BIMSA > Kimyeong Lee
Professor Kimyeong Lee

Group: Quantum Fields and Strings

Office: A13-104

Email: klee@bimsa.cn

Research Field: Quantum Field Theory, String Theory

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Biography

I am a theoretical physicist working on quantum field theory and string theory. I have been educated in South Korea and United States. I worked as postdoctoral fellow and faculty member in US and also in South Korea. Recently I joined BIMSA in quantum field theory and string theory group. My research interests are also on cosmology, black holes, particle phenomenology, geometry, representation theory, vertex operator algebras, categorical symmetries, and number theory.

Research Interest

  • Quantum Field Theory and String Theory
  • Solitons, Topological Objects, BPS Objects
  • (super) Conformal Field Theory
  • Strongly Interacting Physics
  • M2 and M5 Brane Physics
  • Black Hole Physics
  • AdS/CFT Correspondence

Education Experience

  • 1977 - 1981      Seoul National University      Physics      B.Sc.      BS      (Supervisor: Choonkyu Lee)
  • 1982 - 1987      Columbia University      Theoretical Physics      Ph.D      MS,MPhil Included      (Supervisor: Erick James Weinberg)

Work Experience

  • 1987 - 1988      Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory      Research Associate
  • 1988 - 1990      Boston University      Research Associate
  • 1996 - 1998      Columbia University      Associate Professor
  • 1998 - 1999      Seoul National University      Associate Professor
  • 1999 - 2024      Korea Institute for Advanced Study      Professor

Honors and Awards

  • 1991      Alfred Sloan Fellow      Alfred Sloan Foundation, USA
  • 1991      Presidential Young Investigator      NSF, USA
  • 1992      Gravity Research Award, the 2nd prize      Gravity Foundation
  • 2004      Korea Academy of Science and Technology      Regular Member
  • 2006      National Scholar      Korea Research Foundation
  • 2014      Best Scientist and Engineer Award      Presidential, KOFST, Korea

Publication

  • [1] Kimyeong Lee, Norton Lee, Dimers for type D relativistic Toda model, JHEP, 09, 198 (2024)
  • [2] Kimyeong Lee, Kaiwen Sun, Haowu Wang, On intermediate exceptional series, Lett.Math.Phys., 114(5), 113 (2024)
  • [3] Kimyeong Lee, Kaiwen Sun, Hecke relations among 2d fermionic RCFTs, JHEP, 9, 44 (2024)
  • [4] Kimyeong Lee, Kaiwen Sun, Xin Wang, Twisted elliptic genera, JHEP, 04, 035 (2024)
  • [5] Kimyeong Lee, Kaiwen Sun, Haowu Wang, On intermediate Lie algebra E7+1/2 , Lett.Math.Phys., 114, 13 (2024)
  • [6] Hirotaka Hayashi, Sung-Soo Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Futoshi Yagi , Seiberg-Witten curves with O7± - planes, JHEP, 11, 178 (2023)
  • [7] Zhihao Duan, Kimyeong Lee, Sungjay Lee, Linfeng Li, On classification of fermionic rational conformal field theories, JHEP, 02, 79 (2023)
  • [8] Zhihao Duan, Kimyeong, Kaiwen Sun, Hecke relations, cosets and the classification of 2d RCFTs, JHEP, 09, 202 (2022)
  • [9] Min-xin Huang, Kimyeong Lee, Xin Wang, Topological strings and Wilson loops, JHEP, 08, 207 (2022)
  • [10] Hee-Cheol Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Kimyeong Lee, S-foldings of 5d SCFTs, JHEP, 5, 178 (2022)
  • [11] Jin Chen, Babak Haghighat, Hee-Cheol Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Marcus Sperling, Elliptic quantum curves of 6d SO(N) theories, JHEP, 03, 154 (2022)
  • [12] Jin-Beom Bae, Dongmin Gang, Kimyeong Lee, Magnetically charged AdS55​ black holes from class SS theories on hyperbolic 3-manifolds, JHEP, 02, 158 (2022)
  • [13] Kimyeong Lee, Mathieu Sarkis, Algebraic surfaces, Four-folds and Moonshine, JHEP, 02, 164 (2022)
  • [14] Jin-Beom Bae, Zhihao Duan, Kimyeong Lee, Sungjay Lee, Mathieu Sarkis, Bootstrapping fermionic rational CFTs with three characters, JHEP, 01, 089 (2022)
  • [15] Jin-Beom Bae, Jeffrey A. Harvey, Kimyeong Lee, Sungjay Lee, Brandon C. Rayhaun , Conformal Field Theories with Sporadic Group Symmetry, Commun.Math.Phys., 388(1), 1 (2021)
  • [16] Dongmin Gang, Sungjoon Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Myungbo Shim, Masahito Yamazaki, Non-unitary TQFTs from 3D NN = 4 rank 0 SCFTs, JHEP, 08, 158 (2021)
  • [17] Jin-Beom Bae, Zhihao Duan, Kimyeong Lee, Sungjay Lee, Mathieu Sarkis, Fermionic rational conformal field theories and modular linear differential equations, Progress in Theoretical and Experimental Physics (2021)
  • [18] Zhihao Duan, Kimyeong Lee, Jun Nahmgoong, Xin Wang, Twisted 6d (2, 0) SCFTs on a circle, JHEP, 07, 179 (2021)
  • [19] June Nahmgoong, Kimyeong Lee, Cardy Limits of 6d Superconformal Theories, JHEP, 05, 118 (2021)
  • [20] Hee-Cheol Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Higgsing and twisting of 6d DN​ gauge theories, JHEP, 10, 014 (2020)
  • [21] Hirotaka Hayashi, Sung-Soo Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Futoshi Yagi, Complete prepotential for 5d N = 1 superconformal field theories, JHEP, 02, 074 (2020)
  • [22] Joonho Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Ki-Hong Lee, Kimyeong Lee, Jaewon Song, Instantons from Blow-up, JHEP, 11, 092 (2019)
  • [23] Jin-Beom Bae, Kimyeong Lee, Sungjay Lee, Monster Anatomy, JHEP, 07, 026 (2019)
  • [24] Hirotaka Hayashi, Sung-Soo Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Futoshi Yagi, Rank-3 antisymmetric matter on 5-brane webs, JHEP, 05, 133 (2019)
  • [25] Hirotaka Hayashi, Sung-Soo Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Futoshi Yagi, Dualities and 5-brane webs for 5d rank 2 SCFTs, JHEP, 12, 016 (2018)
  • [26] Joonho Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Jaemo Park , On elliptic genera of 6d string theories, JHEP, 10, 100 (2018)
  • [27] Hirotaka Hayashi, Sung-Soo Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Futoshi Yagi, 5-brane webs for 5d NN = 1 G2​ gauge theories, JHEP, 03, 125 (2018)
  • [28] Hirotaka Hayash, Sung-Soo Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Futoshi Yagi, Discrete theta angle from an O5-plane, JHEP, 11, 041 (2017)
  • [29] V. Pestun , M. Zabzine, F. Benini, T.Dimofte, T.T. Dumitrescu, K.Hosomichi, S. Kim K. Lee B. Le Floch, M.Marino, J.A. Minahan, D.R. Morrison, S.Pasquetti, J. Qiu, L. Rastelli , S.S. Razamat, S.S. Pufu , Y.Tachikawa, B.Willett, K.Zarembo, Localization techniques in quantum field theories, J.Phys.A , 50(44), 440301 (2017)
  • [30] Seok Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Indices for 6 dimensional superconformal field theories, J.Phys.A, 50(44), 443017 (2017)
  • [31] Joonho Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Little strings on Dn​ orbifolds, JHEP, 10, 045 (2017)
  • [32] Hirotaka Hayashi, Sung-Soo Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Futoshi Yagi, Equivalence of several descriptions for 6d SCFT, JHEP, 01, 093 (2017)
  • [33] Hee-Cheol Kim, Kimyeong Lee, Supersymmetric M5 Brane Theories on R x CP2, JHEP, 07, 072 (2013)
  • [34] Hee-Cheol Kim, Sung-Soo Kim, Kimyeong Lee, 5-dim Superconformal Index with Enhanced En Global Symmetry, JHEP, 10, 142 (2012)
  • [35] Kimyeong Lee, Norton Lee, Defects and type D relativistic Toda lattice for some 5d gauge theories, arXiv:2409.03483[hep-th]

 

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