Dr. Kim's efforts led to the resolution of this Bohr-Einstein issue of building a bridge between quantum mechanics and relativity. He wrote many papers and books on this subject.
COLLEGE PARK, MD, March 04, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Young Suh Kim, professor emeritus of the University of Maryland, was selected by Marquis Who's Who for a prominent feature in the Washington, DC Metro regional edition of Fortune magazine.
A recognized leader in his discipline, Dr. Young Suh Kim excelled as a science educator for more than 45 years, having held the title of emeritus professor of physics at the University of Maryland since 2007. He joined the aforementioned academic institution as an assistant professor of physics in 1962, where he eventually rose to assume a full professorship. A native of Korea, Dr. Kim came to the United States with a student visa after graduation from Seoul High School in 1954.
Dr. Kim started publishing his papers in 1961, mostly on the topics popular among his colleagues. In 1978, he started writing about his own ideas. One hundred years ago, Niels Bohr was worrying about the hydrogen atom, leading to quantum mechanics. Albert Einstein was interested in how things appear to moving observers, leading to his theory of relativity. Bohr and Einstein met occasionally, but they never discussed how the hydrogen atom would appear to moving observers.
Dr. Kim's efforts led to the resolution of this Bohr-Einstein issue of building a bridge between quantum mechanics and relativity. He wrote many papers and books on this subject. In 1989, he published a paper titled "Observable Gauge Transformations in the Parton Picture" in Physical Review Letters. In 2018, with Marilyn Noz, Dr. Kim published a book titled "New Perspectives on Einstein's E = mc2." In 2021, with Sibel Baskal and Marilyn Noz, he published a book titled "Physics of the Lorentz Group, Second Edition." The Lorentz group is a mathematical tool Einstein used to formulate his theory of relativity.
In 1963, Dr. Kim married a woman he met during his first year in college. His family now includes their son and daughter-in-law, plus two grandchildren. They all live in Maryland near Washington, D.C. In order to remain aware of developments in his field, Dr. Kim maintains his professional involvement with the American Physical Society.
In 1958, after four undergraduate years at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now known as Carnegie Mellon University), Dr. Kim earned a Bachelor of Science in physics. He went on to Princeton University for graduate study in physics, achieving a Doctor of Philosophy in physics in 1961. He stayed there for one additional year as a postdoctoral fellow.
About Marquis Who's Who®:
Since 1899, when A. N. Marquis printed the First Edition of Who's Who in America®, Marquis Who's Who® has chronicled the lives of the most accomplished individuals and innovators from every significant field of endeavor, including politics, business, medicine, law, education, art, religion and entertainment. Marquis celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2023, and Who's Who in America® remains an essential biographical source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms around the world. Marquis® publications may be visited at the official Marquis Who's Who® website at www.marquiswhoswho.com.
# # #