Member

• Education

-Ph.D.: Electrical Engineering, KAIST (2010)

(Dissertation title: Study on DC/DC converter topology with reduced voltage stress)

-M.S.: Electrical Engineering, KAIST (2005)

(Dissertation title: A new high efficiency DC/DC converter for PDP sustaining power module)

-B.S.: Electrical Engineering, KAIST (2003)

• Professional Experience

-Associate Professor, KAIST (2020, April ~ present)

-Principal Scientist, ABB Switzerland (2019, Jul ~ 2020, Mar)

(Research area: Grid-integration of renewables, EV charging infrastructure, and ac drives (~multi-megawatt) )

-Senior Scientist, ABB Switzerland (2014, Oct~ 2019, Jun)

-Scientist, ABB Switzerland (2011, Mar~ 2014, Sep)

-Postdoctoral Associate (2010, Mar ~ 2011, Feb)

(Research area: Si/SiC-based high frequency power electronic converter )

• Services

-Associate Editor:

IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics / Power Electronics

MDPI Electronics

Korean Institute of Power Electronics

IEEE Access, Guest associate editor, 2022

-Advisory Board Member, PCIM-Europe

-International Liaison (Korea) of IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS)

-International Director of Korean Institute of Power Electronics (KIPE)

• Awards and honors

-Best Paper Award, ICEMS, 2025

-Outstanding paper award, KIPE Annual Conference, 2025

-IEEE IAS IDC, 3rd Prize Paper Award, ECCE, 2024

-Outstanding paper award, KIPE Annual Conference, 2024

-Outstanding paper award, KIEE Annual Conference, 2021

-Keynote speech, PCIM-Europe, 2019

-Best paper in session, IEEE IECON, 2013

-Best paper award, 3rd prize, IEEE ECCE-Asia, 2011

-Bronze prize, 4th Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Thesis Contest, 2009

-Best paper award, 2nd prize, International Communications Energy Conference, 2009

-Gold prize, 3rd Fairchild Korea Semiconductor Thesis Contest, 2008

-Best paper award, KIPE Annual Conference, 2007