Employment History

2016.3 – present : Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea

2011.3 – 2016.2 : Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea

2011.8 – 2012.7 : Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

2005.7 –2011.2 : Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, POSTECH, Korea

2003.7 - 2005.5 : Post-Doc., University of Southern California, USA

1999.2 - 2005.7 : Senior Engineer, Memory Division, Samsung Electronics, Korea

Honors and Awards

• Director of Scalable Quantum Computer Technology Platform Center (ERC), 2019 -

• IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, 2018 -

• Director of Joint Research Lab nominated by Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 2017 -

• Silver Prize, Samsung Humantech Thesis Competition, 2017

• Prime Minister Award, Semiconductor Circuit Design Competition, 2015

• ISSCC 60^th Anniversary Special Author-Recognition Award as a contributing author with 10 or more papers for the last decade (2003 to 2013), ISSCC, 2013

• Silver Prize, Samsung Humantech Thesis Competition, 2013

• Bronze Prize, Samsung Humantech Thesis Competition, 2012

• Professor International Research Nominee, SBS Foundation, 2011

• Gold Prize, Samsung Humantech Thesis Competition, 2011

• Best Design Award, Chip design contest, Dongbu Hitek, 2011

• Bronze Prize, Samsung Humantech Thesis Competition, 2010

• Best Design Award, Grand Prize, Int. SoC Conf., 2010

• Achievement Award, Chip design contest, KEC, 2010

• Silver Prize, Samsung Humantech Thesis Competition, 2009

• Grand Prize, Chip design contest, Dongbu Hitek, 2009

• Takuo Sugano Award, ISSCC, 2002

• Best Paper Award, Samsung Semiconductor Conference, 2002

• Patentee of the year, Semiconductor, Samsung, 2000

• Achievement Award, Memory Division, Samsung, 2000