National Gwangju Science Museum-GIST, September Science School Held

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jin-Hyung Park] The National Gwangju Science Museum and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) will jointly hold the September Science School on the 21st at 7 p.m. in the Science Museum Imagination Hall.

This lecture, titled "The Fascinating Story of Light: Scattering and Polarization," will invite Junheon Kim, Principal Researcher at GIST's Advanced Optical Technology Institute, to introduce the physical concepts of light as a wave, explore changes in light properties when scattered by particles, and present various fascinating physical phenomena related to scattering and polarization in everyday life.

Principal Researcher Junheon Kim earned his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in physics from KAIST. He has served as a visiting researcher at the Materials Research Laboratory of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and as a postdoctoral researcher in the KAIST Department of Physics. He is currently a principal researcher at GIST's Advanced Optical Technology Institute.

His main research areas include the study of optical scattering and polarization properties of plasmonic nanoparticles, development of fabrication, analysis, and application technologies for porous plasmonic nanostructures, and development of plasmonic nanostructure-based biochemical sensors and photocatalysts.

The 2022 Science School allows on-site admission after online pre-registration on a first-come, first-served basis for 150 participants, and anyone from children to adults can participate free of charge.

Additionally, various events will be held during the Science School.

Participants who attend lectures monthly and collect seven or more stamps will receive special souvenirs. Those who leave reviews with photos on the Science Museum website event page will receive mobile coupons. Also, first-time participants or those who invite friends can earn double stamps.

The National Gwangju Science Museum and GIST have been hosting the "Science School" every third Wednesday evening of the month, receiving great responses as a regular lecture series delivering diverse scientific knowledge to make difficult science easy to understand.

For more detailed information about the Science School, please visit the National Gwangju Science Museum website or the Science School webpage. Past lecture videos can be viewed at the National Gwangju Science Museum Cyber Science Museum.

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