1987-1993 BSc, Korea University, Physics
1993-1998 PhD, University of Cincinnati, Physics
1998-2000 Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MRL
2000-2002 Senior researcher, ETRI, Basic Research Laboratory
2002-2013 (Asst., Assoc., Full) Professor, Incheon National University, Dept. Physics
2008, 2012 Visiting scholar, Wake Forest University, Dept. Physics
2013-2017 Group leader, Institute for Basic Science, CINAP
2013-pres. Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Dept. Energy Science
2019 - pres. Editorial Board Member, Opto-Electronic Advances (IF=22.4). Outstanding Editor Awards (2021, 2023, 2024)
2021 - pres. Editorial Board Member, Applied Science (IF=2.5)
2023 General Chair, APNFO-14, Jeju, Korea
2020 Minister Award, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
2018 Awarded of Samsung Science &Technology Foundation grant
2016 2015 Witec Paper Award (Bronze)
2012-pres. Convener, ISO/ TC 201/WG 5
Nano-optical imaging and spectroscopy
Two-dimensional semiconductors
Exciton physics
Light-emitting MXene quantum dots
Plasmonics
2025.08 Prof. Kim will present an invited talk at APNFO-15 at Bali, Indonesia.
2025.04 Congratulation Krishna and Trang for their publication in Advanced Science!
2024.12 Congratulation Eunji for her publication in Advanced Materials and completing PhD defense!
2024.10 Prof. Kim presented an invited speech at B-MRS at Santos, Brasil.
2024.07 Congratulation Anir for his publication as the cover article in Opto-Electronic Advances!
2024.06 Congratulation for Trang and Anir for their successes in Ph.D. defense and dissertations!
2024.06 We welcome Prof. Andrey Chaves for visiting our lab for research collaboration.
2024.05 Prof. Kim will present as an invited speaker at IUMRS-ICEM at Hong Kong
2024.05 We welcome Prof. Yara Gobato and Dr. José Roberto de Toledo for visiting our lab for research collaboration.
2024.02 Jolene, Wendy and Rebekah graduated with master degree. Congratulation! We wish you all the best in your career.
2024.01 Eunji and Shamima visited Federal University of São Carlos, Brasil for two weeks for collaboration.
2023.12 Prof. Kim presented as an invited speaker at 2023 MRS Fall Meeting
2023.12 Trang's paper was accepted to ACS Nano after the long efforts! Congratulation!
2023.10 Prof. Kim presented as an invited speaker at XXI B-MRS Fall Meeting and visited the lab of Prof. Yara Galvão Gobato at Federal University of São Carlos, Brasil
2023.08 We welcome Prof. Yara Gobato and Dr. Ingrid Barcelos visiting our lab for two weeks for research collaboration.
2023.08 Congratulation Sophia for her PhD! We wish her the best! She will work as postdoc at HUFS.
2022.06 Shrawan is starting Postdoc at Univ. Missouri. We wish him all the best in his career!
2022.02 Congratulation Youngbum for his PhD! He will continue to be a part of our team as a postdoc.
2022.02 Prof. Kim will present as an invited speaker at 20th International Symposium on the Physics of Semiconductors and Applications (ISPSA 2022).
2021.12 Media coverage for our Nat. Commn. work. https://news.v.daum.net/v/20211208153312567
2021.08 Jubok got his Ph.D degree. Congratulation!
2021.08 Anir and Sophia's paper in Opto-Electronic Advances got some media attentions. Check them out!
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/530602, https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/208572
2021.08 We have new members in our lab.. Dr. Jaspal Singh, Jolene, Wendy and Rebekah. We welcome all!
2021.07 Krishna and Ghimire's paper was accepted to ACS Nano. Congratulation!
2021.07 Prof. Kim will give a tutorial lecture in KPS Semiconductor Summer School.
2021.07 Prof. Kim gave a invited presentation at 2021 OEA Forum Online. Lecture is shared at https://www.koushare.com/lives/room/467544
2021.03 Changwon started as postdoc at University of Ulsan. We all wish him the great career!
2021.02 Yongjun will leave for SEMES in March. He has done a great deal of benefits to all of us. We wish all the best for him!
2021.02 Prof. Kim gives a tutorial lecture at Winter School of Korean Graphene Society.
2021.01 Ganesh is leaving for Technical University of Denmark to work as a postdoc. We will miss him and wish for the great success!
2020.12 Anir and Sophia's paper was accepted to Opto-Electronic Advances!
2020.10 Jubok's paper was published in Nano Letters, and was also selected as Supplementary Journal Cover.
2025.07.01 (Google Scholar)
Krishna's Nanoscale (2014): 411
Min Su's ACS Nano (2016): 289
Yongjun's Nat. Commun (2021): 54; Nanoscale (2015): 121; ACS Photonics (2018): 89
Shrawan's Nano Letters (2018): 123; Nanomaterials (2020): 54
Jubok's Nano Letters (2021): 76
Anir's OEA (2021): 55
2022.03-2027.02 (PI, 1200 MKW) Mid-Carrier Research Program, National Research Foundation of Korea, (2022R1A2C2009412)Spatial and spectral manipulation of light-emitting excitons in interfaced quantum semiconductors
2021.06-2030.05 (co-PI, 1000 MKW) Key Research Institutes in Universities, (2021R1A6A1A03039696) Center for Nanotubes and Nanostructured Composites
2020.09-2027.08 (co-PI) BK21 Four, Center for fostering renewable energy integrated system researcher
2023.04-2024.06 (co-PI) Commercialization Promotion Agency for R&D outcomes, the Ministry of Science and ICT (RS-2023-00243196). Commercialization of confocal microscope based on cryogen-free refrigerator system
2023.01-2024.12 (PI) International Cooperation Program, National Research Foundation of Korea, (2022K2A9A1A06093582)Effect of Moire pattern on physical properties of twisted van der Waals heterostructures
2019.03-2022.02 (PI) Mid-Carrier Research Program, National Research Foundation of Korea, Visualization and Spatial Manipulation of Exciton Funneling in 2D Semiconductors via Variable Local Strain
2018.12-2021.11 (PI) Samsung Research Funding and Incubation Center of Samsung Electronics, Non-Saturating Quantum Yields of 2D Semiconductors (SRFC-MA1802-02)