P e o p l e
Primary Investigator
Gwan-Hyoung Lee
ProfessorMaterials Science and EngineeringSeoul National University, Seoul, Korea
CEOS-Graphene co.
EditorCurrent Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science (Elsevier)
gwanlee@snu.ac.kr
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E D U C A T I O N
B.S. 1995 - 2000 Seoul National University / Materials Science and Engineering
Ph.D. 2000 - 2006 Seoul National University / Materials Science and Engineering
Ph.D. 2000 - 2006 Seoul National University / Materials Science and Engineering
P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
2022 - present Seoul National University / Professor
2019 - 2022 Seoul National University / Associate Professor
2016 - 2018 Yonsei University / Associate Professor
2014 - 2016 Yonsei University / Assistant Professor
2010 - 2014 Columbia University / Postdoctoral Scientist
2014 - 2016 Yonsei University / Assistant Professor
2010 - 2014 Columbia University / Postdoctoral Scientist
2009 - 2010 Samsung Mobile Display Co. / Senior Engineer
2006 - 2008 Samsung Electronics / Senior Engineer
2002 - 2003 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / Visiting Scholar
H O N O R S a n d A W A R D S
2025 The Scientist of the Month Award (이달의 과학기술인상, 12월)
2025 SNU-Samsung Electronics Cooperative Research Awards, Outstanding Paper Award/Patent Achievement Award (삼성전자 우수논문상/우수특허상))
2025 The Nano Research Innovation Award from Minister of Science and ICT (나노코리아 2025 어워드 연구혁신부문 과학기술정보통신부 장관상)
2023 The Startup Innovation Award from Minister of Science and ICT (창업혁신국가, 과학기술정보통신부 장관상)
2023 The Excellent Teaching Award from Seoul National University (우수강의상)
2022 The Entrepreneurship Award from Minister of Ministry of SMEs and Startups (창업 유공자 포상, 중소벤처기업부 장관상)
2022 The Academic Advancement Award by Korean Ceramic Society (한국세라믹학회 학술진보상)
2019 The Leading Creative Researchers, SNU (창의선도연구)
2018 The Young Ceramist awarded by Korean Ceramic Society (젊은세라미스트)
2018 The Excellent Research Award from Samsung Electro-Mechanics Corp. (삼성전기 우수연구상)
2018 Excellence in Research Award from Yonsei University President (우수연구상) |
2017 The Best Lecturing Professor Award from Yonsei University President (우수강의상) |
2017 The Excellence in Research Award from Yonsei University President (우수연구상) |
2016 The Excellence in Research Award from Yonsei University President (우수연구상) |
2015 The Best Lecturing Professor Award from Yonsei University President (우수강의상) |
2006 Samsung Humantech Research Award (삼성 휴먼테크 우수논문상)
S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I O N S
"Hypotaxy of Wafer-scale Single Crystal Transition Metal Dichalcogenides" Nature (2025)
"200-mm-wafer-scale Integration of Polycrystalline Molybdenum Disulfide Transistors" Nature Electronics (2024)
"Electrically Confined Electroluminescence of Neutral Excitons in WSe2 Light-emitting Transistors" Advanced Materials (2024)
"Thermally Induced Atomic Reconstruction of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Layers into Fully Commensurate Structures" Nature Materials (2023)
"In-plane Anisotropy of Graphene by Strong Interlayer Interaction with van der Waals Epitaxially-grown MoO3" Science Advances (2023)
"Irreversible Conductive Filament Contacts for Passivated van der Waals Heterostructure Devices" Advanced Functional Materials (2022)
"Anomalous Dimensionality-driven Phase Transition of MoTe2 in van der Waals Heterostructure" Advanced Functional Materials (2021)
"Atomic-Layer-Confined Multiple Quantum Wells Enabled by Monolithic Bandgap Engineering of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides" Science Advances (2021)
"Multi-operation Mode Light Emitting Filed-Effect Transistors Based on van der Waals Heterostructure" Advanced Materials (2020)
"Thickness-insensitive Properties of α-MoO3 Nanosheets by Weak Interlayer Coupling" Nano Letters (2019)
"Atomically-precise Graphene Etch Stops for Three Dimensional Integrated Systems from Two Dimensional Material Heterostructures" Nature Communications (2018)
"Highly Stable, Dual-Gated MoS2 Transistors Encapsulated by Hexagonal Boron Nitride with Gate-Controllable Contact Resistance and Threshold Voltage" ACS Nano (2015)
"Multi-Terminal Transport Measurements of MoS2 Using van der Waals Heterostructure Device Platform" Nature Nanotechnology (2015)
"Atomically Thin p-n Junctions with van der Waals Heterointerfaces" Nature Nanotechnology (2014)
"Effect of Defects on the Intrinsic Strength and Stiffness of Graphene" Nature Communications (2014)
"Graphene Mechanical Oscillators with Tunable Frequency" Nature Nanotechnology (2013)
"Flexible and Transparent MoS2 Field-Effect Transistors on Hexagonal Boron Nitride-Graphene Heterostructures" ACS Nano (2013)
"High Strength Chemical Vapor Deposited Graphene and Grain Boundaries" Science (2013)
"Grains and Grain Boundaries in Highly Crystalline Monolayer Molybdenum Disulphide" Nature Materials (2013)
"Controlled Charge Trapping by MoS2 and Graphene in Ultrathin Heterostructured Memory Devices" Nature Communications (2013)
"Tightly Bound Trions in Monolayer MoS2" Nature Materials (2013)
"Thickness-insensitive Properties of α-MoO3 Nanosheets by Weak Interlayer Coupling" Nano Letters (2019)
"Atomically-precise Graphene Etch Stops for Three Dimensional Integrated Systems from Two Dimensional Material Heterostructures" Nature Communications (2018)
"Highly Stable, Dual-Gated MoS2 Transistors Encapsulated by Hexagonal Boron Nitride with Gate-Controllable Contact Resistance and Threshold Voltage" ACS Nano (2015)
"Multi-Terminal Transport Measurements of MoS2 Using van der Waals Heterostructure Device Platform" Nature Nanotechnology (2015)
"Atomically Thin p-n Junctions with van der Waals Heterointerfaces" Nature Nanotechnology (2014)
"Effect of Defects on the Intrinsic Strength and Stiffness of Graphene" Nature Communications (2014)
"Graphene Mechanical Oscillators with Tunable Frequency" Nature Nanotechnology (2013)
"Flexible and Transparent MoS2 Field-Effect Transistors on Hexagonal Boron Nitride-Graphene Heterostructures" ACS Nano (2013)
"High Strength Chemical Vapor Deposited Graphene and Grain Boundaries" Science (2013)
"Grains and Grain Boundaries in Highly Crystalline Monolayer Molybdenum Disulphide" Nature Materials (2013)
"Controlled Charge Trapping by MoS2 and Graphene in Ultrathin Heterostructured Memory Devices" Nature Communications (2013)
"Tightly Bound Trions in Monolayer MoS2" Nature Materials (2013)