Contact Information
Centre for mathematical Plasma-Astrophysics (CmPA)
KU Leuven
Celestijnenlaan 200B, box 2400
3001 Leuven
Belgium
Tel. +32-04-8680-0041
+82-10-3110-6790
E-mail: daye.lim@kuleuven.be
daye.lim@ksb-orb.be
dayelim38@gmail.com
ORCiD: 0000-0001-9914-9080
Scopus: 55694295500
Academic Career
16 Aug 2024 - Present
Post-doc
at KU Leuven
16 Aug 2023 - 15 Aug 2024
Post-doc
at the Royal Observatory of Belgium
(Joint position between KU Leuven and the Royal Observatory of Belgium)
15 Aug 2022 - 14 Aug 2023
Post-doc
at KU Leuven
(Joint position between KU Leuven and the Royal Observatory of Belgium)
02 Mar 2020 – 31 Jul 2022
Post-doc
at Kyung Hee University
Education
02 Mar 2013 – 19 Feb 2020
Ph.D.
Advisor Prof. Yong-Jae Moon
School of Space Research
Kyung Hee University
02 Mar 2009 – 20 Feb 2013
B.S.
Department of Astronomy and Space Science
Kyung Hee University
Research Interests
Solar Physics – MHD, Solar EUV, Solar Flares, Space Weather, Coronal Waves
Stellar Physics
Research Skills
IDL, Solar Software
Python 3, Keras
Fortran 90
Observational Data Analysis of Instruments – SOHO/MDI, SDO/HMI, SDO/AIA, STEREO/EUVI, SolO/EUI HRIEUV
Machine Learning & Deep Learning Algorithms
Research Experience
2022 – Present
KU Leuven & Royal Observatory of Belgium
Processing SolO/EUI data, applying wavelets optimized whitening for enhancing images, motion magnification for magnifying transverse amplitudes, and Auto-NUWT for tracking oscillations automatically for detecting coronal oscillations, and analyzing transverse oscillations detected with SolO/EUI
2013 – 2022
Kyung Hee University
Doctoral Thesis: Sausage Oscillations in a Plasma Cylinder and Forecasting of Major Solar Flares, Ph.D. Thesis, 2020
Mathematical modeling of coronal MHD waves and analyzing oscillation parameters from modeling results using the Fourier and wavelet transforms
Analyzing solar EUV/UV observations (SDO/AIA and STEREO/EUVI) and magnetic field data (SDO/HMI) in order to develop solar flare forecasting models and an image translation model based on deep learning algorithms
2.5D resistive MHD numerical simulations for magnetic reconnection between multiple coronal loops
Teaching Experience
Sep – Dec 2023
Bachelor Project at KU Leuven
“MHD Waves in a Coronal Loop as a Magnetic Cylinder”
Mar – Jun 2023
Master students Space Weather Project at KU Leuven
“Statistical Relationships between Kink Oscillations and Active Region Magnetic Parameters”
Grants and Fellowships
Jun 2021 – Jul 2022
2021R1I1A1A01040372 (PI: Daye Lim)
National Research Foundation of Korea
KRW 95,500,000
“Theoretical and Numerical Modeling of Quasi-Periodic Pulsations Manifested in Flare Emissions”
Awards
2021
The Encouragement Award, The Idea Contest for Space Weather Data, Korean Space Weather Center
2020
The Excellence Award, The Artificial Intelligence Contest for Predicting Space Weather Disaster, National Radio Research Agency
2019
The Top Award, The Young Scientist Award by the Center for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WISET)-Korean Astronomical Society (KAS)
Invited Talks
13 Jul 2024
COSPAR 2024 45th Scientific Assembly
“Waves in the Solar Corona and Their Heating”
10 Oct 2023
1-day BINA/BIPASS Meeting
“Decayless Transverse Oscillations in the Solar Corona”
Participation in School Program
Jun 2018
Space Weather REDI Bootcamp Summer 2018, NASA CCMC, USA
Jul 2011
The Solar/Space MHD International Summer School 2011, University of Science and Technology of China, China
Peer Reviewer
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 2024, 1
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 2023, 1
Advances in Space Research, 2022, 1
Patents
South Korean-granted patent (Patent number 10-2009460)
Registration date: 05 August 2019
Title of the invention: Device and method for forecasting solar flare based on SDO/HMI vector magnetic fields
Inventor: Yong-Jae Moon and Daye Lim
Seminars
30 Jul 2024
Solar and Space Weather Group, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
“The Role of High-Frequency Transverse Oscillations in Coronal Heating”
23 Jul 2024
School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University
“The Role of High-Frequency Transverse Oscillations in Coronal Heating”
28 May 2024
Royal Observatory of Belgium
“Solar Orbiter (online course in solar physics and space weather)”
15 Feb 2024
Centre for mathematical Plasma-Astrophysics, KU Leuven
“Decayless Transverse Oscillations Detected with SolO/EUI HRI and Their Role in Coronal Heating”
26 Jan 2024
Solar Physics and Space Weather, Royal Observatory of Belgium “Decayless Transverse Oscillations Detected with SolO/EUI HRI and Their Role in Coronal Heating”
25 Nov 2022
Solar Physics and Space Weather, Royal Observatory of Belgium
“MHD sausage oscillations in solar coronal loops”
27 Oct 2022
Centre for mathematical Plasma-Astrophysics, KU Leuven
“MHD sausage oscillations in solar coronal loops”
29 Jun 2022
Solar and Space Weather Group, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
“Modeling of MHD oscillations in coronal loops”
22 Dec 2021
Solar and Space Weather Group, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
“Slow magnetoacoustic oscillations in stellar coronal loops”
Conferences
14 Jul 2024
COSPAR 2024 45th Scientific Assembly, Invited talk
“Waves in the Solar Corona and Their Heating”
25 Jun 2024
11th Coronal Loops Workshop, Oral talk
“Characteristics and Energy Flux Distributions of Decayless Transverse Oscillations Depending on Coronal Regions”
21 May 2024
The Coronal Cooling Conference: rain, prominences and eruptions, Poster
“The Role of High-Frequency Oscillations in Coronal Heating”
14 Sep 2023
The 30th EUI Consortium Meeting, Oral talk
“Transverse oscillations in the solar corona detected by the SolO/EUI HRIEUV Data with High Cadences”
22 Jun 2023
Waves and Instabilities in the Solar Atmosphere, Oral talk
“Energy properties of transverse oscillations of solar coronal loops”
30 May 2023
AGU Chapman on Advances in Understanding Alfven Waves in the Sun and the Heliosphere, Oral talk
“Rapid oscillations in a solar active region observed by the EUI onboard SolO”
26 Jan 2023
The 29th EUI Consortium Meeting, Oral talk “Rapid oscillations in a solar active region observed by Solar Orbiter/EUI”
09 Sep 2022
Centre for mathematical Plasma-Astrophysics Retrospective in Honor of Prof. Stefaan Poedts Meeting, Oral talk
“Slow magnetoacoustic oscillations in stellar coronal loops”
14 Jul 2022
National Astronomy Meeting Online, Oral talk
“Slow magnetoacoustic oscillations in stellar coronal loops”
3 Aug 2021
SHINE Online, Poster
“Selection of three (E)UV wavelengths for solar satellite missions by deep learning”
11 Dec 2020
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Online, Poster
“Effect of higher radial harmonics in sausage oscillations in coronal loops”
16 Sep 2019
Machine Learning in Heliophysics, Poster
“Ensemble forecasting of major solar flares with short-, mid-, and longterm active region properties”
27 Aug 2018
International Astronomical Union General Assembly, Poster
“Sausage oscillations in a plasma cylinder with a surface current”
7 Nov 2017
Asia-Pacific Solar Physics Meeting, Poster
“Forecast of solar major flare occurrence rates based on vector magnetic parameters using SDO/HMI data”
22 August 2017
American Astronomical Society Solar Physics Division Meeting, Oral talk
“Forecast of a major flare occurrence rate within a day using SDO/HMI data”
24 Apr 2016
European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Poster
“In what magnetic environment are coronal loop plasmas located?”
3 Nov 2015
Asia-Pacific Solar Physics Meeting, Oral talk
“Magnetic configurations embedding coronal loop plasmas”
10 Aug 2015
International Astronomical Union General Assembly, Oral talk
“What magnetic structures harbor coronal loop plasmas?”