MIT Kavli Institute Directory

Junghyun (Paul) Lee

Graduate Student, Physics Student

I was born in a small town in South Korea, always loved to seek the beauty of the nature that God has created. I finished my high school education specialized in science, in Busan, Korea, and moved to States to study abroad. After graduating from college with degrees in physics & math, I am thankful that I can study science with great colleagues and great mentors.

Research interests:

I work at LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory) under professor Nergis Mavalvala. We are trying to measure quantum radiation pressure on a classical system, in my case 1 gram mirror cavity. Our goal is to apply this ponderomotive squeezed light to advanced LIGO to reduce the quantum radiation pressure noise and to detect the gravitational wave signal with good precision. My personal research interest varies from astrophysics to atomic/optical physics.

Honors and awards:

National Presidential Science Scholarship, Korea Student Aide Foundation; Walter and Fay Selove Prize, University of Chicago