Education

Ph.D. (2015.01)

• Semiconductor Physics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Thesis: Electron transport by Surface Acoustic Waves in an undoped system. Supervisor: Prof. Chris Ford

B.S. (2006.02)

• Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea.

Career

• Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University (2025~)
• Deputy Executive Director of the APhO Organizing Committee, Special Committee of the Korean Physical Society (2024~)
• Project Manager, Seoul Quantum Campus Steering Committee, Seoul Metropolitan Government (2024~)
• Executive Director, International Center for Quantum Matter, Kyung Hee University (2024~)
• Academic Operations Committee Member, Quantum Information Society of Korea (2024~)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University (2023~2024)
• Deputy Director, Office of Planning, Mokpo National University, Muan, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea, Associate Dean (2022~2023)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Mokpo National University, Muan, Jeollanam-do, Republic of Korea, Assistant Professor (2019-2023). 
• Research Associate, National Graphene Institute (NGI), University of Manchester, Manchester, UK,  Research Associate,  Advisor: Dr. Artem Mishchenko and Prof. Sir Konstantin Novoselov (2016-2019). 
• Research Associate, School of Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, Research Associate,  Advisor: Sir. Prof. K. S. Novoselov and Prof. Cinzia Casiraghi  (2014-2016).

Research Grant Acquisition

• Development of Human Resources in Quantum Information Science, National Research Foundation of Korea (2025~2030)
• Brain Korea 21, Ministry of Education (2025~2028)
• Materials Global Young Connect Program, National Research Foundation of Korea (2024~2027)
• High-Risk, High-Reward R&D Project, National Research Foundation of Korea, PI (2024~2028)
• Carbon Neutral Industry Core Technology Development Project, PI (2023~2030) 
• Excellent Young Researcher Program, National Research Foundation of Korea, PI (2021~2026)
• Quantum Information Science Human Resources Development Project, National Research Foundation of Korea, (2022~2025)
• Regional Leading Research Center, National Research Foundation of Korea, (2022~2024)
• Multidisciplinary Convergence Cluster Project,  National Science & Technology Research Council (2022~2024)
• Industry-Academic Research Service, Hyundai Steel,  PI  (2022~2023)
• Industry-Academic Cooperation Leading University Development Project for Socially Customized Programs, Ministry of Education,  PI (2022~2023)
• Regional Innovation Platform Support Program, Ministry of Education (2021~2023)
• Industry-Academic Research Service, LG Electronics, PI (2019~2021)
• Fist Catter Research Program, National Research Foundation of Korea, PI (2019~2021)

Honors & Awards

• Research studentship Parry Dutton Fund (2013).
• Research studentship award Cambridge Philosophical Society (2013).
• Research student fund Institute of Physics (IOP) (2013).