Prof. Heon-Jung Kim

Address (work)

Department of Materials-Energy Science and Engineering, Daegu University,

Jillyang, Gyeonsang, Gyeonbuk, 338453, South Korea

Tel: +82 53-850-6432

Cel: +82 (0)10-6307-6266

e-mail : hjkim76@daegu.ac.kr / riddler76817@gmail.com

homepage : https://sites.google.com/site/qmldaegu/

Research career

• 1995.3~1999.2 : B.S. Department of physics, Pohang University of science and technology (POSTECH) in Korea

• 1999.3~2001.2 : M.S. Department of physics, Pohang University of science and technology (POSTECH) in Korea

- Relaxation phenomena and magnetization of high-Tc cuprate superconductors

• 2001.3~2005.2 : Ph. D Department of physics, Pohang University of science and technology (POSTECH) in Korea

- Transport properties such as fluctuation conductivity of high Tc cuprate superconductors

- Vortex dynamics and two-gap nature of MgB2 superconductor

• 2005. 3~2006. 8. : Researcher, Pohang superconductivity center at Pohang in Korea

- Synthesis of new superconductors in nanowire form and study on its characterization

• 2006. 9~2008. 8. : Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research at Stuttgart in Germany

- Orbital physics at the interface of oxide heterostructures such as YBa2Cu3O7/La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 and LaNiO3/LaAlO3

- Synthesis of oxide heterostructures by pulsed laser deposition (PLD)

- Characterization of the interfacial electronic structures by x-ray scattering and spectroscopy, and neutron reflectivity

• 2008. 9~present : A. Professor, Daegu University

- Transport properties of Kondo-disorder compound Fe_xTiSe₂,topological insulator Bi₂Te₃ and Bi_1-xSb_x

- Chiral anomaly and anomalous transport phenomena of 3D Dirac and Weyl metals (Bi_1-xSb_x system)

- First discovered effect of chiral anomaly in a condensed matter system

- First discovered violation of Ohm’s law in a Weyl metal

- Synthesis of new material systems using PLD and solid reaction technique

Research interest and field

• Topological insulators and topological metals, oxide heterostructure, strongly correlated electron system, superconductivity, and emergent materials
• Material synthesis (single crystals and thin films) and their characterization by using resistivity, magnetization, and specific heat
• Pulse magnet experiments for material characterization
• X-ray scattering, X-ray spectroscopy, and neutron scattering