Experiences:

• 2013~Presnet: Professor, EECS, GIST (광주과학기술원 전기전자컴퓨터공학부 교수)

• 2006~2015: Director, PIP Center, Inha University/GIST (교과부/미래부 창의/리더사업단장)

• 2003~2013: Associative/Full Professor, EE, Inha University (인하대학교 전기공학부 교수)

• 2000~2003: Director, CQCC, ETRI (과기부/과학재단 창의사업단장)

• 1999~2003: Team Leader, ETRI (한국전자통신연구원 선임연구원/팀장)

• 1996~1999: Postdoc, MIT, USA

• 1987~1988: System Engineer, NCR-DongAh Computer

Education:

• 1994~1995: PhD in EE, Wayne State University, MI, USA

• 1992~1993: MS in Physics, Wayne State University, MI, USA

• 1982~1986: BS in Physics, Sogang University, S. Korea

Honors/Awards

• 2013 Best Academic Award, Optical Society of Korea (한국광학회 학술상)

• 2010/2013 100 National research awards (2010/2013 국가연구개발사업 100선)

• 2010 This Month Award, MEST/NRF (교육과학기술부/과학재단 이달의과학자상 (3월))

• 2010 Best Award in Science, City of Incheon (인천광역시 과학기술대상)

Research Activities:

• 100+ SCI journal papers; 50+ Int’l invited talks; 10+ int’l patents

• h-index: 27

• SCI citations: +4600

Achievement:

• First EIT/ultraslow/stop light demonstrations in solids: PRL 1997/2002

• First EIT/ultraslow light-based NDFWM in solids: OL 1997/1999/2008

• First EIT-based quantum switch (tripod): PRL 2000

• First ultraslow light-based optical logic gates: APL 2004

• First ultralong quantum memory protocol: Nature Photon. 2009; PRA Rapid. 2012; Sci. Rep. 2017/2018

• First unconditional security in classical key distribution: Sci. Rep. 2020

• First photonic de Broglie wave generation using coherence optics: coherence de Broglie waves; Sci. Rep. 2020