Professional Experience

• • Professor: Mar. 2017 – present, MSE, Korea University, South Korea

  • Associate Professor: Mar. 2012 – Feb. 2017, MSE, Korea University, South Korea

  • Assistant Professor: Mar. 2008 – Feb. 2012, MSE, Korea University, South Korea

  • Head, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University   8/2022~11/2023

  • Director, Institute for High Technology Materials and Devices, Korea University   8/2022~11/2023

  • Visiting Scholar: Aug. 2016 – Aug. 2017 & Jun. 2008 – Aug. 2008, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

  • Postdoctoral Fellow: Jun. 2005 – Feb. 2008, The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, CA, USA

• • Associate Editor of Frontiers in Thin Solid Films: Feb. 2014 – Aug. 2014

  • Editorial Board Member: Electronic Materials Letters: Jan. 2012 – present

  • Editorial Board Member: The Materials Research Society of Korea: Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2009

  • Board of Directors for Editing Operation: The Korean Union of Chemical Science and Technology Societies: Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2014

  • Scientific Research Board of Directors: The Korean Electrochemical Society: Jan. 2012 – Present

  • Board of Directors for Business operations: The Korea Ceramic Society: Jan. 2014 – Dec. 2014

  • Scientific Advisory Member: Chemical World, The Korean Chemical Society: Jan. 2009 – Dec. 2009

Honors and Awards

• • Excellent in Teaching Award 2024(2nd semester), 2022(1st), 2021(2nd), 2021(1st), 2019(2nd), 2018(1st), 2011(2nd)

  • Capacitor Research Award (The Korean Electrochemical Society): Apr. 2015

  • Young Researcher Award (RIET, Korea University): Apr. 2014

  • Springer-EML Award (The Korean Institute of Metals and Materials): Oct. 2013

  • Crimson Professor (College of Engineering, Korea University): Mar. 2012 ~ Feb. 2015

Education

• • Ph.D. in Chemistry: Sep. 1999 – Jun. 2005; Department of Chemistry, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA

  • M.S. in Chemistry: Mar. 1996 – Feb. 1998; Department of Chemistry, Korea Univ., Seoul, Korea

  • B.S. in Chemistry: Mar. 1990 – Feb. 1996 (Military service: 1992~1993); Department of Chemistry, Korea Univ., Seoul, Korea