Educational Background

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 1984

M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST, 1978

B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Seoul National University, 1976

Experience

2019-Present: Director, Nanotechnology Research Institute, Jiaxing University, China

2014-2016: Director, National Research Foundation (NRF), Korea

2011-2011: President, Korean Society Composite Materials (KSCM), Korea

2008-2008: President, Korea Powder Metallurgy Institute (KPMI), Korea

2006-2010: Director, KAIST Institute for the NanoCentury (KINC), Korea

1986-2019: Professor, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea

1984-1986: Research Fellow, Stanford University, USA

Academic Activities

2019-Present: Vice President, Korean Academy of Science and Technology

2017-Present: Editorial Board Member, Journal of Composites Science

2014-2016: Editor-in-Chief, Nano Convergence

2006-Present: Editorial Board Member, Composites Science and Technology