Professor

Education

[2010] Ph.D., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (Supervised by Prof. Tae Won Noh)

Thesis: "Optical Spectroscopic Investigations on Charge/Spin/Lattice Couplings in Oxide Thin Films and Superlattices"

[2004] B.S., Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University

Professional Experiences

[Mar. 2023 ~ Present] Professor, Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University

[Mar. 2017 ~ Feb. 2023] Associate professor, Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University

[Mar. 2013 ~ Feb. 2017] Assistant professor, Department of Physics, Sungkyunkwan University

[Mar. 2013 ~ Aug. 2013] Visiting Scholar, Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

[Oct. 2010 ~ Feb. 2013] Postdoctoral research associate, Material Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Advised by Ho Nyung Lee)

[Mar. 2010 ~ Sep. 2010] Postdoctoral researcher, Frontier Physics Research Division, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (Advised by Prof. Tae Won Noh)

Awards and Honors

• Applied Physics Academic Award by The Korean Physical Society (Apr. 23, 2025)

• LG Yonam International Joint Research Professor by LG Yonam Foundation (Nov. 21, 2018)

• TJ Park (Cheongam) Science Fellowship by POSCO TJ Park Foundation (Sep. 18, 2015)

• Bombi Award by The Korean Physical Society (Apr. 24, 2014)

• 2012 ORNL Award for Outstanding Accomplishment in Scientific Research by UT-Battelle, 2012 Awards Night Achievement (Nov. 16, 2012)

• Prize for outstanding papers for graduate students, Korean Synchrotron Radiation User’s Association (KOSUA) (Nov. 22, 2009)

• Springer Prize for the Best Presentation, The 10th Asia Pacific Physics Conference (Aug. 21-24, 2007, Pohang, Korea)

• Three Best Poster Awards, Korean Physical Society Annual Meetings (Spring 2005, Fall 2006, and Spring 2009)

• Two Best Poster Awards, The 2nd and 5th Joint Symposium on Ferroelectricity (Feb. 2006 and Feb. 2009, Muju, Korea)

• Best Poster Award, The 10th. Anniversary Workshop of APCTP "Strongly Correlated Electron Systems". (Nov. 2-7, 2006, Pohang, Korea)

• Seoul Science Fellowship, 2005-2006 (Seoul Metropolitan Government)

• Brain Korea 21 Scholarship for Graduate Students, 2004-2009

• Scholarship for excellent record for graduate students, 2004

Postdocs

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Alumni

Yeongju Choi (M.S., Sep. 2022 ~ Feb. 2025)

 Now at 

e-mail: ckorea2010 at gmail dot com

Arnab De (Postdoc., Jan. 2022 ~ Jan. 2024)

 Now at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (Postdoctoral Research Associate)

e-mail: arnabde005 at gmail dot com

Dongwon Shin (Ph.D., Mar. 2019 ~ Aug. 2023 & Postdoc., Sep. 2023 ~ Dec. 2023)

 Now at Department of Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Postdoctoral Research Associate)

e-mail: starlet1209 at gmail dot com

Seunggyo Jeong (Ph.D., Mar. 2017 ~ Feb. 2022 & Postdoc., Mar. 2022 ~ Feb. 2023)

 Now at Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota (Postdoctoral Research Associate)

 e-mail: seunggyo625 at gmail dot com

Seung Hyun Nam (M.S., Mar. 2021 ~ Feb. 2023)

Now at Samsung Electronics

e-mail: photon101 at g dot skku dot edu

Jegon Lee (Ph.D., Sep. 2017 ~ Feb. 2023)

 Now at KIST (청정수소융합연구소, 수소ㆍ연료전지연구단) (Postdoctoral Research Associate)

 e-mail: jg.lee3405 at gmail dot com

Hyun Il Seo (M.S., Mar. 2018 ~ Feb. 2021)

 Now at Samsung Electronics

 e-mail: nicepass93 at gmail dot com

Sungmin Woo (M.S., Mar. 2014 ~ Feb. 2016 & Ph.D., Mar. 2016 ~ Feb. 2020)

 Now at Samsung Electronics

 e-mail: oibox at skku dot edu

Kyeong Tae Kang (Ph.D., Mar. 2015 ~ Feb. 2018 & Postdoc., Mar. 2018 ~ Jun 2019)

 Now at Department of Physics, Kyungpook National University (Assistant Professor)

 e-mail: ktkang at knu dot ac dot kr

Sang A Lee (Postdoc., Jul. 2013 ~ May 2019)

 Now at Pukyoung National University

 e-mail: sangalee at gmail dot com

Sohee Sim (M.S., Mar. 2016 ~ Feb. 2018)

 Now at SK Hynix

 e-mail: zxcm1203 at gmail dot com

Tae Sup Yoo (M.S., Mar. 2015 ~ Aug. 2017)

 Now at DISCO HI-TEC Korea

 e-mail: xotjq30 at gmail dot com

Seok Jae Oh (M.S., Mar. 2015 ~ Feb. 2017)

 Now at ASM Korea

 e-mail: sjoh0110 at gmail dot com

Amit Khare (Postdoc., Feb. 2015 ~ May. 2016)

 Now at Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal (India)

DST-INSPIRE Faculty

e-mail: khareamit21 at gmail dot com

Hoidong Jeong (B.S., Sep. 2013 ~ Feb. 2015)

Now at Samsung Electronics

e-mail: hoidong.jeong at dongbuhitek.com