Daniel Chonghan Hong
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Daniel Chonghan Hong (March 3, 1956 - July 6, 2002) was a South Korean theoretical physicist.
Hong was born in 1956 in Seoul. He studied at the Seoul National University physics. In 1979 he received his Bachelor's degree there, and in 1981 his Master's degree.
Afterwards, he started his doctorate studies at Boston University in the State of Massachusetts, which he finished in 1985 with a Ph.D..
After that, he got a postdoc research position at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and later another position at the Emory University. In the year 1988 he became an assistant professor at the physics department of the Lehigh University. In 1994, he became an associate professor, and in 2000 - a full professor.
He was interested in the dynamics of granular matter and researched on the granular flow, diffusion models, viscosity behavior and percolation, among other subjects.
His research on the physics of making popcorn were extremely popular. He also wrote many articles on themes in sciences, philosophy and religion.
From 1995 till 2000 he was editor of the AKPA Newsletter and belonged to the editors board of the KASTN, the Korean American Science and Technology News.
He died in the age of 46 by a heart attack and left his wife Susy, a son, Danny, and three daughters, Susan, Annie, and Juliana.
