Eun-Joo Ahn

Eun-Joo is a historian of science who explores how science shapes and gets shaped by our natural and social surroundings. Her research interests include studying the development of physics at Yale, examining Asian American scientists during the 20th century, and exploring the role of place surrounding astronomical observatories. She is also turning her dissertation project that examined how astronomers of Mount Wilson Observatory interacted with Southern California's natural and socio-economic environment during the early twentieth century into a book manuscript. Eun-Joo was previously a particle astrophysicist who worked on the composition and hadronic interaction of ultra high energy cosmic rays. She holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of California Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Chicago.