Mary S. Park

Mary is a JPL postdoctoral fellow studying the origin of water vapor in the exosphere of Ceres through numerical modelling and prediction using a vast amount of solar wind data measured by various space crafts and machine learning models. Before coming to JPL, she conducted research on the fundamental properties of bio-, energy-, structural-related materials using hands-on experiments and computational simulations/data analysis.


Education: 
  • PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2018)
  • SM, Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University (2009)
  • BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University (2007)

Research Interests: 
  • Mechanisms of Water Vapor Production on Ceres
  • Numerical Methods for Solar Wind Propagation
  • Machine Learning (ML) Predictions in Solar Wind Propagation
  • Water Vapor Production from Regolith on Icy Moons

Professional Experience: 
  • JPL Postdoctoral Fellow / 2023-present
  • Senior Research Scientist at KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) / 2018-2023
  • Staff Research Scientist at KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology) / 2009-2012

Selected Awards: 
  • KIST Best Research center award (2020)
  • Kwanjeong Educational Scholarship (2012-2016)
  • Scripta Materialia Top Citated Article Award (2012)
  • KIST Best Research Team Award (2012)
  • Intermetallics Top 25 Hottest Articles (2011)
  • Materials Science and Engineering A Top Hottest Articles (2011)

Selected Publications: 
  1. C. Kim†, K.W. Park†, and H.L. Tuller* "Effect of Structure on Oxygen Diffusivity in Layered Oxides: A Combined Theoretical and Experimental Study” J. Mater. Chem. A (2022) 10, 15402-15414 (Front Cover). DOI: 10.1039/D2TA02580A
  2. V. Poliukhova, M. Kang, A.R. Hong, K.R. Mun, K.W. Park*, H.S. Jang*, S.H. Cho* “ZnO/ZnS Nanoparticles on NaYF4:Yb,Tm for Near Infrared-Activated photocatalytic Cr(VI) Reduction” ACS Appl. Nano Mater. (2022) 5, 14478-14491. DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.2c02848
  3. K.W. Park*, C.S. Kim “Deformation-induced charge redistribution in ceria thin film at room temperature” Acta Materialia (2020) 191, 70-80. DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2020.03.029
  4. K.W. Park, A. M. Kolpak “Mechanism for spontaneous oxygen and hydrogen evolution on CoO nanocrystals” J. Mater. Chem. A (2019) 7, 6708-6719 (marked as 2019 J. Mater. Chem. A HOT Papers). DOI: 10.1039/C8TA11087E
  5. K.W. Park, A. M. Kolpak “ Optimal methodology for explicit solvation prediction of band edges of transition metal oxide photocatalysts” Communications Chemistry (2019) 2, 79. DOI: 10.1038/s42004-019-0179-3
  6. K.W. Park*, Y. Shibutani “Effect of hydrogenation on the mechanical property of amorphous Ni90Al10 membranes” Int. J. Hydrogen Energy (2011) 36, 9324-9334. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.05.019
  7. K.W. Park, C.M. Lee, M. Wakeda, Y. Shibutani, M.L. Falk, J.C. Lee “Elastostatically induced structural disordering in amorphous alloys” Acta Materialia (2008) 56, 5440-5450. DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2008.07.033
  8. K.W. Park, J. Jang, M. Wakeda, Y. Shibutani, J.C. Lee “Atomic packing density and its influence on the properties of Cu-Zr amorphous alloys” Scripta Materialia (2007) 57, 805-808. DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2007.07.019

 

†equally contributed

*corresponding author

Address: 
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
Email: 
mary.park@jpl.nasa.gov