Quest to the particle realm with Asia’s top experimental physicist

On October 15th, the School of Data Sciences (SDS) hosted an informative seminar titled, ‘What is the world made of and what holds it together?’ by Dr. Guinyun Kim (Professor, Kyungpook National University).

Professor Guinyun Kim is a remarkable physicist who received his Ph.D from Kyungpook National University, South Korea. He specializes in experimental high energy physics and nuclear physics. Besides he is an active researcher in the CMS collaboration at CERN. Dr. Kim has also been involved in prominent experiments like AMY and Large Hadron Collider.

The seminar provided a brief overview of our understanding on what we consider the fundamental particles and their interactions till now. To delve deeper, Professor Kim provided bits and pieces of history and informed about the discoveries that led to the establishment of the current accepted picture. He moreover outlined some of the mysterious unresolved problems of that picture.

Students and faculties from various majors and different universities attended the seminar. They asked challenging and analytical questions to have a deeper understanding of the topic. As Professor Kim shares, “ They are a very nice audience.” 

Moreover, Professor Tibra Ali (Associate Dean, Research, SDS) depicted,

“I really liked the talk. It was sweeping and gave a very thorough account of the historical development as well as the current state of knowledge about the fundamental constituents of our physical universe.”

Sayeda Tasnhnuba Jahan (Lecturer, MNS) arranges these seminars under the title, “Merul Badda Talks in Math and Physics” to nurture and introduce students to the culture of research in fundamental sciences. She shares, “It was an honor to host a prominent particle physicist like Professor Kim at Brac University. It was nice that he could give us time outside of his busy schedule. His talk was enriching, in particular, for young physicists who are interested in pursuing a career in particle physics.”