Education

• Feb 2010 — Aug 2014  PhD in Physics, KAIST

• Feb 2009 — Feb 2010   MSc in Physics, KAIST

• Mar 2005 — Feb 2009  BSc in Physics, Sogang University, Korea
  (Graduated with rank 1 in the department)

Career

• From Nov 2020       Lecturer (Assistant Professor), University of Melbourne, Australia

• Feb 2017 — Oct 2020  Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)

• Sep 2014 — Feb 2017  Postdoctoral research associate, KAIST, Korea

Professional activities

• OPTICA Ambassador (2023 — )

• Scientific Report Editorial Board (2022 — )

• OPTICA Nanophotonics Technical Group Leader (2022 — 2024)

• The APL Photonics Editorial Advisory Board (2022 — 2024)

• Associate Investigator of the ARC Centre of Excellence for TMOS (2022 — 2023)

• The APL Photonics Early Career Editorial Advisory Board (2020 — 2021)

• OSA Sydney Local Section Committee (2019 — 2020)

• Optical Materials Express Feature Editor (2019)

Fellowships

• 2019 — 2022   Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UTS

• 2009 — 2014   National Scholarship Awardee, KAIST

• 2012 — 2013   ILUN Science Fellow, ILUN Science and Technology Foundation

• 2007 — 2008   LOTTE Scholarship, LOTTE Foundation

Awards

• 2023       Optica Technical Group Prize: Most Popular Activity

• 2022       Ivan P. Kaminow Award, OPTICA

• 2022   Young Tall Poppy Science Award, Australian Institute of Policy and Science

• 2022       ASML Korea Tech Talk Paper Award, 3rd Prize

• 2021   iCANX Young Scientist Award

• 2021   FEIT Excellence Award in Early Career Research, University of Melbourne

• 2021   Special Recognition Award, School of EMI, University of Melbourne

• 2020   30 Rising Stars, Optical Society of Korea

• 2019   Early Career Researcher Excellence Award Finalist, UTS

• 2018   Excellence Award for a Young Scientist, Korea Federation of Women’s Science and Technology

• 2017   The Best Emerging Scientist Award in Photonics and Quantum Electronics, Korean Physical Society

• 2015   Science Imaging Contest Winner, Korea Basic Science Institut

• 2015   International Year of Light Optical Image Contest 1st prize, Optical Society of Korea

• 2014   20th Samsung Human-Tech Best Paper Award 2nd prize ($8,500), Samsung