Dr. SungWon Kwak

Milky Way and the Local Volume
Postdoctoral Researcher
Office: KH/2.16
Phone: +49 331 7499 285
skwaknothing@aip.de

Leibniz-Institut
für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)
An der Sternwarte 16
14482 Potsdam

Computational Astrophysics; Galaxy Dynamics; Bar and Spirals; Galaxy Formation and Evolution;

Nuclear Ring and Nuclear Star Cluster; Dwarf Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters; Stellar Halo


Press Release on the SMUGGLE-Ring Project

Galactic Hearts: How Central Galactic Structures Grow Together

Phys.org: Milky Way-like simulation reveals how central galactic structures grow together

Yahoo: Dark matter and star clusters work together to reshape the centers of galaxies

Times of India: Inside SMUGGLE-Ring project


My Homepage: https://swkwak.github.io/

Publications

Latest publications, retrieved from NASA ADS:

Kwak, S., Minchev, I., Steinmetz, M., Yi, S. K., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 712, A38; published July 2026
Participating AIP research groups: Executive Board, Extragalactic Astrophysics, Milky Way and the Local Volume
Kwak, S., ... Steinmetz, M., Minchev, I., Chiappini, C., ..., 2026
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 711, A295; published July 2026
Participating AIP research groups: Executive Board, Extragalactic Astrophysics, Milky Way and the Local Volume
Bono, G., ... Kwak, S., ..., 2026
The Astrophysical Journal, 998, 1, 86; published February 2026
Participating AIP research groups: Milky Way and the Local Volume