Education
University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Nanoscale Science & Engineering, 2013
(Minors: Bioengineering and Electrical Engineering); Advisor: Prof. Xiang Zhang
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
M.S. in Mechanical Science and Engineering, 2008; Advisor: Prof. Iwona Jasiuk
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
B.S. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, (highest honor), 2007; Advisor: Prof. Kahp-Yang Suh
Myungduk Foreign Language High School, Seoul, Korea
Major in English, Minors in French and Chinese, 1999
Appointments
Department of Biomedical Engineering Science and Technology (D-BEST), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Adjunct Professor, 2026.09
PIER Photonics, Electromagnetic Academy, USA
Executive Editor, 2026.01-present
Applied Physics Letters, American Institute of Physics, USA
Associate Editor, 2026.04-present
Opto-Electronics Science, OE Journal Group, Chinese Academy of Science, China
Associate Editor, 2025.06-present
Optics and Photonics Research, ELSPublishing, China
Associate Editor-in-Chief, 2025.03-present
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Yeon-San (延山) Endowed Chair Professor, 2024.12-present
NRF Global Research Center for META-Bio-Imaging/Sensing, Pohang, Korea
Director, 2024.07-present
School of Quantum Science and Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Professor, 2024.08-present
Department of Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Professor, 2024.02-present
National Research Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Review Board (RB) in Engineering/Mechanical/Manufacturing, 2023.11-present
npj Nanophotonics, Springer-Nature, Germany
Associate Editor, 2023.06-present
Photonix, Spirnger, Germany
Senior Editor, 2023.04-present
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Professor, 2022.09-present
Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Professor, 2022.09-present
Department of Mechanical Engineering/Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Fulbright Visiting Professor & Simpson Fellow/Eshbach Fellow, 2022.08-2023.08
NRF Pioneer Research Center for Smart Optical Security, Pohang, Korea
Director, 2022.06-present
POSTECH Center for Flat Optics and Metaphotonics, Pohang, Korea
Director, 2022.06-present
Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (RIST), Pohang, Korea
Research Director, 2022.06-present
Opto-Electronic Science, Chinese Laser Press, China
Associate Editor, 2022.06-present
Advanced Photonics Nexus, SPIE, USA
Associate Editor, 2022.01-present
Nanophotonics, De Gruyter, Netherlands
Associate Editor/Managing Editor, 2021.09-2026.02
Microsystems and Nanoengineering, Spirnger-Nature, Germany
Editor, 2021.09-present
POSCO-POSTECH-RIST Convergence Research Center for Flat Optics and Metaphotonics, Pohang, Korea
Director, 2021.07-present
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics, Korea
Visiting Professor, 2021.07-2022.07
Photonics Insights, Chinese Laser Press, China
Associate Editor, 2021.06-present
Light: Science and Applications, Spirnger-Nature, Germany
Editor, 2021.05-present
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Young Distinguished Professor, 2021.04-present
Optical Society of Korea, Korea
Fellow, 2021.03-present
Micro and Nano Engineering, Elsevier, Netherlands
Associate Editor, 2020.09-present
Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Spirnger, Germany
Associate Editor, 2020.09-present
Department of IT Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Adjunct Professor, 2020.09-2026.08
School of Artificial Intelligence, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Adjunct Professor, 2020.03-present
Journal of Micro and Nano-Manufacturing, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), USA
Associate Editor, 2020.01-present
Photonix, Spirnger, Germany
Associate Editor, 2020.01-2023.04
Department of Physics, University of Paderborn, Germany
Visiting Professor, 2019.07-2019.08
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Mu-Eun-Jae (无垠斋) Endowed Chair Professor, 2019.06-present
Current Optics and Photonics, Optical Society of Korea, Korea
Deputy Editor, 2019.03-present
Institute for Convergence Research and Education in Advanced Technology, Yonsei University (POSTECH-Yonsei Open Campus Program), Seoul, Korea
Adjunct Professor, 2018.09-present
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Associate Professor, 2018.09-present
Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Associate Professor, 2018.09-present
POSTECH-Samsung semiconductor Educational Program (PSEP), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Affiliated Professor, 2018.07-present
Nano Convergence, Springer, Germany
Associate Editor, 2018.03-2024.02
Department of Physics, University of Paderborn, Germany
Visiting Professor, 2018.05-2018.06
Department of Industrial Physics and Medical Instrumentation, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Visiting Professor, 2017.09-2017.10
Future Strategy Team, Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology (PACST), Korea
Expert Committee, 2017.01-2017.12
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Centre de Recherches sur l'HétéroEpitaxie et ses Applications(CNRS-CRHEA), Valbonne, France
Visiting Professor, 2017.01-2017.02
School of Interdisciplinary of Bioscience & Bioengineering (I-Bio), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Adjunct Professor, 2015.03-present
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Assistant Professor, 2014.08-2018.08
Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, Korea
Assistant Professor, 2014.08-2018.08
Nanoscience and Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
Argonne Scholar, Ugo Fano Fellow (Principal Investigator), 2013.08-2014.08
Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA
Argonne Scholar, Ugo Fano Fellow (Principal Investigator), 2013.08-2014.08
Materials Sciences Division & Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013.05 - 2013.08
Materials Sciences Division & Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Affiliate Scientist, 2009.01 - 2013.05
NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Samsung Research Fellow, 2008.08 - 2013.05
Naraenanotech Co. Ltd., Yongin, Korea
Research Associate, 2002.06 - 2005.07 & 2007.08 - 2010.09
Teaching
Micro-/Nano-scale Fabrication and Manufacturing (K-MOOC), 2022 Spring-present
Plasmonics and Metamaterials (K-MOOC), 2021 Spring-present
Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology II: Fabrication and Applications (STAR-MOOC), 2020 Spring-present
Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology I: Fundamentals and Basic (STAR-MOOC), 2020 Spring-present
Graduate Seminar, 2017 Spring, 2017 Fall, 2018 Spring, 2018 Fall, 2019 Spring, 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall, 2021 Spring
Graduate Research Seminar A (MECH702D), 2016 Fall
Introduction to System Design I - Machine Element Design (MECH333), 2015 Fall, 2016 Fall, 2017 Fall, 2018 Fall, 2019 Fall, 2020 Fall
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering I (MECH101), 2015 Fall, 2016 Fall, 2017 Fall
Introduction to Nanoscacle Science and Engineering (MECH403/CHEB463), 2015 Spring, 2016 Spring, 2017 Spring, 2018 Spring, 2019 Spring, 2020 Spring, 2021 Spring, 2022 Spring
Analytical Methods in Engineering (MECH501), 2015 Spring, 2016 Spring, 2017 Spring, 2018 Spring, 2019 Spring
Advanced Nanoscale Fabrication and Manufacturing (MECH701A), 2021 Spring
Selected Honors and Awards
SPIE Fellow, International Society for Optics & Photonics (SPIE), USA, 2026
Yeon-San Endowed Chair Professorship, POSTECH, Korea, 2024-2027
Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate, United Kingdom, 2024
World Top 2% Scientists, Stanford University/Elsevier, USA/Netherlands, 2024
National Award for Scientists and Engineers of the Month (July), Ministy of Science and ICT, Korea, 2024
ACS Nano Lectureship, American Chemical Society, USA, 2024
Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate, United Kingdom, 2023
World Top 2% Scientists, Stanford University/Elsevier, USA/Netherlands, 2023
Eshbach Fellowship, Northwestern University, USA, 2023
Simpson Fellowship, Northwestern University, USA, 2022
Fulbright Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Korean-American Education Commission & Department of State, USA, 2022
Minister's Commendation, Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Korea, 2022
Hong Kin-Ki Creator Award (Yumin Award), Joongang Hwadong Cultural Foundation, Korea, 2022
Young Engineers Award, National Academy of Engineering, Korea, 2022
Associate Member of National Academy of Engineering of Korea, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK), 2022
Young Distinguished Professorship, POSTECH, Korea, 2021-2024
Haerim Photonics Award, Optical Society of Korea (OSK), Korea, 2021
Member of Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST), 2020
Micromachines Young Scientist Award, Micromachines, MDPI, Switzerland, 2020
MEE/MNE Young Scientist Award and Lectureship, Microelectronic Engineering and Micro & Nano Engineering Conference, Elsevier, Netherlands, 2020
MINE Young Scientist Award, Microsystems and Nanoengineering, Springer-Nature, China, 2020
OSK Rising Stars 30, Optical Society of Korea (OSK), Korea, 2020
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, Korean Academy of Science and Technology, Korea, 2019
Mu-Eun-Jae Endowed Chair Professorship, POSTECH, Korea, 2019-2031
Minister's Commendation, Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Korea, 2019
Distinguished Lectureship Award, Chemical Society of Japan, Japan, 2019
Minister's Commendation, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), Korea, 2017
SPIE Rising Researcher Award, International Society for Optics & Photonics (SPIE), USA, 2017
Young Investigator Award, Optical Society of Korea (OSK), Korea, 2016
Young Investigator Award, Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME), Korea, 2015
Educational Award, Edmund Optics, USA, 2015
Young Investigator Award, Korean Society of Precision Engineering (KSPE), Korea, 2015
Argonne Named (Ugo Fano) Fellowship, Department of Energy, USA, 2013-2016
Best Poster Award, KSEA Northwest Regional Conference, KSEA, USA, 2013
Incubic/Milton Chang Award, Optical Society of America (OSA), USA, 2013
SPIE Scholarship, International Society for Optics & Photonics (SPIE), USA, 2012
KUSCO-KSEA Graduate Scholarship, Korean Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), USA, 2012
Block Grant Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2012
MRS Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society (MRS), USA, 2012
SPIE Scholarship, International Society for Optics & Photonics (SPIE), USA, 2011
Block Grant Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2011
Korean Honor Scholarship, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the USA, Korea, 2011
Samsung Lee Kun-Hee Fellowship, Samsung Foundation of Culture, Korea, 2008-2012
Green Cross Fellowship, Green Cross Mogam Science Scholarship Foundation, Korea, 2008
Nanoscience Advanced Study Scholarship, Naraenanotech Co. Ltd, Korea, 2007-2008
STX Fellowship, STX Scholarship Foundation, Korea, 2007-2008
S-Oil Fellowship, S-Oil Scholarship Foundation, Korea, 2006-2007
1st place in CAD/CAM contest, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea, 2006
1st place in Robocon contest, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea, 1999
Selected Synergistic Activities
Journal editor of Light: Science and Applications (Editor), Microsystems and Nanoengineering (Editor), npj Nanophotonics (Associate Editor), Applied Physics Letters (Associate Editor), Nanophotonics (Associate Editor/Managing Editor), Current Optics and Photonics (Deputy Editor), Journal of Micro- and Nano-Manufacturing (Associate Editor), Photonics Insights (Associate Editor), Photonix (Associate Editor), Advanced Photonics Nexus (Associate Editor), Micro and Nano Engineering (Associate Editor), Frontiers of Optoelectronics (Associate Editor), iScience (Editorial Advisory Board), PIER Photonics (Executive Editor), Opto-Electronic Science (Associate Editor), Optics and Photonics Research (Associate Editor-in-Chief)
Journal Guest Editor of Microelectronic Engineering, Nanophotonics, MRS Bulletin, Optical Materials Express
Journal publication reviewer of more than 800 manuscripts including Science, Chemical Reviews, Nature Review Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Photonics, Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Light Science & Applications, Communications Physics, NPG Asia Materials, Microsystems and Nanoengineering, Scientific Reports, Science Advances, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, ACS Photonics, ACS Applied Materials and Interface, ACS Applied Nano Materials, ACS Omega, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Laser and Photonics Reviews, Advanced Optical Materials, Advanced Sciences, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Advanced Theory and Simulations, Advanced Photonics Research, Joule, iScience, Nano Energy, Materials Today, Materials Today Physics, Applied Materials Today, Materials Horizons, Nanoscale Horizons, Nanoscale, Nanoscale Advances, RSC Advances, APL Photonics, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Physics, Optica, Optics Express, Optics Letters, Photonics Research, Journal of the Optical Society of America A/B, Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A/B/E, Carbon, Sensor and Actuator A/B, Nanophotonics, Nanotechnology, Microelectronic Engineering, and so on
Conference general co-chair of the 1st Colloquium on the Physics and Applications of Metasurfaces (2021)
Conference general co-chair of the 3rd A3 (Korea-Japan-China) Metamaterials Forum (2018)
Conference general co-chair of META'17 (2017)
Conference general chair of the 1st/2nd/3rd/4th POSTECH International Nanophotonics Workshops (2015/2016/2017/2019)
Conference general co-chair of the 1st/2nd/3rd NCOMS-RIKEN Joint Symposium (2017/2018/2019)
Conference technical program committee of CLEO-PR 2016, CLEO 2017, CLEO 2018, CLEO 2019, CLEO 2020, CLEO 2021, CLEO 2022, IPC 2017, IPC 2018, IPC 2019, IPC 2020, IPC 2021, IPC 2022, ALPS 2017, ALPS 2018, ALPS 2019, ALPS 2020, ALPS 2021, APLS 2022, iSPN 2019, META'18, META'19, META'20, META'21, META'22, SPIE Photonics West 2021, SPIE Photonics West 2022, MRS 2021 Fall, MRS 2022 Spring
References
Prof. Xiang Zhang (University of California, Berkeley & University of Hong Kong)
Prof. Luke P. Lee (University of California, Berkeley)
Prof. Shuang Zhang (University of Hong Kong)
Prof. Nikolay Zheludev (University of Southampton)
Prof. Harald Giessen (University of Stuttgart)
Prof. Cheng Sun (Northwestern University)
Prof. Nicholas X. Fang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Prof. Zhaowei Liu (University of California, San Diego)
Prof. Peer Fischer (Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems)
Dr. Takuo Tanaka (RIKEN)
Prof. Bumki Min (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Prof. Namkyoo Park (Seoul National University)
