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Se-Heon Oh

Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mount Stromlo Observatory
The Australian National University

Email: seheon_at_mso.anu.edu.au
Phone: +61 (02) 6125 8037
Fax: +61 (02) 6125 0233

Research Interests

  • Galaxy dynamics
  • Dwarf and disk galaxies
  • Dark matter
  • Radio astronomy


  • Education

    Ph.D. Astronomy & Astrophysics (2005 Mar. - present)
    The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    Thesis project: "Dark and luminous matter in dwarf galaxies"
    Supervisor: Prof. Erwin de Blok, Univ. of Cape Town, South Africa
    B.Sc. Astronomy (2004 Feb)
    Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea


    Scholarships

    Endeavor International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (2005 Mar. - present)
    from Australian government
    ANU PhD Scholarship (2005 Mar. - present)
    from The Australian National University
    RSAA Supplementary Scholarship (2005 Mar. - present)
    from Mount Stromlo Observatory


    Award

    6th ATNF Summer School second poster presentation


    Publication

    High-resolution dark matter density profiles of THINGS dwarf galaxies: Correcting for non-circular motions
    S.-H. Oh, W.J.G. de Blok, F. Walter, E. Brinks, & R.C. Kennicut, Jr. 2008, AJ accepted
    High-resolution rotation curves and galaxy mass models from THINGS
    W.J.G. de Blok, F. Walter, E. Brinks, C. Trachternach, S.-H. Oh, R.C. Kennicutt, Jr. 2008, AJ accepted
    The Gas Phase in a Low Metallicity ISM
    Elias Brinks, Se-Heon Oh, Ioannis Bagetakos, Frank Bigiel, Adam Leroy, Antonio Usero, Fabaian Walter, W.J.G de Blok, and R.C. Kennicutt, Jr. 2008, IAU No 255
    A Design and Development of Multi-Purpose CCD Camera System with Thermoelectric Cooling: Software
    S.-H. Oh, Y.-W. Kang, Y.-I. Byun 2007, JASS, 24, 367O
    A Design and Development of Multi-Purpose CCD Camera System with Thermoelectric Cooling: Hardware
    Y.-W. Kang, Y.-I. Byun, J.-H. Rhee, S.-H. Oh, D.-K. Kim 2007, JASS, 24, 309O
    Algorithms for Moving Object Detection
    Y.-H. Bae, Y.-I. Byun, Y.-W. Kang,S.-Y. Park, S.-H. Oh, S.-Y. Yu, W.-Y. Han, H.-S. Yim, H.-K. Moon, 2005, JASS, 22, 383B


    Conference Presentation

    Dark matter density profiles of THINGS dwarf galaxies (poster)
    IAU 244, Cardiff, U.K., June 2007
    Dark matter density profiles of THINGS dwarf galaxies (poster)
    ASA meeting, Canberra, July 2006
    Recent Star Formation of NGC5102 (oral)
    ASA meeting, Sydney, Australia July 2005
    Fast Optical Transient from YSTAR (oral)
    KAS annual meeting, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 2004
    YSTAR-KAO Detection of Optical Transients (poster)
    Science with LSST and Other Large Surveys, Seattle, USA, Sept. 2004


    Observing experiences

    ATCA: The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey (THINGS) South : 14 nights + remote observing
    Parkes: HI detection in E+A galaxies : 6 nights
    WIYN 3.5m, SparsePak IFU : H-alpha Velocity Fields of THINGS Dwarf Galaxiesi : 3 nights
    KPNO 2.1m, CFIM/T2KB : A Comprehensive Study of the Dark Matter Halos of Low Surface Brightness and Dwarf Galaxies : 4 nights
    SS0 40'' : Follow-up observation for YSTAR OT candidates : 3 nights


    Teaching experiences

    Observational Astronomy : Yonsei University, First semester 2004 (Teaching Assistant)
    Understanding of the Universe : Yonsei University, Second semester 2004 (Teaching Assistant)


    Computing skills

    C/C++
    Fortran
    C-Shell script
    LINUX/UNIX system management at Yonsei University (2002-2003)
    python (just started)


    Referees

    Prof. Erwin de Blok
    Department of Astronomy
    University of Cape Town
    South Africa

    Prof. Frank Briggs
    Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics
    The Australian National University
    Australia

    Dr. Helmut Jerjen
    Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics
    The Australian National University
    Australia

    Prof. Elias Brinks
    Centre for Astrophysics Research
    University of Hertfordshire
    United Kingdom

    Dr. Fabian Walter
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Hiedelberg
    Germany



    Last updated: 31st May 2008