Profile

CURRENT POSITIONS


Professor, Department Physics & Astronomy, Sejong University
Director, Graphene Research Institute

Director, GRI-TPC International Research Center [GRDC]

C20 Secretary, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)

The 30th President (President-elect), The Korean Physical Society (KPS)


RESEARCH INTERESTS


  • Theoretical/Computational Condensed Matter Physics

  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Solids and Surfaces; Many-body Theory

  • Graphene; Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs); Carbon Nanotube
  • Semiconductor Surfaces; Hydrogen Storage Materials


EDUCATION

  • University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, Sept. 1990 - Aug. 1995, Physics

- Ph.D. (1995) : Temperature Dependence of Exchange and Correlation in an Electron Gas; 

Advisors : Prof. Gerald D. Mahan and Prof. Eugene J. Mele

  • Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Mar. 1984 - Feb. 1990, Physics

- M.S. (1990) : Effects of Interlayer Interactions on the Gap Equations of High-Tc Superconductivity;

Advisor : Prof. Jisoon Ihm

- B.S. (1988) : Magna Cum Laude



EMPLOYMENT & WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Professor at Physics Department, Sejong University (2010.3-present)

  • The 30th President (President-elect) at The Korean Physical Society (Term: 2023.1-2024.12)

  • Director of Graphene Research Institute (GRI*), Sejong University (2010.1-present) *GRI: First government-funded institute of graphene research in Korea

  • Secretary  of C20 [Computational Physics] in The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) (2022.1-present)

  • Director (PI) of Basic Research Laboratory (BRL) Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea government (NRFK) (“BRL for Janus 2D Semiconductors and Their Valley-spintronics Applications”) (2021.6-2024.2)

  • Director (PI) of Global Research and Development Center Program of NRFK (“GRI-TPC International Research Center”) (2018.7-2023.12)

  • Member/Secretary of C20 [Computational Physics] in The International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) (2015.1-2021.12)

  • Executive Vice President at The Korean Physical Society (2019.1-2020.12)

  • Council Member at The Korean Physical Society (2019.1-2020.12)

  • Faculty Member of Council of Sejong University (2019.4-2020.4)

  • Director  (PI)  of  Priority  Research  Centers  Program  of  NRFK  (“Graphene  Research  Institute: Graphene  Nanostructures  and  Electronic  Devices”)  (2010.9-2019.4)

  • Visiting Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) (2014.7-2015.8)

  • Treasurer at The Korean Physical Society (2013.1-2014.12)

  • Dean at College of Natural Sciences, Sejong University (2012.8-2014.8)

  • Director (PI) of Priority Research Centers Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea government (NRFK) ("Graphene Nanostructures and Electronic Devices") (2010.9-2019.4)

  • Director (PI) of NanoMaterial Technology Development Program of NRFK ("Growth and defect control in graphene and development of innovative graphene-based electronic devices") (2012.9-2017.9)

  • Editor of Journal of The Korean Physical Society (2012.5-2015.4)

  • Vice Executive Director at The Korean Physical Society (2009.1-2010.12)
  • Director of Institute of Fundamental Physics (IFP), Sejong University (2005.9-2009.12)
  • Associate Professor at Physics Department, Sejong University (2004.3-2010.2)
  • Distinguished Visiting Scientist at Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2006.7-2007.7).

  • Chairman of Physics Department, Sejong University (2005.3-2006.7)

  • Visiting Scholar at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2001.6-2001.8)
  • Assistant Professor at Physics Department, Sejong University (1999-2004)
  • Research Associate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) (1997-1999)
  • Research Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology (1995-1997)
  • Research Assistant at University of Tennessee (1993-1995)
  • Research Assistant at University of Pennsylvania (1992-1993)
  • Teaching Assistant at University of Pennsylvania (1990-1991)
  • Teaching and Research Assistant at Seoul National University (SNU) (1988-1990)


HONORS & AWARDS

  • SNU Scholarship (1984-1986,1988-1989); SNU Honor Fellowship for Excellence(1986);

  • SNU Alumni Fellowship (1989-1990)

  • KFAS (The Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies) Fellowship (1986-1988)

  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Seoul National University (1988)

  • Korean Government Fellowship for Foreign Study(1990-1993)

  • Appointee to U.S. DOE Higher Education Research Experience Program for Faculty (2001)

  • Appointee to U.S. DOE Higher Education Research Experience Program for Faculty (2006-2007)Sejong University Distinguished Teaching Award (2011)

  • Plenary Speaker at Materials Challenges In Alternative & Renewable Energy (MCARE2014) (an International Conference Organized by the American Ceramic Society) (2014)

  • Sejong University Distinguished Research Award (2014)

  • Sejong Aejiheon Award for Excellence in Research (2014)

  • Sejong  Daeyang  Award  for  Excellence  in  Research  (2017)

  • Plenary Speaker at International Conference on Computer Simulation in Physics and beyond (CSP2020) (2020)

  • CAP Best Paper Award at the Korean Physical Society (2021)