PROFESSOR

Mar. 2009 - Feb. 2015 Ph.D, Department of Physics, Hanyang University, South Korea 

Mar. 2004 - Feb. 2009 Bachelor, Department of Physics, Hanyang University, South Korea 

Sep. 2023 - Present Associate Professor Kumoh National Institute of Technology, School of Material Science and Engineering, South Korea Feb.

 2019 - Aug. 2023 Senior Research Associate University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, UK Aug.

 2016 - Jan. 2019 Research Associate University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, UK 

Sep. 2015 - Jun. 2016 Academic visitor University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, UK Feb.

 2015 - Aug. 2015 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Hanyang University, Department of Electrical Bio Engineering, South Korea Oct.

 2010 - Dec. 2012 Internship Research Assistant, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Frontier Research Laboratory, South Korea 

2024.03 - 2028.02 Semiconductor-Specialized University (Research Grant funded by an Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology)

 Role: Principal Investigator, Project management 

2019 - 2022 Quantum Dot LED HDTV and mobile displays (Research Grant funded by an Industry)

  Role: Project management, Development of active matrix based QD LED displays by various transfer technique

 2019 - 2022 Smart Flexible Quantum Dot Lighting (Research Grant funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)

  Role: Project management, Development of machine-learning embedded white lighting devices, Development of white lighting devices with     novel architectures via various printing methods

 2016 - 2020 1D-Nanofibre Electro-Optic Networks (H2020 funded by the European Commission)

  Role: Project management, Development of nanomaterials-based fibre components and automated integration of various functional fibre     devices into smart textile systems

 2015 - 2019 Universal Framework for charge Transport in Quantum Dot Systems (ERC Advanced Grant funded by European Research Commission)

 Role: Development of QD solar cells and QD/2D hybrid optoelectronic devices

 2015 - 2017 Multi-Sensor-Platform for Smart Building Management (FP7 funded by the European Commission)

  Role: Development of hybrid energy generation system with QD solar cells and triboelectric energy harvester

 2015 - 2016 Hybrid energy harvesting device with piezoelectric and triboelectric effects for wearable auxiliary power source 

(Basic Science Research Program granted by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, South Korea)

              Role: Principal Investigator, Development of triboelectric energy harvester, 

Awards

 2014 Excellent paper award, [Research Institute of Natural Science, Hanyang University]

 2013 Best post award [Nano Korea 2013]

 2013 Best poster award of spring meeting 2013 [Korean Physics Society]

Patents

 2017 Preparation method of Langmuir-Blodgett thin films comprising fluorinated polymer

 Registration No.: 1017957790000 (South Korea)

 2016 Development of high efficient LED and Solar cell device with self assembled p-i-n nano-rod (wire) junction using diffusion mechanism

 Registration No: 1016252260000 (South Korea)

 2013 Method of manufacturing p-type ZnO nanowires and method of manufacturing energy conversion device

 Registration No.: US20130112969A1 (United States)