Seung Geun Jung
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering
(Link : Linkedin / Google Scholar, E-mail : skjungmr@korea.ac.kr)
Seung Geun Jung is a Staff Engineer at the Samsung Electronics Semiconductor R&D Center.
He received the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Korea University, Seoul, Korea, in 2016 and 2022, respectively, for his work on emerging CMOS logic and DRAM memory devices. In 2022, he began working at the Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Research & Development Center in South Korea, having been sponsored by Samsung Electronics Device Solutions since 2019. He is currently focused on device performance improvement and process integration for advanced semiconductor devices, especially in the 3nm, 2nm, 1.4nm, and below technology nodes.
He has worked on exploring and demonstrating the feasibility of new technological elements and integration schemes, as well as modeling for technology scaling down.
Education
Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, 2022
Thesis: Source/Drain Contact Engineering for Emerging Device Technologies
Advisor: Prof. Hyun-Yong Yu
Co-Advisor: Prof. Chang Hwan Shin
B.S., Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, 2016
(#67 in QS Ranking)
Experience
2022.03 - Staff Engineer, Samsung Electronics, Semiconductor R&D Center, Logic TD
2016.01 - 2017.01, Student Researcher, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Awards & Scholarships
Sponsorship Program at Device Solution, Samsung Electronics
KCS 2018, Excellent Poster Award (First author), February 2018
KCS 2021, Excellent Poster Award (Co author), January 2021
Samsung Semiconductor Research & Development Vision Award (Co author), Silver Prize, September 2023
Samsung CTO e-technique Journal Award (First author), Bronze Prize, October 2025
Samsung CTO e-technique Journal Award (Co author), Bronze Prize, October 2025