[Education]

•  Ph.D., Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

•  B.E., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea

[Professional Position]

• 한양대학교 첨단융합대학 신소재·반도체공학전공 부교수 (Mar 2026 – )

• Clarkson University, USA (May 2017 – Jan 2026)

• Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Eng., Clarkson University (July 2021 – Jan 2026)

• Research Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Eng., Clarkson University (Feb 2018 – June 2021)

• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Eng., Clarkson University (Aug 2019 – Dec 2019)

• Post-doctoral researcher, Center for Advanced Materials Processing, Clarkson University (Oct 2017 – Feb 2018) *Advisor: Prof. S.V. Babu

• Visiting researcher, Center for Advanced Materials Processing, Clarkson University (May 2017 – Oct 2017) *Advisor: Prof. S.V. Babu

[Professional Service ]

• CAMP’s Faculty Advisory Board (2021. 05-Present)

• Organizer, Committee & Session Chair, C.A.M.P CMP Symposium (2021-Present)

• Grad Committee, ChemE (2023-Present)

• Open House Committee, ChemE (2021-Present)

• Program Committee, KISM-Korean Semiconductor Conf (2024-Present)

• ECS member and AIChE member

[Journal Editor]

• Guest Editor of a Special Issue of ECS JSS focusing on “CMP: Past, Present, Future in Honor of SV. Babu” (2023-2024)

• Topic Editor of Applied Sciences (MDPI), Indexed in SCIE IF 2.47 (2020. Fall – 2023. Spring)

• Guest Editor of a Special Issue of Applied Sciences focusing on “Recent Advances in CMP Slurries and Post-CMP Cleaning” (2022-2023)

[Honors and Awards]

• 2024 Clarkson Million Dollar Club

• 2023 Fuzehub Manufacturing Award

• 2023 CAMP Fellowship (May 2023)

• 2022 Fuzehub Manufacturing Award

• 2022 CAMP Fellowship (May 2022)

• 2018 Park AFM Scholarship by Park Systems Corp (May 2018)

• The Best Doctoral Dissertation Award by Hanyang Research Institute of Industrial Science (Feb 2017)

• The 9th Semiconductor Scholarship from the Korea Semiconductor Industry Association (Oct 2014)

[Courses Taught]

• CH610, Chemical Eng Seminar

• ES360, MSE Material Science II, Clarkson University.

• ES260, MSE Material Science I, Clarkson University.

• CH390 (UG research project), CH612 (Directed Study)

[Technical Transfer]

• J. Seo, U Paik, Development of low-dishing slurry in STI CMP, 2015, KC tech

Research Group at the Clarkson University, USA