Research Interests
Nanofabrication, Nanomaterials, Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Metamaterials, Nanorobotics
Education
2017 PhD in Materials, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany & EPFL, Switzerland
Supervisor: Prof. Peer Fischer
2011 MEng in Electrical Engineering, Dankook University, Republic of Korea
Supervisor: Prof. Seung-Ki Lee & Prof. Jae-Hyoung Park
2010 BEng in Electrical Engineering, Dankook University, Republic of Korea
Professional Experience
2023–present Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST), Department of Semiconductor Engineering, Republic of Korea
Adjunct Professor
2021–2023 Korea University (KU), KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Adjunct Professor
2020–present Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST), School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Republic of Korea
Assistant Professor
2018–2021 University of Cambridge, NanoPhotonics Centre, Cavendish Laboratory: Department of Physics, UK
Guest Researcher (2019–2021)
Research Associate (2018–2019)
Supervisor: Prof. Jeremy J. Baumberg
2012–2022 Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Group of Micro, Nano & Molecular Systems, Germany
Guest Researcher (2018–2022)
Postdoctoral Fellow (2017–2018)
Ph.D. Fellow (during Ph.D., 2012–2017)
Supervisor: Prof. Peer Fischer
2011–2012 Seoul National University, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Republic of Korea
Research Assistant
Supervisor: Prof. Ho-Young Lee
2009–2011 Dankook University, Group of Nano & Micro Systems, Republic of Korea
Research Assistant (during M.Eng. & B.Eng.)
Supervisor: Prof. Seung-Ki Lee & Prof. Jae-Hyoung Park
Honors & Awards
2022 GIST Achievement Award, GIST, Republic of Korea
2022 Faraday Division Horizon Prize, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK
2017 1st Haebong Scholarship Award, the Korean Scientists and Engineers Association in Germany (VeKNI)
2017 Graduate Student Award, 2017 European Material Research Society (EMRS) Spring Meeting, France
2016 Graduate Student Gold Award, Material Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting, USA
2012 Best Paper Award (poster section), 14th Korean Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (KMEMS), Republic of Korea
2011 Best Paper Award (poster section), Information and control symposium (ICS), Republic of Korea
2012–2017 Max Planck PhD fellowship (fully funded), Max Planck Society, Germany
Memberships & Activities
2022 – present Member, IEEE Photonics Society
2021 – present Coordinator of Honam Chapter, Society of Micro and Nano Systems (SMNS)
2020 – present Member, American Chemical Society (ACS)
2020 – present Member, Korean Physical Society (KPS)
2020 – present Member, Society of Micro & Nano Systems (SMNS)
2017 – 2018 Member, European Material Research Society (EMRS)
2016 – 2018 Member, Material Research Society (MRS)
2012 – 2019 Member, the Korean Scientists and Engineers Association in Germany (VeKNI)
Selected Publications
Dichroic engineering from invisible to full colors using plasmonics. Advanced Functional Materials (2024)
Proton-assisted assembly of colloidal nanoparticles into wafer-scale monolayers in seconds. Advanced Materials (2024)
Plasmonic nanostructure engineering with shadow growth. Advanced Materials (2023)
Fully-printed flexible plasmonic metafilms with directional color dynamics. Advanced Science (2021)
Arrays of plasmonic nanoparticle dimers with defined nanogap spacers. ACS Nano (2019)
Scalable electrochromic nanopixels using plasmonics. Science Advances (2019)
Corrosion‐protected hybrid nanoparticles. Advanced Science (2017)
Active nanorheology with plasmonics. Nano Letters (2016)
Dispersion and shape engineered plasmonic nanosensors. Nature Communications (2016)
Selectable nanopattern arrays for nanolithographic imprint and etch‐mask applications. Advanced Science (2015)
Teaching
EC2105 Engineering Electromagnetics 1 2020 Spring, 2022 Spring
EC4214 Introduction to Photonics 2020 Fall, 2022 Fall, 2023 Fall
EC4308 Semiconductor Manufacturing Process 2022 Fall, 2023 Fall
EC5104 Theory of Semiconductor Devices 2021 Spring
EC6102 Optoelectronics 2021 Fall
EC6105 Semiconductor Device Processing 2022 Spring, 2023 Spring, 2024 Spring
Group photos during education
MEng @ DKU
PhD @ MPI
PDRA @ Cambridge