최민석  Minseok Choi

Associate Professor

Department of Physics, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea

minseok.choi at inha.ac.kr  



Education

PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan (2011)

BS & MS in Physics, Pusan National University, Korea (2006)


Research Experience

Assistant Professor (2016/03 - 2022/02), Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Inha University, Korea (2022/03 - present)

Visiting Scholar, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States (2023/01 - 2023/08)

Visiting Scholar, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea (2022/09 - 2022/11)

Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Materials Science, Korea (2013/09 - 2016/01)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States (2011/04 - 2013/08)

Research Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan (2007/11 - 2008/06)


Awards and Honors

World Top 2% Scientist; Elsevier (2023).

Best Paper Prize 2013; IOP/NIMS (2013)

Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science; The Materials Research Society of Japan, The 19th MRS-J Academic Symposium, Yokohama, Japan (2010/01)

Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT), Japan (2008/10 - 2011/03)

Department Alumni Association Chair Award, Pusan National University, Korea (2006/02)

Department Professors Scholarship, Pusan National University, Korea (2005/12)


Professional service

Deputy executive director of the policy committee, Korean Physical Society  (2025/01 - 2026/12)

Member of the academic committee, Korean Dielectrics Society  (2025/03 - 2027/02)

Referee for scientific journals; APS/AIP journals (PRL, PRX, and so on), ACS journal (JACS, JPCL), RSC journal (JMCC,PCCP), KPS journals (CAP, JKPS, Sae Mulli), etc


References

Professor Chris G. Van de Walle, Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

Professor Anderson Janotti, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, United States

Professor Isao Tanaka (Emeritus), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan

Professor Fumiyasu Oba, Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Professor Chul-Hong Park (Emeritus), Department of Physics Education, Pusan National University, Korea