1. Major Research Area

Advanced Displays

- Advanced display devices

- Wearable, Flexible, Stretchable, and Transparent displays

- Printing electronics

Nano-Convergence

- Nano - Surface Plasmon mediated semiconductor, display & energy devices

- Nano Lithography for semiconductor by using Surface Plasmon

- Nano devices for display, semiconductor, bio, healthcare, medical and environment applications

2. Education

- 1986 : B.S. Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea

- 1988 : M.S. Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea

- 1993 : Ph.D. Seoul National Univ., Seoul, Korea

3. Professional Experience

- 1993-1995: Institute for Advanced Eng., Seoul
- 1995-1996 : Research Scientist, Spectron Corporation of America, Summit, NJ
- 1996-1998 : Sr. Research Scientist, Hyundai Plasma Display, Hawthorne, NY
- 1998-1999 : Sr. Research Scientist, Hyundai Electronics Industries, Gyounggi-do, Korea
- 2000-2004 : Associate Prof, Dept. of Electrical Eng., Sejong Univ., Seoul, Korea
- Director, Information Display Research Center (MIC)
- 2005-2009 : Associate Prof, School of Electrical Eng., KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
- Sep., 2007- : Director, Center for Advanced Flexible Display Convergence (CAFDC)
- Sep. 1, 2009- : Professor, School of Electrical Eng., KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
- 2011-2015 : Chair Prof, School of Electrical Eng., KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

4. Awards & Honors

- Outstanding poster paper award, International Display Workshop, December, 2006.
- Award from Korean Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, April 2007.
- Best paper award, International Meeting on Information Display, August, 2007.
- Won the Center of Excellency; Center for Advanced Flexible Display Convergence, September 2007
- Outstanding poster paper award, International Meeting on Information Display, October, 2009.
- KAIST Chair Professor, 2011.

- Participate Award for the Samsung Human Tech Paper Contest, February, 2012.

- Award from president of KIDS at Display day of Korea, October, 2013.

- Best Paper Bronze Medal Award, International Meeting on Information Display, August, 2014

- Best Paper (Award from Minster of Science, ICT, and Future Planning ), Journal of Inforamtion Display, 2014

- Bronze Award for the Samsung Human Tech Paper Contest, February, 2014.

- Academic excellence prize from KAIST, February, 2014.

- Bronze Award for the Samsung Electro-Mechanics Paper Contest, November, 2016.

- Silver Award for the Samsung Electro-Mechanics Paper Contest, November, 2016.

- Outstanding Poster Paper Award, International Display Workshop, December, 2016.

- Bronze award, International Meeting of Information Display, August, 2017.

- Silver Award for the Samsung Electro-Mechanics Paper Contest, November, 2017.

- Best Poster Award, European Materials Research Society, September, 2018

- Best Poster Award, International Meeting of Information Display, October, 2018.

   - Award from Korean Ministry of Science, ICT, October, 2018.

- Mecrk Award from Merck, 2018.

  - Distinguished Paper Award, Society for Information Display, August, 2020.

- Best Poster Paper Award, International Meeting of Information Display, October, 2020.

- Best Poster Paper Award, International Meeting of Information Display, October, 2021.

- UDC Innovative Research Award from Universal Display Corporation, August, 2022.

- Member, National Academy of Engineering of Korea (한국공학한림원 정회원), 2022.

5. Membership and Academic Activity

- Editor, IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices (01/2014 -Current)
- Assocate Editor, IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology  (01/2005-12/2010)
- Director, Center for Advanced Flexible Display Convergence (09/2007 - 02/2016)
- Director, LG Display -KAIST Cooperation Center (03/2010 - current)
- IEEE Fellow, SID Fellow

- Life member of SID(Society for Information Display) and KIDS(Korean Information Display Society)
- Board of Directors, KIDS (01/2008- 12/2013, 01/2016~ 12/2017 )
- Executive Chair, International Meeting on Information Displays  2013
- Program Chair , International Meeting on Information Displays  2012
- Program Committee Member, International Meeting on Information Displays ( 2001-2011)
- Program Committee member, Society for Information Display International Symposium (2010- current)
- Program Committee Member, International Conference on Microelectronics And Plasma application ( 2008 , 2009, 2011)
- Guest Editor, Thin Solid Film (06/2008 -12/2008)
- Organizer and Chair, International Workshop on Flexible Display (Aug. 2008 , June 2009, July 2010, July 2011) 

  - Member, The National Academy of Engineering of Korea (NAEK) (2021- current)