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