Academic Experiences
1983~1987 Kyungpook National University, BS
1987~1989 Seoul National University, MS
1989~1993 Seoul National University, Ph.D
1994~2002 Dept. of Electrical Eng., Wonkwang Univ., Professor
1994~1998 Invited Research Staff, ETRI
1998~1999 MIT-Microsystems Technology Laboratory of EECS
2002~2009 School of EECS, Kyungpook National Univ., Professor
2009~ Dept. Electrical and Computer Eng., Seoul National Univ., Professor
2022~2024 Minister of Science and ICT
2024~Dept. Electrical and Computer Eng., Seoul National Univ., Professor
Achievements & Awards
1994 Best Oral Paper Award (Then Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea)
2005 Best Poster Paper Award (Korean Conference on Semiconductors)
2005 KETI President Award (KSIA)
2006 This Month’s Scientist Award (Ministry of Science of Korea)
2006 Best Oral Paper Award (IEEE NMDC 2006)
2006 Excellence Research Award, System IC 2010 projects (KSIA)
2007 Doyeon Creative Research Award (ISRC)
2008 Excellence Research Award, SystemIC 2010 projects (KSIA)
2008 Best Research Award of ABEEK Program (KNU)
2009 Best Poster Paper Award (IEEE Seoul)
2009 IEEE student paper contest Bronze Award (IEEE Seoul)
2011 Men of National Merit in Semiconductor Technology Development (Prime minister of Korea)
2012 Samsung Humantech Award (Samsung Electronics)
2013 100 future technology Award for 2020 Korea (NAEK)
2014 SK hynix cooperative patent Award (SK hynix)
2015 Okawa Prize (Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications)
2015 19th Young Engineer Award (NAEK)
2015 National Medal (녹조근정훈장)
2016 IEEE Fellow Member
2016 SK hynix Industry-University Research Award (SK hynix)
2018 Kyung-Am Award (Enigneering part)