2025

Nov 2025: Dae Kyu Lee received ICAE Student Award for his paper in ICAE conference 2025. Congratulations!

Sep 2025: Eunbee Choi joined our group as an undergraduate researcher.

Jun 2025: Featured in Ewha research achievements news. [link]

May 2025: 한국표준과학연구원(KRISS) 기본사업 공동연구과제 선정. Received research grant from Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science(KRISS) (2025~2026)

Apr 2025: Our paper about 2D hBN-based artificial neuron and synaptic devices, published in Advanced Functional Materials, has ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers.

Mar 2025: Featured in Ewha research achievements news. [link][link] 

Mar 2025: Yesong Yu joined our group as an undergraduate researcher.

Mar 2025: Chaei Lee and Hae Lyn Choi joined our group as graduate students.

Feb 2025: 과기부 한국연구재단(NRF) 개인기초연구사업 중견연구(유형1) 선정. Received research grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF), Ministry of Science and ICT

• Funding: ~￦1,209,000,000 (2025~2030)

Feb 2025: Our work on ZrO2 Memristor for Physical Reservoir Computing is introduced in various news media/articles.

• 뉴로모픽 컴퓨팅 위한 멤리스터 기반 스위치 소자 개발

• 산화지르코늄 멤리스터 스위치 소자, AI 하드웨어 미래 열었다

Feb 2025: Our recent work was published and featured on the Front Cover of InfoMat.

2024

Nov 2024: Ria Choi received Outstanding Student Paper Award for her paper in IEIE conference 2024. Congratulations!

Oct 2024: Min Jee Kim won the Charles Desoer Life Science Systems Student Attendance Grant from IEEE BioCAS 2024. Congratulations!

Sep 2024: Appointed as a Review Board(RB) Committee of SI Semiconductor, National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) (연구재단 전문위원 위촉).

Sep 2024: Dr. Yooyeon Jo joined Sun Moon University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Congrats!

Sep 2024: Jiseon Lee, Dohee Han, Youngji Lee, Ji Won Kim, and Seoyeon Kang joined our group as undergraduate researchers.

Sep 2024: Heerak Wi and Ria Choi joined our group as graduate students.

Aug 2024: Gichang Noh received Ph.D. degree. Dr. Noh joined Samsung Electronics. Congrats!

Aug 2024: 과기부 한국연구재단(NRF) 나노·소재기술개발사업 과제 공동연구 선정. Received research grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF), Ministry of Science and ICT

• Funding: ￦450,000,000 (2024~2028)

Jul 2024: 과기부 한국연구재단(NRF) 원천기술 국제협력 개발 사업(R&D) 과제 공동연구 선정. Received research grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF), Ministry of Science and ICT

• Funding: ￦60,000,000 (2024~2025)

Mar 2024: Our recent work was published and chosen as an Editor's Pick in Applied Physics Letters.

Mar 2024: Dr. Joon Young Kwak has moved to Ewha Womans University as an Associate Professor.

Mar 2024: Our recent work was published and featured on the Back Cover of Advanced Functional Materials.

Feb 2024: Dong Yeon Woo, Yong Woo Sung and Dae Kyu Lee received M.S. degree. Congrats!

2023

Dec 2023: Our work on 2D hBN-based neuromorphic devices is introduced in various news media/articles.

• 장난감 블록처럼 반도체 소자 쌓아 뇌 신경 닮은 컴퓨터 만든다

• KIST 인공뇌융합연구단 곽준영 박사팀, ‘뉴런-시냅스-뉴런’ 구조 블록처럼 쌓아 SNN 하드웨어 시스템 구현

• 블록처럼 쌓아 인공 신경망 만든다…KIST, 뉴로모픽 소자 개발

Dec 2023: Dr. Yooyeon Jo received PSI outstanding postdoc award (PSI 우수연구원) from KIST. Congratulations!

Jul 2023: Eunpyo Park received Young Researcher Poster Award for his paper in AWAD 2023 conference. Congratulations!

Jul 2023: Joonsang Yoo joined our group as an UST intern.

Jun 2023: Jun Hyeong Lee finished internship.  All the best for your future endeavors!

Jun 2023: Dong Geun Jeong joined our group as an intern.

Apr 2023: Received KIST Scientist of the Month Award (이달의 KIST인 상) from KIST!

Apr 2023: Jiwon Na joined our group as an intern.

Mar 2023: Jun Hyeong Lee joined our group as an undergraduate intern.

Feb 2023: Received Best Research Team of the Year Award (우수 연구개발팀 상) from KIST!

2022

Dec 2022: Da Gil Ryu finished internship and joined Samsung Electronics. Congratulations!

Nov 2022: Dr. Yooyeon Jo received Best Poster Award for his paper in ENGE 2022 conference. Congratulations!

Oct 2022: Our joint work with KAIST on new 2D materials-based synaptic device is introduced in various news media/articles.

• KIST, 2차원 신소재로 인공 시냅스 반도체 소자 개발

• 인간 뇌세포 닮은 인공시냅스 부품을 만들었다

• 사람 시냅스 모사한 반도체 소자 나왔다

Sep 2022: Da Gil Ryu joined our group as an intern.

Sep 2022: Yeong Jun Park finished internship.  All the best for your future endeavors!

Jul 2022: Eunpyo Park received Young Researcher Award for his paper in AWAD 2022 conference. Congratulations!

Mar 2022: Dong Yeon Woo and Dae Kyu Lee joined our group as graduate students.

Feb 2022: Yeong Jun Park joined our group as an undergraduate intern.

Jan 2022: Taehyun Kim finished internship and joined Vitesco Technologies. Congratulations!

2021

Sep 2021: Yong Woo Sung joined our group as a graduate student.

Aug 2021: Taehyun Kim received M.S. degree. Congrats!

Jul 2021: Dr. Yooyeon Jo joined our group as a postdoctoral researcher.  

Jul 2021: Min Jee Kim joined our group as a graduate student and DongYeon Woo joined as an intern.

May 2021: 과기부 정보통신기획평가원(IITP) 신개념 PIM반도체 선도기술개발 과제 선정. Received research grant from the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation(IITP), Ministry of Science and ICT

• Funding:  ￦2,470,500,000 (2021~2022)

• Project : eFLASH 기반의 PIM 시냅스 어레이 제작 및 인공신경망 하드웨어 개발

• PI (총괄책임자) : Dr. Joon Young Kwak

Apr 2021: 과기부 한국연구재단(NRF) 신소자원천기술개발 과제 선정. Received research grant from the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF), Ministry of Science and ICT

• Funding: ￦2,782,500,000 (2021~2024)

• Project : 고신뢰성 초저전력 뉴런 소자 어레이 기반 SNN 뉴로모픽 시스템 개발

• PI (총괄책임자) : Dr. Joon Young Kwak

Mar 2021: Dr. Kwak hosted Prof. Gunuk Wang from Korea University through the KIST Visiting Scholar Program. Welcome to KwakLab!

Feb 2021: Eunpyo Park and Minkyung Kim received M.S. degree. Minkyung Kim joined Samsung Electronics. Congrats!

2020

Dec 2020: Seung Jun Hwang finished internship. Now at SK Hynix. Congrats!

Sep 2020: Seung Jun Hwang joined our group as an undergraduate intern.

Sep 2020: Gichang Noh joined our group as a graduate student.  

Aug 2020: Taehun Rim and Seungjae Uhm finished internship. Now at LG Display. Congrats!

Aug 2020: Taehyun Kim joined our group as a graduate student.

Jun 2020: Sungji Lee and Dayun Jung finished internship.  All the best for your future endeavors!

Apr 2020: Seungjae Uhm joined our group as an undergraduate intern.

Mar 2020: Sungji Lee, Dayun Jung, and Taehun Rim joined our group as an undergraduate intern.

Feb 2020: Hyunho Yoo finished internship.  Now at SKKU.

Jan 2020: Suyeong Kim finished internship. Now at Samsung Electronics. Congratulations!

Jan 2020: Hyunho Yoo joined our group as an undergraduate intern.

2019

Dec 2019: Won third prize in the end-of-year performance presentations of all main projects in KIST!

May 2019: Won a grant for KIST Joint Research Lab project.  

• Funding : ￦600,000,000 (2019~2021)

• Co-PI (공동책임자) : Dr. Joon Young Kwak

Mar 2019: Suyeong Kim joined our group as an undergraduate intern.

Mar 2019: Eunpyo Park and Minkyung Kim joined our group as graduate students.

Jan 2019: Jimyung Song finished internship.  Now at KEPCO KPS. All the best for your future endeavors!

2018

Dec 2018: Hyunmuk Ryu joined LG Display and Jung Hyo Park joined Magnachip.  Congratulations!

Nov 2018: The first-ever KIST neuromorphic chip is out!  Our work is introduced in various news media/articles.

• 뇌 작동원리 모방한 반도체 2021년 개발…KIST 연구진 '도전'

Sep 2018: Jung Hyo Park, Hyunmuk Ryu, and Jimyung Song joined our group as undergraduate interns.