Quantum information materials and devices
- Solid-state spin qubits: diamond NV centers, color centers in semiconductors
- Single-photon emitters
- Trapped ions
- Superconducting qubits
Dynamics of open quantum systems
- Decoherence: mechanism and its protection
- Entanglement: generation and its control
- Noise spectroscopy for quantum computing systems
*Anomalous surface heating for ion traps, Two-level systems for superconducting circuits
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA (2013)
M.S. in Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA (2008)
B.S. in Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2006)
Experience
Associate Professor, Department of Quantum Information Engineering & SAINT, Sungkyunkwan University (2024.09 - Present)
Adjunct researcher, KIST Center for Quantum Information (2023.04 - Present)
Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Ajou University (2017.09 - 2024.08)
Honorary associate, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA (2023.08 - 2024.08)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago (2014 - 2017) & Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA (2016 - 2017)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis, CA, USA (2013 - 2014).
Journal Articles
(2024)
First-principles computational methods for quantum defects in two-dimensional materials: A perspective.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS.
125,
14
Honors / Awards
William Powers, Jr. Presidential Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin (2012)