Dr. Jongchan Kim, a post doctoral researcher working with Prof. Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos and Prof. Dimitrios Zekkos has accepted a faculty position at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology's Civil & Environmental Engineering Department. Dr. Kim has been working on the characterization of gravelly soils using the large size cyclic simple shear device at UC Berkeley and has made important contributions towards improving our understanding of the liquefaction susceptibility and response of these materials. Prior to joining UC Berkeley, Jongchan received his PhD from Georgia Tech. 

We wish Jongchan all the best in his new position! Congratulations!!