Department of Physics & Astronomy
Pomona College
Claremont, CA 91711
Tele: (909) 607-0890
FAX: (909) 621-8463
e-mail: pchoi at pomona dot edu
CURRENT
POMONA COLLEGE, Claremont, CA (2006-Present)
Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy
PREVIOUS
SPITZER SCIENCE CENTER, Caltech, CA (2002 - 2006)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Cruz, CA (1996 - 2002)
Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D. (received 2002)
Dissertation: ``The Tidal Interaction of Satellite Galaxies in the M31 Sub-Group''
(Advisor: Dr. Puragra Guha Thakurta)
Astronomy and Astrophysics M.S. (received 1998)
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, Middletown, CT (1991 - 1995)
Physics & Astronomy B.A. with High Honors (received 1995)
Honors Thesis: ``The Rotational and Angular Momentum Evolution of T Tauri Stars''
(Advisor: Dr. William Herbst)
HONORS & AWARDS
CURRENT OBSERVING PROGRAMS
Spitzer Space Telescope Cycle-2 General Observer proposal, (2005+)
"MIPS 70- & 160-micron Imaging of an IRS Sample of Ultra-luminous
Infrared Galaxies at z~2" (40.4 hours/$180,000)
GRADUATE
ARCS Foundation Scholar (2001 - 2002)
California Space Grant Fellow (1999 - 2000)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (1996 - 1999)
Sigma Xi Student Research Award (1998)
UNDERGRADUATE
Apker Award Finalist (American Physics Society) (1995)
Phi Beta Kappa (Connecticut Gamma Chapter) (1995)
Littell Prize for excellence in Astronomy (1994 - 1995)
Jackson Scholarship for academic achievement (1994 - 1995)
Siver Scholarship for excellence in Physics (1993 - 1995)
Charles Ray Minority Scholarship (1991 - 1995)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
INSTRUCTOR
Center for Adaptive Optics: COSMOS Instructor (2001 - 2002)