Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Principal Research Scientist, Ph. D.
Electronic and Hybrid Materials Research Center
Advanced Materials and Systems Research Division
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Seoul, KOREA
choijh(at)kist.re.kr
한국과학기술연구원
첨단소재ㆍ시스템연구본부
전자융합소재연구센터
책임연구원, 공학박사
Computational materials science, Materials for semiconductor devices, Materials design
08/1996; Ph.D. in Department of Inorganic Materials Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea.
02/1992; M. S. in Department of Inorganic Materials Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea.
02/1990; B. S. in Department of Inorganic Materials Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea, Summa Cum Laude.
10/2004-present; Research Scientist, Senior Research Scientist & Principal Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea.
12/2009-01/2010; Visiting Scientist, Division of Engineering, Brown University, USA.
05/2004-08/2004; Visiting Scientist, Institut fuer Festkoerperforschung, Forschungszentrum Juelich (FZJ), Germany. (supervisor: Prof. Dr. Stefan Blügel)
08/1997-04/2004; Researcher, Center for Microstructure Science of Materials, Seoul National University, Korea. (supervisor: Prof. Doh-Yeon Kim)
01/1995-03/1995; Guest Scientist, Material Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, MD, USA. (supervisor: Dr. S. M. Wiederhorn, NIST Senior Fellow)
06/1994-03/1997; Senior Member of Technical Staff, Memory Division, Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics, Korea.
02/1993-04/1994; Guest Scientist, Material Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, MD, USA. (supervisor: Dr. S. M. Wiederhorn)
01/2025- ; Member, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) (한국공학한림원 재료자원공학분과 정회원)
01/2021-12/2024; Associate Member, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) (한국공학한림원 재료자원공학분과 일반회원)
01/2018-12/2019; Council Member, Korea Federation of Women's Science & Technology Association (KOFWST) (한국여성과학기술단체총연합회 제9대 이사)
Member, Korean Ceramic Society (KCerS)
Member, Materials Research Society of Korea (MRS-K)
Member, Korean Institute of Metals and Materials (KIM) & Member, Committee on Computational Materials Science, KIM
Member, The Institute of Semiconductor Engineers (ISE) & Member, Female Committee, ISE
Reviewer for Journals of ACS, AIP, APS, Cell, ECS, Elsevier, IEEE, IOP, KCerS, KPS, RSC, SpringerNature, Wiley etc.
04/2024; Science and Technology Medal, Korean Government (과학기술포장 科學技術褒章).
10/2013; Female Ceramist Award from Korean Ceramic Society, Korea.
02/1990; Presidential Award of Seoul National University, Korea. (총장상, 공과대학 수석졸업)
03/2025- ; Member, National Nuclear Fusion Committee, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea. (과학기술정보통신부 국가핵융합위원회 위원)
05/2023-05/2025; Member, National Ultra High Performance Computing Committee, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea. (과학기술정보통신부 국가초고성능컴퓨팅위원회 위원)
09/2022- ; Member, National R&D Project Evaluation Subcommittee, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea. (과학기술정보통신부 국가연구개발사업평가 분과위원회 위원)
03/2019-04/2023; Member, National Ultra High Performance Computing Working Committee, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea. (과학기술정보통신부 국가초고성능컴퓨팅실무위원회 위원)
09/2018-03/2024 ; Member, Global Frontier Project Promotion Committee, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea. (과학기술정보통신부 글로벌프런티어사업 추진위원회 위원)
07/2017- 01/2024; Member, Committee on Overhead, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea. (과학기술정보통신부 간접비산출위원회 위원)
04/2017; "기술이 세상을 바꾸는 순간" 14절 "포스트 실리콘 반도체" 담당전문가 (KISTEP 발간자료 > 보고자료 > 미래예측 67번) MSIP & KISTEP, Korea.
01/2015-12/2016; Member, Expert Committee on Machinery and Materials, National Science & Technology Council, Korea. (국가과학기술심의회 기계‧소재전문위원회 위원)
11/2013-09/2014; Expert member, Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology, Korea. (국가과학기술자문회의 과학기술기반분과 1기전문위원)
2016-2019; Organizing Committee, Annual Conference of Korea Federation of Women's Science & Technology Association (KOFWST).
10/2014; Secretary in Program Committee, The 4th Asian Materials Data Symposium, (ADMS 2014), Jeju, Korea.
02/2013; Organizing Committee, Tutorials on Computational Materials Science (TCMS), KIST, Korea.
08/2012; Organizing Committee, Tutorials on Computational Materials Science (TCMS), SNU, Korea.
02/2012; Organizing Committee, Tutorials on Computational Materials Science (TCMS), KIST, Korea.
11/2007; Moderator & Organizing Committee, International Workshop for Women Ceramists – Beyond Bias and Barriers, Korean Ceramic Society, Seoul, Korea.
09/2007; Organizing Committee, Asian Consortium on Computational Materials Science-4 (ACCMS-4), KIST, Korea.
05/2002; Graduate Gemologist of Gemological Institute of America, HS Student of the Year (GG, GIA), USA.
02/2002; Fellowship of The Gemmological Association and Gem Testing Laboratory of Great Britain (FGA), UK.
02/2023; Panelist, Special Luncheon "Pursuing Diversity and Inclusion in the Semiconductor Field: 다양성과 포용을 추구하는 반도체인 이야기", The 30th Korean Conference on Semiconductors, Korea.
03/2015-02/2016; Parent member, Steering Committee of Sejong Science High School, Seoul, Korea. (세종과학고등학교 학교운영위원회 학부모위원)
01/2014; Career Mentoring, Korea Foundation for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WISET), Korea.
03/2008; “특명!! KIST의 비밀을 지켜라 – 스틸로보다 나은 수퍼컴퓨터 (2기 특명6)”, 어린이 과학동아, Korea.