Daewon Suk, Ph.D
Daewon Suk, Ph.D
Post-doctoral researcher
Dept of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, California, United States of America
daewon_suk@berkeley.edu
Ph.D in Physics, Mar. 2017 – Aug. 2024
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
Advisor: Prof. Hansuek Lee
Ph.D Dissertation: Study on Developments and Applications of Chalcogenide Glass-Based On-Chip Photonics with Ultra-Low Loss
B.S of Materials Science and Engineering, Mar. 2011 -Feb. 2017
Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Honors: summa cum laude (GPA 4.09/4.5)
Jan. 2026 - Present
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, United States of America
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Postdoctoral researcher
Advisor: Prof. Ming-Chiang Wu
Research of photonic integrated circuits (PIC) with micro-electro-mechanical-system (MEMS) actuators
Sep. 2024 - Dec. 2025
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea
Department of Physics
Postdoctoral researcher
Advisor: Prof. Hansuek Lee
Research on the investigation of monolithic on-chip platforms based on chalcogenide glass, and their applications
Jan. 2016 - Aug. 2016
Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Research Intern at the Division of Materials Science and Engineering.
Advisor: Prof. Jinho Ahn
Research on mask material and characteristic evaluation technology for semiconductor extreme patterning
Jul. 2012 - Jul. 2014
Served and discharged from ROK Air Force, Sergeant
2025, Best Paper Award, APLS 2025, Optical Society of Korea
2024, Nanophotonics Best Student Paper Awards, CLEO Pacific RIM 2024
2024, Best Paper Award, OPC 2024, Optical Society of Korea
2024, Best Paper Award, Workshop on High-Performance Nonlinear Optical Micro-Resonators, KAIST
2024, Best Paper Award, ALTA 2024, Optical Society of Korea
2022 - 2024, Samsung Electronics Sponsorship (Device Solution), Samsung Electronics
2022,Best Paper Award, ALTA 2022, Optical Society of Korea
2017, Graduation with honors: summa cum laude, Hanyang University, Korea
2011 - 2017, Hanyang Science and Technology Scholarship 1 (full tuition) Hanyang University, Korea