Eun-Joo Ahn

Eun-Joo Ahn is a historian of science who examines how social and natural surroundings have shaped scientific agenda and practices in American physical sciences of the early twentieth century, and in transnational science after the Second World War. She is a core member of Yale's Asian Americans and STEM initiative, which the RITM is one of the sponsors. Her current book project examines the founding and development of Mount Wilson Observatory, an astronomical observatory located near Pasadena, in relation to Southern California's rapid growth during the early twentieth century. She is also interested in examining how Asian American physicists assimilate into American society. In addition, she has been leading a project in the Physics Department that traces the development of Yale's natural philosophy curriculum since its founding in 1701 to today's diverse physics research and teaching. She holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of California Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Chicago.