cv

(Lastly updated in December, 2025) The full CV can be found in pdf format at the right.

General Information

Name Bo-Eun (Bonni) Choi
Pronouns she/her
Affiliation University of Washington, Seattle
Position Astronomy, PhD Candidate
Contact bechoi@uw.edu

Education

  • 2021 - present
    PhD, Astronomy
    University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    • Advisors
      • Prof. Jessica K. Werk
      • Prof. Emily M. Levesque
    • Thesis: How Is the Galactic Weather?: Tracing the Baryon Cycle and Gas Flows in the Milky Way’s Inner Atmosphere
  • 2019 - 2021
    MSc, Astronomy
    Sejong University, South Korea
    • Advisor: Prof. Hee-Won Lee
    • Thesis: Line Formation and Spectroscopic Survey of Raman-scattered He II Features in Young Planetary Nebulae
  • 2014 - 2019
    BSc, Astronomy | BSc, Physics
    Sejong University, South Korea

Work Experience

  • 2021
    Pre-doctoral Researcher
    UNIST, South Korea
    • Supervisor: Prof. Maurice van Putten
    • Developing a 3-body simulation code for testing orbital stability of prograding and retrograding circumbinary planets

Honors and Awards

  • 2025
    • Distinction in Research (Astronomy Department, UW)
  • 2022
    • Distinction in Teaching (Astronomy Department, UW)
  • 2021
    • Outstanding Research Award (Graduate School, Sejong University)
  • 2019
    • Best Presentation Award (Korean Physical Society)