Seokbeom Kwon - CV

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT (Full CV)

- Associate Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (July 2025- Present)
  - School of Business and Technology Management (BTM), College of Business
- Associate Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea (Sep 2024 -June 2025)
  - Department of Systems Management Engineering
  - Graduate School of Management of Technology
  - Graduate School of Industrial Engineering
- Assistant Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea (Feb 2022 -Aug 2024)
  - Department of Systems Management Engineering
  - Graduate School of Management of Technology
  - Graduate School of Industrial Engineering
- Assistant Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan (2020 - Feb 2022)
  - Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST)
  - Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (Research on Science and Technology Policy)
  - Department of Technology Management for Innovation

EDUCATION

- PhD in Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology (2019)

Specialty: Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy

Dissertation: Three Essays on Growth of the Market for Patents and Its Challenges to Innovation Policy (Chair: Prof. Alan C. Marco)

- MS in Technology Management for Innovation, University of Tokyo (2013)
- BS in Electrical Engineering (Primary major) + Management of Technology (Secondary major), Seoul National University (2011)

AWARDS AND HONORS

- Best Paper Proceeding (Best Paper Award Short list), Technology and Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2024)
- Best Paper Proceeding, Technology and Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2022)
- Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, Georgia Tech (2019)
- Young Scholars Award, 17th International Schumpeter Society Conference (2018)
- Second-Prize, Ivan Allen College Graduate Conference Award, Georgia Tech (2018)
- Best Paper Proceeding , Technology and Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2017)
- First-Prize, Ivan Allen College Graduate Conference Award, Georgia Tech (2017)
- STEPI Fellowship, Science and Technology Policy Institute (2016)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

- Graduate Research Assistant, Science, Technology, and Innovation Program, Georgia Tech (2014 - 2019)
- Researcher, University of Tokyo (2013 – 2014)
- Patent Engineer, Division of Intellectual Property Management, SONY (2012)
- Trademark Strategy Assistant, DEVSISERS (2011)
- Research Associate, Patent Evaluation and Licensing Team, Korea Invention Promotion Association (2010)
- National Military Service, Korean Army (2007-2009)

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