Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Contact info.
Office/Lab : 601-10/609-1, 3rd Engineering Building #106
Phone : +82-52-217-2292
Email : myungsookim@unist.ac.kr
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I gained my B.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University in 2016. I received my M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin under the supervision of Professor Deji Akinwande in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Before joining UNIST, I worked at Micron Technology in the US as an R&D Device Characterization Engineer.
Aug 2026 – Present
Associate Professor, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
College of AI
Department of Electrical Engineering
Aug 2021 – Aug 2026
Assistant Professor, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
College of Information-Bio Convergence Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
Jan 2021 –July 2021
R&D Device Characterization Engineer, Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho, USA
• Develop and debug test programs that enable the testing of advanced semiconductor memory devices
Dec 2020
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
May 2019
M.S.E., The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
May 2016
B.S., Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, Korea
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
TPC member
IEEE Device Research Conference (DRC), 2027
Recent Progress in Graphene and 2D Material Research (RPGR), 2027
The 9th International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment (ENGE), 2026
IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM), 2023
Young Professional Forum member of IEEE Device Research Conference (DRC), 2026
Session Chair
IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM), 2023
The 29TH Korean Conference on Semiconductors (KCS 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
The International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment (ENGE 2022)
Professional Membership
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) member
Korea Flexible & Printed Electronics Society (KFPE) member
Korean Graphene Society (KGS) member
Organizer of the KOFST (Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies) 2022 BrainLink
Global Technology Networking for System Semiconductor Innovation
June 2024
IB Faculty Awards
Exemplary Lab in Management
Feb 2023
BK Research Award
UNIST BK21 UniBrain System Engineering Group
Jan 2022
Ben Streetman Award, Senior Award, 2020-2021
UT Austin, A prestigious university-wide annual prize presented to a Graduate student who is an exceptional contributor to the area of electronic or photonic materials and devices.
Dec 2019
Professional Development Award
UT Austin Graduate School
Sep 2019
Best Paper Award in the area of Engineering
KSEA (Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association) Austin Chapter
Jul 2016 – Dec 2020
Overseas Graduate Students Scholarship
Kwanjeong Educational Foundation, Seoul, Korea
2010-2015
Samsung Science Scholarship
SKKU, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering