Subject

• Undergraduate

  • Creative Engineering Design, Phase Transformation, Crystal Structures, Semiconductor Process Technology, Next-generation Semiconductor Materials

• Graduate

  • Advanced Electronic Materials, Advanced Numerical Analysis

Research

• - Atomistic simulations for next-generation semiconductors and energy materials

• - Data-driven materials discovery and experimental validation of novel materials

• - Multiscale simulations of materials to bridge academia and industries

Career

• [Educations]

• Ph.D., Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability (EEWS), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) [Mar. 2013 – Feb. 2017]

• M.S., Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability (EEWS), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) [Mar. 2011 – Feb. 2013]

• B.S., Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Seoul [Mar. 2007 – Feb. 2011]

• [Professional Appointments]

• Assistant Professor, Department of Advanced Materials Engineering, Chungbuk National University [Mar. 2023 – Current]

• Senior Researcher, Nanomaterials Team, Center for Supercomputing Applications, Division of Supercomputing R&D, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) [Oct. 2017 – Feb. 2023]

• Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Data & High Performance Computing Science, University of Science & Technology (UST) [Mar. 2021 – Feb. 2022]

• Post Doc. Researcher, Applied Science Research Institute, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) [Mar. 2017 – Sep. 2017]

• [Awards]

• 2022 Excellent Young Researcher Award by National Research Council of Science and Technology (NST)

• 2022 Excellent Research Award by Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KISTI)

• 2019 Excellent Young Researcher Award by Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KISTI)

• 2013 Global Ph. D. Fellowship awarded by National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)

Thesis

• [1] D Kim, G Cho, YH Kim, JH Kwon, Y Oh, M Yang, S Jee, IS Lee, MJ Si, Y Jung, HY Yang, Y Ahn, BK Kim, C Kim, HS Kim*, SW Baek*, Multi-Facet Passivation of Ternary Colloidal Quantum Dot Enabled by Quadruple-Ligand Ensemble toward Efficient Lead-Free Optoelectronics. Adv. Energy Mater. 14, 2302579 (2024) [Cover]

• [2] TG Yun†, J Lee†, HS Kim†, JY Cheong, SH Kim, Y Kim*, S Lee, ID Kim*, π-Bridge Spacer Embedded Electron Donor-Acceptor Polymer for Flexible Electrochromic Zn-ion Batteries, Adv. Mater. 2301141 (2023) [† equal contributions] [Cover]

• [3] D Lee, SJ Lee, JH Kim, G Kim, WG Jung, J Park, YC Kang, YH Kim, M Song*, HS Kim*, JW Choi*, Multi-ion controllable metal halide ionic structure for selective short- and long-term memorable synaptic devices, Nano Today, 55, 102184 (2024)

• [4] D Lee, SJ Lee, JH Kim, J Park, YC Kang, M Song, HW Lee, HS Kim* and JW Choi*, Multimodal Gas Sensor Detecting Hydroxyl Groups with Phase Transition Based on Eco-Friendly Lead-Free Metal Halides, Adv. Funct. Mater. 32, 2202207 (2022) [Inside Front Cover]

• [5] MS Ramzan, AB Kuc*, HS Kim*, Electronic fingerprint mechanism of NOx sensor based on single-material SnP3 logical junction, npj Computational Materials 8, 1-10 (2022)

• [6] OH Gwon†, JY Kim†, HS Kim†, SJ Kang, M Park, DS Lee, YJ Kim, S Ahn, J Kim, SJ Cho and YJ Yu*, Systematic design and demonstration of multi-bit generation in layered materials heterostructures floating-gate memory, Adv. Funct. Mater. 31, 2105472 (2021) [† equal contributions] [Cover]

• [7] HS Kim*, Computational design of a switchable heterostructure electrocatalyst based on a two-dimensional ferroelectric In2Se3 material for the hydrogen evolution reaction, J. Mater. Chem. A 9, 11553 (2021)