rate and Expectations for Gravitational- Wave Detection Kim, C., Kalogera, V., Lorimer, D.R., Ihm, M., & Belczynski, K. 2004, NATO- Advanced Study Institute: The Electromagnetic Spectrum of Neutron Stars, (Dordrecht, Springer), eds. A. Baykal, S.K. Yerli, M. Gilfanov, & S. Grebenev, pp The Galactic Formation Rate of Eccentric Neutron Star-White Dwarf Binaries Kalogera, V., Kim, C., Lorimer, D.R., Ihm, M., & Belczynski, K. 2005, in Binary Radio Pulsars (ASP Conf. Ser.), eds. F.A. Rasio & I.H. Stairs (San Francisco: ASP), Vol. 328, pp The Galactic Double-Neutron-Star Merger Rate: Most Current Estimates Kim, C., Kalogera, V., Lorimer, D.R., Ihm, M., & Belczynski, K. 2005, in Binary Radio Pulsars (ASP Conf. Ser.), eds. F.A. Rasio & I.H. Stairs (San Francisco: ASP), Vol. 328, pp The Probability Distribution of Binary Pulsar Coalescence Rates Kim, C., Kalogera, V., & Lorimer, D.R. 2003, in The Astrophysics of Gravitational Wave Sources (AIP Proceedings), ed. J.M. Centrella, vol. 686, pp A New Method for Estimating Binary Pulsar Coalescence Rates Kalogera, V., Kim, C., & Lorimer, D.R. 2003, in Gravitational-Wave Detection (Proceedings of the SPIE), eds. M. Cruise & P. Saulson, Vol. 4856, pp The Probability Distribution of the Double Neutron Star Coalescence Rate and Predictions for More Detections Kalogera, V., Kim, C., & Lorimer, D.R. 2003, in Radio Pulsars (ASP Conf. Ser.), eds. M. Bailes, D.J. Nice, & S.E. Thorsett (San Francisco: ASP), Vol. 302, pp Recent Talks The Radio Pulsar Population Synthesis : Recent Progress and Future Prospects Center for Gravitational Waves (CGWP) seminar, Penn State University, University Park, PA, October 2007 Radio Pulsar Population Synthesis Colloquium, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, October 2007 Galactic Pulsar Population : Current Understanding and Future Prospects, Invited Talk, 40 Years of Pulsars: Millisecond Pulsars, Magnetars, and More, Montréal, Québec, Canada, August 2007 Pulsar Beaming Function Contributed Talk, Neutron Star Populations Workshop, Green Bank Observatory, WV, May 2007 Updates on Merger Rate Estimates Contributed Talk, Pulsar Searching and 6

7 Timing: 2007 SKA meeting, Krabi, Thailand, March 2007 Statistics of Recycled Pulsars Revisited Colloquium, Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, Epping, Australia, November 2005 The Galactic Merger Rate of DNS Systems: What is the Most Probable Rate? Contributed talk, Orange Pulsar Meeting, Orange, Australia, November 2005 Galactic Merger Rate of DNS Systems and Expectations for GW Detection Colloquium, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea, November 2005 Galactic NS-NS Merger Rate and Prospects for GW Detection Colloquium, Kyunghee University, Suwon, Korea, November 2005 Galactic Merger Rate of DNS Systems and Prospects for Detecting Gravitational Waves Contributed talk, the seventh Pacific Rim Conference, Seoul, Korea, November 2005 Effect of PSR J on the Merger Rate of DNSs and Implications for GW Detection Solicited talk, A Life with Stars, A meeting in honor of Ed van den Heuvel, Amsterdam, Netherlands, August 2005 The Galactic Inspiral Rate of Pulsar Binaries: What is the Most Probable Rate? Colloquium, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Manchester, UK, June 2004 The Double-Neutron-Star Inspiral Rate and Expectations for Gravitational- Wave Detection Contributed talk, NATO-Advanced Study Institute: The Electromagnetic Spectrum of Neutron Stars, Marmaris, Turkey, June 2004 DNS Coalescence Rate and GW Detection Contributed talk, Aspen Winter Conference on Binary Radio Pulsars, Aspen, CO, January 2004 Revised Inspiral Rates for Double Neutron Star Systems Contributed talk, the eighth Annual Gravitational Wave Data Analysis Workshop, Milwaukee, WI, December 2003 Binary Pulsar Coalescence Rates and Detection Rates for Gravitational Wave Detectors Contributed talk, Advanced School and Conference on Sources of Gravitational Waves, Trieste, Italy, September