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
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
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
2023 Startup Innovation Award from Minister of Science and ICT
2023 Excellent Teaching Award (2023 Spring semester)
2022 Entrepreneurship Award from Minister of Ministry of SMEs and Startups
2022 Academic Advancement Award by Korean Ceramic Society
2019 Leading Creative Researchers, SNU
2018 Young Ceramist awarded by Korean Ceramic Society
2018 Award for the Excellent Research from Samsung Electro-Mechanics Corp.
2006 Samsung Humantech Research Award
S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I O N S
"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)
"Tailoring Single- and Double-sided Fluorination of Bilayer Graphene via Substrate Interactions" Nano Letters (2021)
"Multi-operation Mode Light Emitting Filed-Effect Transistors Based on van der Waals Heterostructure" Advanced Materials (2020)
"Monolithic Contact Engineering to Boost Optoelectronic Performances of 2D Semiconductor Photovoltaic Heterojunctions" Nano Letters (2020)
"Thickness-insensitive Properties of α-MoO3 Nanosheets by Weak Interlayer Coupling" Nano Letters (2019)
"Atomically-precise Graphene Etch Stops for 3D Integrated Systems from 2D Material Heterostructures" Nature Communications (2018)
"Epitaxially Self-Assembled Alkane Layers for Graphene Electronics" Advanced Materials (2017)
"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)
"Organic Field Effect Transistors Based on Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Heterostructures" Advanced Functional Materials (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)