Group Members

Gil Young Cho (PI)

• Education 

B.A. in Physics, KAIST (2009) [Valedictorian, GPA 4.27/4.30 highest in a class of graduating students.]
PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley (2013) [PhD Adviser: Joel E. Moore]

• Employments & Positions 

ICMT Fellow, Univ. Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2013 - 2015) [Mentors: Eduardo Fradkin, Shinsei Ryu, Taylor Hughes]
Postdoctoral Researcher (Alternative Military Duty), KIAS/KAIST (2015 - 2018)
Assistant/Associate Professor, POSTECH (2018 - 2022/2022-2024)
Vice secretary, Division of Condensed Matter Physics (DCMP), Korean Physical Society (2023 - 2024)
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, KAIST (2024 - present)
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Quantum Science and Technology, KAIST (2024  - present)

        Other Positions:
  Visiting Fellow, Perimeter institute for theoretical physics, Canada (2017 - 2024)
  Associate Member, KIAS, Korea (2018 - Present)
  Senior Advisory Group Member, APCTP, Korea (2022 - Present)
  Young Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Korea (Y-KAST, 2024 - Present)
  양자소재 분과 기술 자문위원, 소재 국가기술전략센터 (2024 - Present)
  Theory Team Leader, IBS CALDES, Pohang (2022 - present) 
          이론부문 교육홍보이사, 한국초전도저온학회 (2024-2025)
          전문위원(Review Board), 한국연구재단 (2025-2027) 

• Selected Honors, Prizes and Awards 

  • Presidential Award ("대통령 상"), President of South Korea, Korea (2009)

  • KITP Graduate Fellowship, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, US (2011) 

  • Jackson C. Koo Award, UC Berkeley, US (2013) 

  • ICMT Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US (2013 - 2015) 

  • Best Lecturer Award ("우수 강의상"), Physics Department, POSTECH (2019) 

  • Rising Physicist Award ("신진 물리학자 상"), Korean Physical Society, Korea (2021) 

  • This month's Science, Technology, and Researcher Award ("이달의 과학기술인 상"), National Research Foundation & Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea (2022)

  • Young Member, Elected, Korean Academy of Science and Technology ("차세대한국과학기술한림원"), Korea (2023) 
    
    

• Google Scholar 

• Office: KI Building (E4), KAIST, #201c

Donghae Seo (Graduate Researcher, PhD candidate)

• B.A. in Physics, POSTECH (2021)
  Visiting Graduate Student, University of Cambridge (2024) 

• Honors, Fellowships/Awards, and Papers
  "융합 인재 Fellowship" for his graduate study (2021) [Co-adviser:  Prof. Hee-Cheol Kim]
  "우수발표상" for his excellence in presentation at KPS meeting (2023)
  "생애 첫 논문상" for his recent publication in PRB (2024)  

• Office: KI Building (E4), KAIST, #202

Cheong-Eung Ahn  (Graduate Researcher, PhD candidate)

• B.A. in Physics, GIST (2021)

• Honors, Fellowships/Awards, and Papers
  "최우등졸업상" for his higest GPA among the graduates (GIST, 2021)
  "생애 첫 논문상" for his recent publication in PRL (2024)
  "우수논문상" for his recent PRL (2025) 

• Office: KI Building (E4), KAIST, #202

Seonpyo Kim  (Graduate Researcher)

• B.A. in Physics, POSTECH (2021)

• Honors, Fellowships/Awards, and Papers
  "관정 이종환 장학금" for his graduate study (2022)

• Office: KI Building (E4), KAIST, #202

Chanbeen Lee  (Graduate Researcher, PhD candidate)

• B.A. in Physics, POSTECH (2022)

• Honors, Fellowships/Awards, and Papers
  "POSTECHIAN Fellowship (포스테키안 펠로우쉽)" for his graduate study (2023) 

• Office: KI Building (E4), KAIST, #202

Seyoung Jin  (Graduate Researcher, PhD candidate)

• B.A. in Physics, Mathematics, POSTECH (2022) 

• Honors, Fellowships/Awards, and Papers
  "관정 이종환 장학금" for her graduate study (2023)
  "삼성 휴먼 테크 논문 대상" 금상 (2024)
  "생애첫논문상" for her recent publications in Nature Communications (2025)
  "우수논문상" for her recent publications in Nature Communications (2025)
  "소선나눔기금" for her PhD studeis (2025) 

• Office: KI Building (E4), KAIST, #202

Minjae Yu  (Graduate Researcher)

• B.A. in Physics, POSTECH (2023)
  M.S. in Physics, POSTECH (2025) 

• Honors, Fellowships/Awards and Papers
  "관정 이종환 장학금" for his graduate study (2024) 

• Office: KI Building (E4), KAIST, #202

Takil Yannet Son  (Graduate Researcher)

• B.A. in Physics, POSTECH (2024) 

• Office: KI Building (E4), KAIST, #202

Dongju Hwang  (Graduate Researcher)

• B.A. in Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, POSTECH (2024) 

• Office: KI Building (E4), KAIST, #202