So Gu Kim now Director of the Korea Seismological Institute after an excellent career that included Professor in Physics and Geophysics for many years at Hanyang University, South Korea, invited Professor at Institute of Seismology & Volcanology, Hokkaido University and at Graduate School of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Peking University, an invited scientist at GFZ, Potsdam, Germany. He was also a visiting professor at Hamburg University, Germany
and at University of New England, Australia. He carried out many Solid-Earth Geophysics (Seismology) projects including Geophysical Oceanography and Petroleum Exploration.
CURRICULUM VITAE – So Gu Kim
Education
1976, Ph.D. in Seismology, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, USA. Thesis title: "Spectra Scaling of Earthquakes in some Eurasian Aftershock Sequences". Supervisor: Professor Otto W. Nuttli
1971, M.S. in Geophysics, School of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA. Thesis title: “On the multipole expansion in the computation of gravity anomalies”. Supervisor: Professor Donald F. Heinrichs
1967, B. S. in Physics, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea.
Professional
1998-present, Director, Korea Seismological Institute, Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
1979-2007, Professor of Physics/ Earth & Marine Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.
2004. 06-09, Invited Professor (Invitation of University President), Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
1987. 06-09, Invited Professor (Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fellowship), University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
1984. 06-09, Visiting Professor (DAAD Fellowship), Institute of Geophysics, Hamburg University, Germany
1978-1979, Post-Doctoral Fellow in Seismology, NOAA/University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
1977-1979, Sr. Researcher (Gov. Invited Scientist), Korea Geoscience & Mineral Resources (KIGAM), Daejeon, South Korea.
1976-1977, Sr. Seismic Analyst, Seismograph Service Corporation, Tulsa, OK. USA
1971-1972, Research Scientist (on Kanakeoki R/V), Institute of Geophysics, University of Hawaii, USA
Research and Teaching: Applied and Solid-Earth Geophysics (seismology), Marine Geophysics, Underwater Explosions and Underground Nuclear Explosions. 190 Publications in International (100) and National Journals (90) including 50 presentations in International Conferences and Symposiums and an author of 10 professional books.
Gu Kim
