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Honors and Awards 

• Editor-in-Chief (EiC) - Springer, CRC Press

• Editor - Wiley

• IOP Associate Member [IOP Link] 

• ECS-IOP Trusted Reviewer [ECS Link] 

• Journal Reviewer, 110+ Journal Paper Reviews including npj (Nature Partner Journal) 2d materials and applications, Applied Physics Letters (APL), Discover Nano, Silicon, Nanotechnology, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (IEEE TED), IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation (IEEE TDEI), Micro and Nanostructures, Microelectronics Reliability, some IEEE journals, some ACS journals, Nature Portfolio journal, etc.
  (All reviews were performed as officially invited peer reviewer following direct invitations from journal editors)

• Conference Reviewer, IEEE conferences, etc.

• Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Circuits, Systems, and Simulation (IEEE ICCSS), 2022

• Best Paper Award, Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers (IEIE), 2020

• Knight-Hennessy Scholarship, Stanford University, 2025-28
  (Among 8,570 total applicants, only 84 scholars were selected for the 2025 Knight-Hennessy Scholars cohort, reflecting an acceptance rate of less than 1%) [Link1] [Link2]  

• Departmental Fellowship, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2024

• Brain Korea 21 Plus Fellowship, Seoul National University, 2018-19

• Public Enterprise Scholarship, South Korean Public Enterprise, 2017

• Merit-based Scholarship, Seoul National University, 2014-16

SCI/SCIE Journals                          10 first author | 26 total       (4 pending)
[Representative Journal: ACS Nano, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (IEEE TED)]

International Conferences             8 first author | 16 total         (2 pending)
[Representative Conference: IEEE IEDM, IEEE DRC, IEEE IRPS, IEEE SNW, IEEE EDTM, and IEEE ICCSS]

The other journal/conference        8 first author | 16 total         (0 pending)

Book Published                              2 editor-in-chief (EiC) | 4 total         (0 pending)
[Representative publisher: Springer, Wiley]

Patent                                               0 first author | 0 total          (0 pending)

Interests                               Semiconductor, CMOS, 2D materials (eg. MoS₂, WSe₂ for channel, hBN for ILD/IMD layer, and graphene for interconnect), oxide semiconductors (ITO FETs for DRAM & MRAM applications), semiconductor reliability in non-memory semiconductor (self-heating effect, SHE), semiconductor reliability in memory semiconductor (retention improvement), vertically stacked gate-all-around (GAA) 2D nanoshset field-effect transistor (NSFET), vertically stacked gate-all-around (GAA) silicon nanoshset field-effect transistor (NSFET), thermal management in semiconductor, MRAM, DRAM, NAND Flash, NOR Flash, Tunnel FET (TFET), high performance logic device, and low power logic device, novel semimetals.

Teaching Experience

Course Assistant (grader), Stanford University, Electrical Engineering

• Fall 2025, EE 216: Principles and Models of Semiconductor Devices (3 units)

• Fall 2024, EE 216: Principles and Models of Semiconductor Devices (3 units)

Assistant Professor, Korea Military Academy, Computer Science

• Spring 2023, Basic Algorithms | 3 courses (total 9 units)

• Fall 2022, Seminar on Science, Basic Algorithms | 3 courses (total 9 units)

• Spring 2022, AI-centered ICT, Programming and the Fourth Industrial Revolution | 3 courses (total 9 units)

• Fall 2021, AI-centered ICT, Programming and the Fourth Industrial Revolution | 3 courses (total 9 units)

Full Time Lecturer, Korea Military Academy, Computer Science

• Spring 2021, AI-centered ICT, Programming and the Fourth Industrial Revolution | 3 courses (total 9 units)

• Fall 2020, Introduction to Programming | 3 courses (total 9 units)

Teaching Assistant, Seoul National University, Inter-University Semiconductor Research Center (ISRC)

• Fall 2019, Semiconductor Processing - wet cleaning, oxidation, ellipsometry (laboratory-based course at ISRC)

• Spring 2019, Semiconductor Processing - wet cleaning, oxidation, ellipsometry (laboratory-based course at ISRC)

Teaching Assistant, Seoul National University, Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Spring 2017, Introduction to Circuit Theory and Laboratory (4 units)

Acknowledgements 

Looking back on my life, I realize there have been more challenges along the way than I initially expected, and sometimes I’m amazed at how I managed to overcome them. Usually, I just brush this feeling off, thinking I was “just lucky,” but in truth, my ability to overcome challenges was made possible by the invaluable relationships I developed with the people around me. 

During my undergraduate and master's studies at Seoul National University, my lab colleagues and professors made it possible for me to complete these programs successfully. When my research wasn’t going well, my peers would join me for a walk outside the lab, and my supportive seniors and juniors, and postdocs and professors offered their guidance. All of them played a vital role in helping me move forward. Doing fun things, like playing basketball or going on annual hikes with lab members helped me forget my worries about classes and projects and regain my energy. 

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the many people who have supported me along the way, including those reading this now. Though I cannot list their names here due to concerns about privacy, I am deeply grateful to each and every one of them. I will strive to make significant contributions as a researcher in return for the dedication shown to me by those around me, and, like they, I will continue to strive to be a person who contributes to the success of others.

I view research as a collective endeavor grounded in collaboration, mutual respect, and trust. Every achievement I have made reflects the insights and efforts of many people, often in ways that may not be immediately visible. It has been my consistent practice to include as coauthors all those who have contributed - even in small or indirect ways - because I believe that fairness and integrity, sustained by mutual trust, are the foundation of meaningful scientific progress.

For my next-generation semiconductor research, I thank Dr. Fujio Masuoka (inventor of GAA MOSFET [IEDM 1988]), Dr. Chenming Hu (inventor of FinFET [IEDM 1999]), and Dr. Andras Kis (inventor of monolayer MoS2 FET [Nature Nanotechnology 2011]) for the intellectual inspiration their pioneering work has provided.