Youngjae Kim

Name:   Youngjae Kim

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Extreme ultrafast electron dynamics in attosecond - femtosecond time scale

Non-equilibrium quantum materials

New functional materials design including low-dimensional electronics, valleytronics, and Floquet systems

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION 

(2026.03 –) 

Assistant Professor

Department of Semiconductor Physics, Kangwon National University

    (Theoretical Physics of Semiconductors and Light Laboratory)

(2025.03 – 2026.02) 

Project Research Fellow

in School of Physics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS), Seoul, South Korea 

(2022.08 – 2025.02) 

Research Fellow

in School of Physics, KIAS, Seoul, South Korea

(Condensed matter theory group, Mentor: Prof. Kwon Park)

(2020.02 – 2022.08) 

Postdoctoral researcher

in Emerging Materials Science Research Center, 

Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, South Korea.

(P.I.: Prof. JaeDong Lee)

(2014.02 – 2020.02) 

Ph.D. in Emerging Materials Science

DGIST, Daegu, South Korea

Date of degree conferred: 2020.02.21

(Advisor: Prof. JaeDong Lee)

(2010.02 – 2014.02) 

B.S. in Physics,

Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea

HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS

(2025) Research excellence award (President’s Award)

2025 Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS) anniversary ceremony (고등과학원 학술상)

(2025) NRF Sejong Science Fellowship

funded by National Research Foundation of Korea

(2020) Research excellence award (Minister Award)

Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea (과기부장관상)

(2019) Award of research excellence, Dept. of Emerging Materials Science

DGIST

(2019) Certificate of Academic Excellence (President’s Award)

DGIST (대구경북과학기술원 표창장)

(2019) Best Oral Presentation Award

Korean Physics Society (KPS), 2019 spring conference

(2018) Best Poster Presentation Award, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)

The 14th KIAS Electronic Structure Calculation Workshop 2018

(2017) Best Poster Presentation Award (Grand prize)

Korean Physics Society (KPS), 2017 fall conference

(2017) Best Poster Presentation Award, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS)

The 13th KIAS Electronic Structure Calculation Workshop 2017

(2017) Best Oral Presentation Award

Korean Physics Society (KPS), 2017 spring conference

(2017) Certificate of excellence (Outstanding Researcher Award)

DGIST

(2016) Best Student Poster Award, DGIF

DGIST

 PATENTS

“메모리 시스템 및 이의 동작 방법 (A memory system and its operation)"

No. 10-2075036 (2020-02-03) Korean Intellectual Property Office

JaeDong Lee, Chil-Min Kim, and Youngjae Kim