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About Us

Next-Generation Optoelectronic Nanomaterials Lab.

Professor

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Himchan Cho, Ph.D

Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE),

Graduate School of Semiconductor Technology, 

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea 34141

Education

2012.03.01 – 2016.08.12

Ph.D. in MSE, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

(Advisor: Prof. Tae-Woo Lee)

2008.03.03 – 2012.02.10

B.S. in MSE, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Career

2024.09 –

Associate Professer, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

2023.03 – 2026.02

Kwon Oh-Hyun Endowed Chair Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

2021.03 – 2024.09

Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

2018.05 – 2021.01

Postdoctoral Scholar in James Franck Institute and Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago

(Postdoc mentor: Dmitri V. Talapin)

2016.09 – 2018.04

Postdoctoral Scholar in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU)

- Research Institute of Advanced Materials (2016.09 – 2017.02; 2018.03 – 2018.04)
- BK21 PLUS SNU Materials Division for Educating Creative Global Leaders (2017.03 – 2018.02)

(Advisor: Prof. Tae-Woo Lee)

Honors and Awards

  • KAIST's top 10 research achievements of 2023 from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

  • New Researcher in Material Innovation​ from the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials 

  • Kwon Oh-Hyun Endowed Chair Assistant Professor (2023.03 – 2026.02) from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

  • 2022 POSCO science fellowship from POSCO TJ Park Foundation (2021.09) 

  • ​POSTECH Alumni President Award from POSTECH Alumni Association at the POSTECH commencement ceremony for 2016 Academic Year (2017.02)

  • Promising Young Scientist of Korea (2016) and Rising Researcher (2017) from The Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)

  • KIDS Award (Bronze), sponsored by Samsung Display, from the 16th International Meeting on Information Displays (IMID) (2016.08)

  • ​Young Scientist Award from the 27th International Conference on Molecular Electronics and Devices (2016.05)

  • Best Paper Award of Year (2015) from Department of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH (2016.01)

  • SK Hynix Fellowship from SK Hynix (2015.04)​

  • Go Jun Sik Scholarship from Department of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH (2014.09)

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