Education    

        Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2007-2012

        Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Republic of Korea

        Thesis: On the origin of improper ferroelectricity in manganites and normal ferroelectricity in ferrites

        Advisor: Prof. Hyun M. Jang 

        B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2003-2007

        Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Republic of Korea 

Professional Experience

Principla Research Scientist, 2023-Present

KIST, South Korea

        Senior Research Scientist, 2019–2023

        KIST, South Korea

        Post-doctoral researcher, 2015–2019

        UC Berkeley, USA

        Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey B. Neaton

        Post-doctoral researcher, 2014–2015

        University of Cambridge, UK

        Co-advisors: Prof. Anthony K. Cheetham FRS and Dr. Paul D. Bristowe

        Staff Scientist, 2013–2014

        Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)

Professional Service

        Memberships: APS, MRS, KPS

        Referee activities: ACS Energy Letters,  Adv. Mater.,  Chem. Mater., J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Phys. Chem. Lett., Nat. Commun., etc. 

Psalms1:1-2 "Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night"