Bobae Kim
Postdoctoral Appointee
Biography
Bobae Kim has been a postdoctoral appointee in the Medium Energy Physics (MEP) group at Argonne National Laboratory since March 2024. Her main research interest is detector R&D, which focuses on improving the precision of particle detection and imaging. Her experience aligns closely with the Barrel Imaging Calorimeter R&D to advance the scientific objectives of the ePIC experiment at the Electron-Ion Collider, particularly in enhancing the understanding of quark-gluon interactions.
Research Summary
Bobae Kim contributes to the testing and integration of the ePIC Barrel Imaging Calorimeter for the Electron–Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Her work focuses on improving the precision and reliability of particle detection in highly granular calorimeter systems.
She leads the characterization of AstroPix silicon sensors based on High-Voltage CMOS Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor (HV-CMOS MAPS) technology. This includes evaluating multiple sensor iterations and ensuring precise synchronization with a lead-based scintillating-fiber sampling calorimeter. Achieving accurate timing and energy measurements across these subsystems is essential for reconstructing particle interactions.
In addition, Kim conducts detector performance studies based on beam-test results from prototype detectors, integrating experimental measurements with simulation to support system integration and detector validation. These efforts support hardware readiness and inform the development of calorimeter interfaces, readout architecture, and QC and calibration strategies. A central goal of her research is to ensure reliable, reproducible, and stable detector operation under realistic EIC conditions, validated through prototype beam tests.
Awards
- 2025 Outstanding Postdoctoral Performance Award in the area of Basic Research, presented by Argonne National Laboratory in recognition of exceptional research achievements
- 2022 Awarded “Excellent Researcher Prize in oral session” by the Korean Physical Society.
Title: “Performance of the trigger-veto detector for KAEM”
Title: “Search for excited leptons in llγ final states at 13 TeV” - 2021 Awarded “Excellent Researcher Prize in oral session” by the Korean Physical Society.
Title: “A Study on the Responses of Silicon Photodiode Detector to Gamma Radiation and Proton beams”
Patents
- 2021-2023 Principal Investigator: NRF Ph.D. Fellowship (2021R1A6A3A13046491) by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education. (40M KRW/2 years)