# Research Areas & Facilities

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Sun and Solar Systems

The research of the solar physics group in our deparment focuses on magnetic activities of the Sun and their influence on the space environments. The solar system group studies comets, asteroids and interplanetary dusts, which provide important clues on the origin of the earth and the solar system.

- [Jongchul Chae](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/채종철-교수/)
- [Masateru Ishiguro](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/masateru-ishiguro-교수/)

Stars, Interstellar Medium, Our Galaxy

Research on stars, interstellar medium and our Galaxy in our department covers the formation and evolution of stars, supernovae and their remnants, and the physics and chemistry of interstellar medium, stellar dynamics, gravitational waves from mergers of neutron stars and black holes, galactic dynamics and its star-formation feedback.

- [Bon-Chul Koo](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/구본철-교수/)
- [Woong-Tae Kim](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/김웅태-교수/)
- [Yong-Sun Park](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/박용선-교수/)
- [Sung-Chul Yoon](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/윤성철-교수/)

- [Hyung Mok Lee](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/이형목-교수/)
- [Jeong-Eun Lee](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/이정은-교수/)

Galaxies, AGN, and Cosmology

Many researchers in our department study the formation and evolution of galaxies, active galactic nuclei with super-massive black holes, observations of supernovae and gamma-ray bursts, and cosmology that explores the origin and large scale structure of the Universe.

- [Jong-Hak Woo](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/우종학-교수/)
- [Myung Gyoon Lee](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/이명균-교수/)
- [Jounghun Lee](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/이정훈-교수/)
- [Myungshin Im](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/임명신-교수/)

- [Sascha Trippe](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/Sascha-Trippe-교수/)
- [Ho Seong Hwang](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/황호성-교수/)
- [Jubee Sohn](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/손주비-교수/)

Instrumentation

Our department is developing radio, optical and infrared instruments including radio interferometry, adaptive optics, detectors of gravitational waves, solar spectrographs and polarimeters, and coronagraphs.

- [Yong-Sun Park](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/박용선-교수/)
- [Hyung Mok Lee](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/이형목-교수/)
- [Myungshin Im](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/임명신-교수/)
- [Jongchul Chae](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/채종철-교수/)

- [Sascha Trippe](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/Sascha-Trippe-교수/)
- [Ho Seong Hwang](https://astron.snu.ac.kr/en/황호성-교수)