Himchan Cho, Ph.D.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea 34141
Office: W1-1 1304
Email: himchan@kaist.ac.kr
Tel.: 042-350-3344
Education
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (2012.03.01 – 2016.08.12), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) (Advisor: Prof. Tae-Woo Lee)
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (2008.03.03 – 2012.02.10), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
Career
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
2021.03 ~ present
Postdoctoral Scholar in James Franck Institute (Dept. of Chemistry), The University of Chicago
2018.05 – 2021.01 (Postdoc mentor: Dmitri V. Talapin)
Postdoctoral Scholar in Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University
2016.09 – 2018.04 (Advisor: Tae-Woo Lee)
- 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)
Honors and Awards
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 Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH (2016.01)
SK Hynix Fellowship from SK Hynix (2015.04)
Go Jun Sik Scholarship from Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH (2014.09)