Curriculum Vitae
hjkim14812@postech.ac.kr
[EDUCATION]
University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Ph.D. in Physics, Mar. 2015 – Feb. 2022
- Thesis Title: Electronic structure studies of transition metal chalcogenide and oxysulfide thin films
- Advisor: Prof. Young Jun Chang
M. S. in Physics, Mar. 2013 - Feb. 2015
- Thesis Title: Low temperature formation of metal oxide films by excimer laser annealing
- Advisor: Prof. Young Jun Chang
B. S. in Physics, Mar. 2008 - Feb. 2013
[RESEARCH EXPERIENCE]
Jan. 2025 – present Post-Doc researcher in EUV operation team, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH
P.I. Sangsul Lee
Mar. 2022 – Dec. 2024 Post-Doc researcher in Physics, University of Seoul
P.I. Prof. Young Jun Chang
[TECHNICAL EXPERIENCES]
1. Thin film growth
Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) and oxysulfides
- Set-up a home-built MBE system equipped with ultra-high vacuum system, in situ surface monitoring tools (RHEED Auger electron spectroscopy), temperature controller, and evaporators (thermal, e-beam)
- Materials: Transition metal (oxy-)sulfide, (oxy-)selenide and carbide
- Machine learning assisted RHEED analysis used for understanding film growth mechanism
Sol-gel synthesis for transition metal oxide
- Fabrication of transition metal oxide thin film with thermal annealing and excimer laser annealing for transparent conducting oxide or semiconductor (SnO2 and In:SnO2).
2. Synchrotron-based characterization techniques
MAX IV (Lund, Sweden)
- Ambient pressure X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (SPECIES Beamline)
Advanced Light Source (Berkeley, U.S.A)
- Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) (Beamline 7.0.2 “MAESTRO”)
Pohang Advanced Light source (Pohang, South Korea)
- Ambient pressure X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (Beamline 8A2)
- Scanning Photoemission Microscopy (Beamline 8A1)
- X-ray absorption and magnetic circular dichroism (Beamline 2A)
- X-ray scattering (Beamline 3A and 5A)
3. Conventional characterization techniques
AFM, HR-XRD, Raman, PL, UV-Vis spectroscopy, Spectroscopic ellipsometry, SEM/EDS, Thermoelectric measurement, Low-temperature Hall transport measurement
[HONORS AND AWARDS]
Oct. 2022 Yangsong Researcher Excellence Award, Fall meeting of The Korean Ceramic Society, Seoul, Korea
Oct. 2022 CAP Young Researcher Award, The Korea Physics Society Spring Meeting, Busan, Korea
Nov. 2021 KCerS Best Poster Award, Fall Meeting of The Korean Ceramic Society, Jeju, Korea
Aug. 2021 Outstanding Paper Award, University of Seoul, Seoul, Korea
Apr. 2016 Outstanding Poster Award, The Korea Physics Society Spring Meeting, Daejeon, Korea
Apr. 2013 Outstanding Poster Award, The Korea Physics Society Spring Meeting, Daejeon, Korea