EDUCATION 

Sep. 1995 – Dec. 2000   Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Dec. 2000

 

Mar. 1989 – Feb. 1993    Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

B.S. with Summa Cum Laude in Metallurgical Engineering, Feb. 1993

EXPERIENCE 

Director, Nano & Semiconductor Technology, National Research Foundation of Korea (Apr. 2020~present)

Professor, Electrical Engineering, Sejong University (Mar. 2011~present)

Principal Engineer, Samsung Electronics Corp., Korea (2007~2011)

Advisory Engineer, International Business Machines (IBM) Corp., NY, USA (2000~2007)

Sergeant, Military service at ROK Army (1993~1995) 

IEC TC124 WG4 Convenor & IEC TC47 Assistant Secretary

Honors

1.   POSCO Iron and Steel Prize by Pohang Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Korea (Mar. 1993)

2.   Alumni Association Award, College of Engineering, Seoul National University (Feb. 1993)

3.   Invention Achievement Plateaus, IBM Corporation (2003-2007)

4.   6 Sigma Best Practice Award, Samsung Electronics Corp., Korea (Jan. 2008)

5.   Marquis Who's Who in the World® 2016 (33rd Edition)

6.   Invention Achievement Plateau, SKHynix (Mar. 2018)

DISCLOSURE

Over 200 granted patents in US, Europe (EP), Japan (JP), China (CN), Taiwan (TW), Korea (KR) etc.