Dr. Yew Kam Ho
Adjunct Research Fellow
Atomic Physics and Optical Science

Education


  • B.Sc., Physics, 1969, Sir George Williams University, Canada
  • M.Sc., Physics, 1971, University of Western Ontario, Canada
  • Ph.D., Applied Mathematics (Theoretical Physics), 1975, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Experience


  • Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, USA (1975–1977)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Wayne State University, USA (1977–1980)
  • Research Associate/Senior Research Associate, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, USA (1980–1984)
  • Assistant Professor -Associate Professor Research, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, USA (1984–1993)
  • Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica (1993–2016)
  • Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica (2016–present)

Research Interests


  • Studies of few-body systems related to muon catalyzed fusion
  • Atomic photoionization and resonances in weakly coupled (Debye) and strongly coupled plasmas
  • Theoretical studies of quantum dots
  • Interactions of positrons and positronium with atoms
  • Atoms in external electric and magnetic fields
  • Develop new computational techniques such as the complex absorbing potential (CAP) method and the stabilization method for atomic structure and collision calculations