Group Leader
Work Experience
Sep. 2025 - Present Assistant Professor, Korea University
Sep. 2023 - Aug. 2025 Postdoc, Stanford University (PI: Prof. Shanhui Fan)
Mar. 2022 - Aug. 2023 Postdoc, KAIST (PI: Prof. Min-Kyo Seo)
Jul. 2018 - Aug. 2018 Visiting Scientist, University of Southern Denmark (PI: Prof. N. Asger Mortensen)
Education
Mar. 2014 - Feb. 2022 Ph.D. in Physics, KAIST (Research advisor: Prof. Min-Kyo Seo)
Feb. 2010 - Feb. 2014 B.S. in Physics, KAIST (Magna Cum Laude)
Mar. 2008 - Feb. 2010 Chonnam Science High School (early graduation)
Fellowships
2022 - 2025 Priority Research Institute Program, National Research Foundation ($40,000/year, 3 years)
2021 Pre-doctoral Fellow of Physics at KAIST
2015 - 2020 Global Ph.D. Fellowship ($30000/year, total 5 years), National Research Foundation
2014 - 2019 National Scholarship Awardee, KAIST
2011 - 2014 Undergraduate Scholarship from GE Foundation ($3000/year, 3 years)
Awards
Nov. 2023 Best Thesis Award in Physics, S-Oil Science and Culture Foundation
Apr. 2023 Young Scientist Award in Optics and Quantum Electronics, Koran Physical Society
Feb. 2022 The Excellence Doctorate Thesis Award, KAIST
Researchers
Dongryun Oh
Research Assistant (2026.03. - Current), BS program (2025.12. - 2026.02)
Contact: odonglyun at korea.ac.kr
Topic: Structured lights from nonlocal metasurfaces
Juyeong Jeon
BS program (2025.12. - Current)
Contact: wjswndud0603 at korea.ac.kr
Topic: Topological photonic quasiparticles
Yoonha Hwang
BS program (2025.08. - Current)
Contact: mason0914 at korea.ac.kr
Topic: Space-time wavepackets from 2D materials