Donggeun Tak 탁동근

Kyung Hee University ·

I am an astrophysicist studying multi-messenger and high-energy astrophysics, with a focus on gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), kilonovae, and dark matter. Combining observations from instruments such as the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, VERITAS, and the 7-Dimensional Telescope with multiwavelength analysis, simulations, and advanced statistical methods including machine learning, I investigate the physical processes behind the universe's most violent transients and search for signals of dark-matter annihilation. I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Kyung Hee University, broadening our understanding of the universe through interdisciplinary and international collaboration with researchers around the world.

Research interests: Gamma-ray bursts, kilonovae, dark matter, gamma-ray instrumentation

• 2026–Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University
• 2024–2026Research Professor, Seoul National University
• 2022–2024Postdoctoral Researcher, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)
• 2020–2022Postdoctoral Researcher, DESY Zeuthen
• 2020Postdoctoral Researcher, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• 2016–2019Research Assistant, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• 2014–2019Ph.D. in Physics, University of Maryland, College Park · Advisor: Julie McEnery
• 2007–2013B.S. in Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University

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