Yong Soo Kim, Ph.D
Professor
Director, Research Institute of Basic Science
센터장; 동남권과학창의진흥센터(울산기장생활과학교실)
Energy Harvest-Storage Research Center
Department of Semiconductor Engineering
University of Ulsan (UOU)
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Office: Sicence building 8, Room 331
Tel +82-052-259-2326
93 Daehak-ro, Nam-gu
Ulsan 44610, S. Korea
Education
03/1993 - 08/1998 Seoul National University
Ph.D. in Physics (Solid State Physics/Semiconductor)
Advisor: Prof. Jong Cheon Woo
03/1991 - 02/1993 Seoul National University
M.S. in Physics (Solid State Physics/Semiconductor)
Advisor: Prof. Jong Cheon Woo
03/1987 - 02/1991 University of Ulsan, Ulsan, S.Korea
Professional Experience
04/2018 - presents Professor
06/2019 - 08/2022 Director, Research Institute of Basic Science
01/2016 - 05/2019 Director, BK+ Program
09/2014 - presents 동남권과학창의진흥센터, 센터장
10/2014 - 04/2018 Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Ulsan
01/2016 - 12/2017 Chair, Department of Physics
08/2014 - 07/2016 Vice President of Natural Science College, Univ. of Ulsan
09/2013 - 02/2014 Visiting Scholar, Physics Department,
State University of New York@Binghamton, New York, USA
09/2008 - 09/2014 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Ulsan
0/1998 - 08/2008 Senior/Junior Research and Technical Staff
Memory R&D Division, SK-Hynix Semiconductor Inc.,
Honors and Awards
2020. 07 Semiconductor Academic Award, Korea Physical Society (KPS)
2020, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 Distinguished Professor in Research Award, U. of Ulsan
Recent Journal Publicaitons
1. Ultrafast Multilevel Switching and Synaptic Behavior in a Planar Quantum Topological Memristor
Advanced Science, e20423 (2026) DOI: 10.1002/advs.202520413
2. Strong Exciton-Photon Coupling in Self-Hybridized Organic-Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskite Microcavities
Nanophotonics 12(23), 4297-4306 (2023)
3. Negative Valley Polarization for Intralayer Exciton via One-Step-Grown Vertical Heterostructure WS2/MoS2
ACS Nano 17(3), 2629-2638 (2023)
5. Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation via a Simple Morphological Alteration of TiO2 Film Grown on a Glassy
Carbon Foam, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13(43), 50911-50919 (2021)
6. Ultrasonic-Assisted Spin-Coating: Improved Junction by Enhanced Permeation of Coating Material within
Nanostructures, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 10(23), 20025-20031 (2018)
7. Growth and Simultaneous Valleys Manipulation of Two-Dimensional MoSe2-WSe2 Lateral Heterostructure
ACS Nano 11(9), 8822-8829 (2017)
8. Enhancement of recombination process using silver and graphene quantum dot embedded Intermediate Layer
for efficient organic tandem cells, Scientific Reports 6, 30327 (2016)
9. Strong optical nonlinearity of CVD-grown MoS2 monolayer as probed by wavelength-dependent second,
Physical Review B 90(12), 121409(R)(2014))