Education &  Career

Professional Career

11/2023 – Present                   Group Leader - Plasmonics/Scientific Researcher
            Ultrafast Nanophotonics, Department of Physics
            Institute of Photonic Quantum Systems (PHoQS) 

                                                 Paderborn University, Germany

10/2023 – 11/2023                   Research Fellow
            Nano Convergence Center
            Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea

01/03/2022 – 04/10/2023        Research Professor
            Bio-IT Fusion Technology Research Institute
            Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

01/03/2021 – 28/02/2022        Postdoctoral Fellow
            University-Industry Collaboration Center
            Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

01/11/2020 – 28/02/2021         Research Professor
            Bio-IT Fusion Technology Research Institute
            Pusan National University, Busan, Korea 

04/11/2016 – 30/10/2020         Postdoctoral Fellow

            Energy Convergence & Technology Center

            Pusan National University, Busan, Korea

Education

01/09/2009 – 25/08/2016        Ph.D. in Physics
            Advisor: Prof. Donghan Lee
            Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea
            Percentage: 94.9%

01/07/2007 – 30/05/2009        Master’s in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
            Advisor: Prof. C Viswanathan
            Co-advisor: Prof. Dhirendra Bahadur (IIT Bombay)
            Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
            Percentage: 91%

01/06/2004 – 30/05/2007        Bachelor’s in Physics
            Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India
            Percentage: 82.9%

Honors & Awards

2021                                        PNU postdoctoral fellowship
            36 million KRW/year
            Topic: Optical bio-nano fusion materials

2017                                        PNU postdoctoral fellowship
            36 million KRW/year
            Topic: Self-assembled functional biomaterials

2014                                        NRF Ph.D. Scholarship (2 years)
            Total: 26.4 million KRW

2009                                        BK21 Ph.D. Scholarship (2 years)
            Total: 26.4 million KRW