EDUCATION

08/2013 – 12/2017, Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder 

03/2008 – 02/2010, M.E. in Info. & Commun. Engineering, Inha University

03/2004 – 02/2008, B.S. in Info. & Commun. Engineering, Inha University 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

11/2018 – 03/2022, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

01/2018 – 10/2018, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder

08/2013 – 12/2017, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder

03/2013 – 07/2013, Researcher, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) & Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

03/2010 – 02/2013, Researcher (military service), Advanced Photonics Research Institute, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

03/2008 – 02/2010, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Info. & Commun. Engineering, Inha University

HONORS/AWARDS

2022, Ministerial commendation, Ministry of Science and ICT, Korea

2022, Young Physicist Award, Korean Physical Society

2022, Silver prize, The 28th Samsung Human-Tech Paper Award (Advisor special prize)

2020~ Editorial Board (Nano Convergence)

2020, Young Optical Physicist Award, Korean Physical Society

2020, Program Committee, ISPSA2020

2019~ Associated editor (Applied Science and Convergence Technology)

2019~ Committee of Semiconductor Physics division, Korean Physical Society

2019, Young Optical Scientist Award, Optical Society of Korea

2016, Top 10, The 22th Samsung Human-Tech Paper Award

2015, Top 10, The 21th Samsung Human-Tech Paper Award

2014, Silver prize, The 20th Samsung Human-Tech Paper Award

2013, Best poster award, The 16th International Symposium on the Physics of Semiconductors and Applications (ISPSA-16)

2012, Best poster award, The 12th international conference on Near-field Optics, Nanophotonics and Related Techniques (NFO 12)

2011, Best talk award, Korean Physical Society Fall Meeting

2011, Best poster award, Korean Physical Society Fall Meeting

2011, Best poster award, The 15th International Symposium on the Physics of Semiconductors and Applications (ISPSA-15)

2010, Best talk award, Korean Physical Society Fall Meeting

2008 - 2010, Graduate Student Scholarship, Inha University

2008, Silver prize, Portfolio contest, Inha University

2004 - 2005, Undergraduate Student Scholarship, Inha University