Group Members

Dr. Myoung-Hwan Kim, Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Texas Tech University (TTU). Dr. Kim received his Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics from the State University of New York at Buffalo and did postdoctoral training at the University of Maryland at College Park and Columbia University. He joined TTU in 2019 from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where he was the recipient of the University of Texas System STARs Award and the Outstanding Young Research Award from the ASSOCIATION OF KOREAN PHYSICISTS IN AMERICA (AKPA) for his study of modern materials with terahertz and infrared lasers. At TTU, Dr. Kim utilizes infrared spectroscopy and polarimetry techniques to study quantum materials and novel nanostructures, especially at under-explored optical frequencies (long-wave mid-infrared and far infrared), supported by NSF, DOE, and ONR. He was named the 2023 Emerging Inventor of the Year for Texas Tech University and the 2024 Innovation Awardee at TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C., for inventing a long-wave infrared phase modulator and its polarization ellipticity standards. He has launched a local science exhibition project in Lubbock, TX, with the support of the Helen Jones Foundation, Inc.