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Education:
Ph.D.
(Physical Chemistry)
1986, University of California,
Los Angeles, California
B.S. (Chemistry)
1981, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
Background:
Prior
to joining the Institute in 2007, Dr. Yoo was the Group Leader for High
Pressure Science in the Physics Advanced Technology Directorate of the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) since 1996.
He provided scientific and programmatic leadership
in developing research programs aligned with the Directorate objectives
and mentored experimental scientists in the group.
Dr. Yoo’s multidisciplinary research efforts have
spanned chemistry, physics, and materials science.
His expertise covers high pressure science and
technology, laser spectroscopy, synchrotron diffraction and
spectroscopy, and various in-situ materials characterization methods. His research work involves experiments at
major national facilities in the US, Japan and Europe.
Many of his recent accomplishments have been
published in leading scientific journals such as Science, Nature and
Physics Review Letters, and also reported in
popular press, e.g. The New York Times, Chemical and Engineering News,
and the Oakland Tribune.
Dr.
Yoo started working at LLNL in 1989, after completing his Ph. D. in
Chemistry at UCLA in 1986 and a three-year post-doctoral research
position at Washington State University. He
is a member of American Chemical Society, American Physical Society,
American Geophysics Union, Materials Research Society, and Sigma Chi
Honor Society.
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Honors and Recognition:
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Editor, High Pressure Research, 2005-Present
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Best
Paper of the Year, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, 2002
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DN&T
Award, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, 2004 and 1999
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Materials
Physics Advisory Committee at LANSCE
(2002-)
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Executive
High Pressure Committee of HPCAT at the APS
(1999-)
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Technical
Advisory Committee for the NSLS-II (2005-)
and SNAP at the SNS (2003-)
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APS-Shock Conference
Technical Committee (2002-2004)
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