Fermilab Director Profiles
Young-Kee Kim
Deputy Director
I am an experimental particle physicist whose research focuses on understanding the origin of mass for fundamental particles. I also work as Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago and the Enrico Fermi Institute. Since July 2006, I have served as Deputy Director of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. In this role, I lead and manage development and implementation of the particle physics strategic plan at Fermilab. Prior to my role as Deputy Director of Fermilab, I served as co-spokesperson for the CDF experiment at Fermilab’s Tevatron, a premier particle physics experiment with more than 600 physicists from around the world.
I earned my Ph.D. in physics from the University of Rochester in 1990, and my B.S. and M.S. in physics from Korea University, in 1984 and 1986, respectively. I completed my postdoctoral research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. I was professor of physics at University of California, Berkeley, when I moved to the University of Chicago in 2003.
In 2005, I received the Ho-Am Prize, Korea’s award given to “those who have made outstanding contributions to the development of science and culture, and enhancement of the welfare of mankind”, and the Guk-Min Po-Sang from the South Korean government in 2008 for my contributions to science and community. I received a fellowship from the Alfred Sloan Foundation and am a fellow of the American Physical Society. I am a recipient of the Rochester Distinguished Scholar Medal and the Professional Opportunities award for Women in Research and Education from National Science Foundation.