Biography 

A specialist in equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical physics, Professor Kim has focused on the dynamics of supercooled liquids and their glass transitions, stochastic density functional theory, and transport phenomena in complex media. He earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago in 1992 under the supervision of Prof. Gene F. Mazenko. Following a postdoctoral fellowship in chemistry at McGill University, he joined Changwon National University, where he held positions as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Full Professor until 2024. He currently holds the title of Professor Emeritus.

Collaboration with the Chemistry Laboratory

Bongsoo Kim’s visit is a key step in reviving and strengthening a long-standing collaboration with the ENS de Lyon, focused on the theoretical study of slow dynamics in complex fluids using advanced field-theoretical approaches (notably the MSRJD formalism). His recognized expertise complements the lab’s strengths in numerical modeling and mode-coupling theory (MCT), enabling more robust and systematic theoretical developments. This collaboration has already led to significant results, including a major publication overcoming long-standing limitations of MCT in low-dimensional systems. His presence would also be an opportunity to introduce the MSRJD formalism more broadly to the local scientific community through seminars, offering valuable insights for fields ranging from soft matter physics to machine learning.

Major publications

• K. Jeong, B. Kim and S. J. Lee, J. Stat. Mech. 043204 (2024), A discrete time crystal order in the driven Ising model: thermal effects, jamming analogy and quench dynamics.
• K. Jeong, B. Kim and S. J. Lee, Phys. Rev. E 102, 012114 (2020), Nonequilibrium kinetics of excess defect generation and dynamic scaling in the Ising spin chain under slow cooling.
• B. Kim, M. Fuchs and V. Krakoviack, J. Stat. Mech. 023301 (2020), Dynamics of a noninteractingcolloidal uid in a quenched Gaussian random potential: a time-reversal-symmetry-preserving field- theoretic approach.
• K. Jeong, B. Kim and S. J. Lee, Phys. Rev. E 99, 022113 (2019), Growth kinetics of the two-dimensional Ising model with finite cooling rates.
• H. Jacquin, B. Kim, K. Kawasaki and F. van Wijland, Phys. Rev. E 91, 022130 (2015), Brownian dynamics: From glassy to trivial.
• B. Kim, K. Kawasaki, H. Jacquin and F. van Wijland, Phys. Rev. E 89, 012150 (2014), Equilibrium dynamics of the Dean-Kawasaki equation: Mode coupling theory and its extension.