With a research portfolio centered on Polymer Waveguide Integrated Optics, Professor Min Cheol Oh has dedicated over three decades to advancing Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs). His laboratory at Pusan National University focuses on the design, fabrication, and system-level integration of polymer-based devices, including 128-channel phased arrays and highly sensitive Optical Current Transformers (OCT). Recognized for his pioneering contributions to birefringence modulation and low-loss waveguide fabrication, Dr. Oh’s research provides essential building blocks for modern telecommunications and autonomous sensing technologies. His scholarly work, characterized by its high impact and technical rigors, continues to shape the future of integrated photonics.

Education

• 1996 | Ph.D., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, KAIST

• 1993 | M.S., Electrical and Electronic Engineering, KAIST

• 1990 | B.S., Information and Communication Engineering, KAIST

Professional Experience

Pusan National University, Korea

• Professor | Mar. 2012 – Present

• Associate Professor | Mar. 2007 – Feb. 2012

• Assistant Professor | Mar. 2003 – Feb. 2007

Zen Photonics, Korea

• Director, Optical Polymer Device Division | Feb. 2002 – Dec. 2002

Pacific Wave Industries, USA

• Principal Research Scientist | Apr. 2000 – Feb. 2002

University of Southern California (USC), USA

• Associate Research Scientist | May 1999 – Feb. 2002

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea

• Senior Research Engineer | Feb. 1996 – Apr. 1999

• Research Associate, Basic Research Department | Feb. 1994 – Feb. 1996

Osaka University, Japan

• Research Student, Prof. Nishihara Laboratory | Oct. 1992 – Sep. 1993

Awards & Honors

Distinguished Recognition

• Gold Prize, The 2nd Samsung Humantech Paper Award | Feb. 1996

• Top 50 Basic Research Excellence Award, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology / NRF | Sep. 2012

• Top 66 National R&D Excellence Award, Government of the Republic of Korea | Nov. 2012

• Distinguished Dissertation Award, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, KAIST | Feb. 1996

• R&D Excellence Award, Busan Chamber of Commerce & Industry | Apr. 2006

Best Paper Awards (Selected)

• Best Paper Award, The 28th Photonics Conference (PC 2019) | Dec. 2019

  • "2D Beam Scanner Device Using Polymer Waveguide Phase Modulator Array"

• Best Paper Award, The 24th Conference on Optoelectronics and Optical Communications (COOC 2017) | Jun. 2017

  • "Broadband polarization mode splitter using birefringent polymer"

• Best Paper Award, The 25th Photonics Conference (PC 2016) | Nov. 2016

  • "Polymer Waveguide-based Passive Optical Voltage Sensor using Multimode Interference Device"

• Best Paper Award (2 Papers), The 23rd Conference on Optoelectronics and Optical Communications (COOC 2016) | Jun. 2016

• Best Paper Award (2 Papers), The 22nd Conference on Optoelectronics and Optical Communications (COOC 2015) | Jun. 2015

• Best Paper Award (2 Papers), The 20th Conference on Optoelectronics and Optical Communications (COOC 2013) | May 2013

• Best Paper Award, OSK (Optical Society of Korea) Summer Meeting | Aug. 2012

• Best Student Paper Award, Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano Photonics (IPR) | Jun. 2011

• Best Paper Award, The 20th Conference on Optoelectronics and Optical Communications (COOC 2011) | Dec. 2011

• Best Paper Award, The 19th Photonics Conference (PC 2010) | Dec. 2010

• Best Paper Award, COOC (2008, 2009, 2010)

• Best Paper Award, OSK Summer Meeting | Jul. 2006