Postdoctoral Research Associate in Electrical & Computer Engineering,
University of Southern California
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University
Contact: seungju.kim@usc.edu / welcome0714@snu.ac.kr
Address: 920 Bloom Walk, SSC 422, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
2021.03 ~ 2024.02
Doctor of Philosophy, Materials Science and Engineering
Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
(Advisor: Prof. Ho Won Jang) [Webpage]
Thesis: Memristive behavior in two-dimensional perovskites: From ReRAM to Neuromorphic computing
2019.03 ~ 2021.02
Master of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
(Advisor: Prof. Ho Won Jang) [Webpage]
Thesis: Vertical-oriented two-dimensional halide perovskites as artificial synapses toward neuromorphic computing systems
2012.03 ~ 2019.02
Bachelor of Engineering (cum laude), Materials Science and Engineering
Seoul National University, Republic of Korea
(Advisor: Prof. Woong Ryeol Yu) [Webpage]
2017.08 ~ 2018.02
Exchange Student, Chemical and Processing Engineering
Graz University of Technology, Austria
2009.03 ~ 2012.02
Sangsan High School
Jeonju, Republic of Korea
2024.03 ~
Postdoctoral Associate, Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Southern California, United States
(Advisor: Prof. J. Joshua Yang) [Webpage]
2023.04 ~ 2023.09
Visiting Scholar, Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Southern California, United States
(Advisor: Prof. J. Joshua Yang) [Webpage]
2014.02 ~ 2015.11
Military Service, Satellite Communication Systems Operator
Korea Army Strategic Missile Command, Republic of Korea
• Honors
2025 - 2027 Global Talent Fellowship, SK Hynix Future Technology Research Institute
2024.07.01. Korea Representative Participant at 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, supported by KAST, Lindau, Germany [Link1][Link2]
2023.03 Study Abroad Scholarship, Seoul National University [Link]
2022 - 2024 Ph.D. Fellowship, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) [Link]
2022 - 2024 Graduate Research Fellowship Program, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) [Link]
2022 - 2024 Research Fellowship, Yulchon AI for All Scholarship [Link]
2016 - 2018 SNU Alumni Association Scholarship
• Awards
2024.11.13. Early Carrier Scholar Blitz Award, National Institutes of Health (NIH) BRAIN NeuroAI, MD, USA [Link]
2023.11.03. Best Poster Award (Gold), ICAE 2023, Korea [Link]
2022.11.09. Best Oral Presentation Award, ENGE 2022, Korea [Link]
2022.06.08. Excellent Paper Award, 2022 BK21PLUS SNU Materials Division, Korea [Link]
2022.05.20. Excellent Presentation Award, 2022 Spring Meeting of Materials Research Society of Korea [Link]
2022.04.15. Excellent Poster Award, 2022 Spring Meeting of The Korean Ceramic Society, Korea [Link]
• Reviewer for Nature Communications, Science Advances, Advanced Materials, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(PNAS), etc
• Invited speaker at Electronic Materials and Applications 2025 hosted by The American Ceramic Society
Linearly programmable two-dimensional halide perovskite memristor arrays for neuromorphic computing
S. J. Kim, I. H. Im, J. H. Baek, S. Choi, S. H. Park, D. E. Lee, J. Y. Kim, S. Y. Kim, N. G. Park, D. Lee*, J. Joshua Yang*, H. W. Jang*
Nature Nanotechnology, 20, 83–92 (2025) [link] (IF=38.1, JCR 0.36%)
Press Coverage (English): TechXplore, Eurekalert (AAAS), Emirates 24/7, SNU
Press Coverage (Korean): 서울대학교, 서울대 공대, 인공지능신문, 조선일보, 헤럴드타임즈, 한국교원신문, 뉴스와이어, 글로벌비즈뉴스, 월간리크루트, 베리타스알파, 미래환경신문, 일요저널, 한국강사신문, 스타트업앤, 투데이안, 시사코리아저널, 미디어데일, 특허방송, 디지털연합뉴스, 세라믹코리아
Memristive Ion Dynamics to Enable Biorealistic Computing
R. Zhao†, S. J. Kim†, Y. Xu†, J. Zhao, T. Wang, R. Midya, S. Ganguli, A. K. Roy, M. Dubey, R. S. Williams, and J. J. Yang*
Chemical Reviews 125, 2, 745–785 (2025) [link] (IF=51.5, JCR 0.43%)
Reliable and Robust Two-Dimensional Perovskite Memristors for Flexible-Resistive Random-Access Memory Array
S. J. Kim, I. H. Im, J. H. Baek, S. H. Park, J. Y. Kim, J. Joshua Yang*, H. W. Jang*
ACS Nano, 18, 41, 28131–28141(2024) [link] (IF=15.8, Top 5.9%)
Vertically aligned two-dimensional halide perovskites for reliably operable artificial synapses
S. J. Kim, T. H. Lee, J. Yang, J. W. Yang, Y. J. Lee, M. J. Choi, S. A. Lee, J. M. Suh, K. J. Kwak, J. H. Baek, I. H. Im, D. E. Lee, J. Y. Kim, J. Kim, J. S. Han, S. Y. Kim, D. Lee*, N. G. Park*, H. W. Jang*
Materials Today, 52, 19-30 (2022) [Highlighted paper] [link] (IF=26.94, JCR 1.8%)
Press Coverage (Korean): 헤럴드 경제, 아시아경제, 연합뉴스, 한국경제, 산업일보, 위즈뉴스, 충청뉴스, 워크투데이, IT비즈뉴스, ATN뉴스, 전파신문, 아시아경제, 파이낸셜뉴스, 헬로디디, 특허뉴스, 브레인미디어
Ambient stable CsCu2I3 flexible gas sensors for reliable NO2 detection at room temperature
S. J. Kim†, G. B. Nam†, Y. J. Kim†, T. H. Eom, J.-E Ryu, H. J. Kim, H.-J. Lee, H. W. Jang*
Nano Letters 25, 7, 2894–2902 (2025) [link] (IF=9.6, JCR=9.8%)
2D materials-based 3D integration for neuromorphic hardware
S. J. Kim†, H. Lee†, C. Lee*, H. W. Jang*
npj 2D Materials and Applications, 8, 70 (2024) [link] (IF=9.2, JCR=13.8%)
S. J. Kim† et al, Nano-Micro Letters, 16, 261 (2024) [link]
S. J. Kim† et al, Materials Today Electronics, 100111 (2024) [link]
S. J. Kim et al, Device, 2, 12 (2024) [link]
S. J. Kim† et al, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 12(37), 8999-9010 (2021) [link]
S. J. Kim† et al, Adv. Intell. Syst, 2(11), 2000105 (2020) [link]
S. J. Kim et al, iScience, 1, 101889 (2020) [front cover] [link]