Academic profile

Experience

Education

2016–2023

PhD in Chemical Engineering

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Integrated M.S./Ph.D. program.

Dissertation: Studies on the Multiscale Strain Dependency of Structural Properties and Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductor Thin Films

2012–2016

BS in Chemical Engineering

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

magna cum laude. Exchange Student, Technische Universität Berlin (Fall 2014-Spring 2015).

Research Experience

2025–present

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC · Advisor: Prof. Wei You

  • Develop short-wave infrared (SWIR) organic photodetectors (OPDs) by engineering donor/acceptor interfaces and charge-blocking layers to suppress reverse-bias leakage while preserving near-infrared photoresponse.
  • Engineer organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) by optimizing volumetric capacitance, doping efficiency, and mixed ionic-electronic transport in conjugated polymers.
2023–2024

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Pohang, Korea · Advisor: Prof. Kilwon Cho

  • Controlled thin-film microstructure to improve charge-carrier mobility and stretchability in conjugated polymers.
  • Engineered interfaces in deformable organic semiconductor devices to improve stretchability.
2016–2023

Graduate Researcher

Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Pohang, Korea · Advisor: Prof. Kilwon Cho

  • Investigated structural evolution and charge transport in conjugated polymer thin films under mechanical deformation through multiscale analyses.
  • Designed deformable conjugated polymer thin films by controlling backbone rigidity and introducing nitrene-mediated crosslinking of alkyl side chains.

Selected Sponsored Research Projects

2020–2023

Mid-Career Research Program

Researcher · National Research Foundation of Korea

Conducted multiscale structural and charge-transport analyses to support the development of soft and deformable organic semiconductors.

Spring 2019

Samsung Display Research Project

Researcher · Samsung Display

Investigated interface engineering approaches to suppress the diffusion of electrode materials into organic active layers and prevent dark spot formation in OLEDs.

2016–2018

Center for Advanced Soft Electronics

Researcher · Global Frontier Research Program

Investigated charge transport in aligned polymer semiconductors for stretchable electronics.

Academic Service

2025–present

Ad Hoc Peer Reviewer

Macromolecular Rapid Communications; Journal of Adhesion and Interface.

2018–present

Peer-Review Contributions under Faculty Supervision

Contributed to 14 peer-review reports across nine journals, including ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Materials, Chemistry of Materials, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Macromolecules, Nature Communications, and Science Advances.

Technical Skills

Thin-Film Fabrication and Patterning

Spin coating, bar coating, dip coating, thermal evaporation, photolithography, reactive ion etching

Structural, Surface, and Optical Characterization

GIWAXS, SAXS, SANS, AFM, SEM, TEM, XPS, Raman spectroscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, ellipsometry

Thermal and Mechanical Characterization

DMA, DSC, tensile testing of submicrometer organic thin films using film-on-elastomer and film-on-water methods

Electrical and Optoelectronic Characterization

OFET, OPD, and OECT characterization; electrical conductivity; photoexcited charge-collection spectroscopy (PECCS)

Computation and Data Analysis

Gaussian 16, GaussSum, Python

Scientific Visualization

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk 3ds Max