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1987 B.S., Kyungpook National University, Korea

1989 M.S., Graduate School, Seoul National University, Korea

1993 Ph.D., Graduate School, Seoul National University, Korea

1993 Researcher, Inter-University Semiconductor Research Center (ISRC), Seoul National University, Korea

1998 Invited Researcher, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Korea

1999 Researcher, Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

2009–2024 Professor, School of Electronics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Korea

2024–Present Minister of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea

2025–Present Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea

1977 B.S. in Engineering, Hanyang University, Korea

1979 M.S. in Engineering, Graduate School, Hanyang University, Korea

1986 Ph.D. in Engineering, North Carolina State University, USA

1987 Research Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

1988 Senior Polymer Researcher, 3M Research Center, USA

1988–Present Professor, Department of Energy Engineering, Hanyang University, Korea

2003 Secretary-General and Executive Director, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KIEC)

2002 Expert Member, National Science and Technology Advisory Council, Korea

2004 Editorial Board Member, Journal of Membrane Science

2010 Outside Director, LG Chem

2009 President, Korean Membrane Society

1977 M.A. in Physics, University of California at Berkeley

1978 Ph.D. in Physics, University of California at Berkeley

1980 ~ 1982 Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Physics, MIT

1982 ~ 1984 Postdoctoral Fellow, Theoretical Physics Research Dept., AT&T Bell Labs

1984 ~ 1986 Technical Staff, Surface and Interface Physics Research Dept., Bell Communications Research

1986 ~ 2016 Professor, Dept. of Physics, Seoul National University

2016 ~ Present Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Physics, POSTECH

2023 ~ Chair Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Ulsan

1984 B.S., in Microbiology, Seoul National Univ.
1986 M.S., in Microbiology, Seoul National Univ.
1992 Ph.D., in Neuroscience, Columbia Univ., USA
1992 ~ 1994 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Center for Neurobiology & Behavior, Columbia University
1994 ~ 2023 Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Seoul National Univ.
2008 ~ Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Brain
2012 National Honor Scientist(NRF), Korea
2016 ~ 2017 President, The Korean Society for Brain and Neural Science
2023 ~ Director, Center For Cognition And Sociality, Institute for Basic Science(IBS)

1976 B.A., in Religious Studies, Seoul National Univ.
1983 M.A., Ph.D., in Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, USA.
1984 Professor, Dept. of Korean Studies, The Academy of Korean Studies
1988 Visitiong Scholar, Center for The Study of World Religions, Harvard Univ., USA.
1999 Visitiong Scholar, UC Berkeley, USA.
2002 Committee Member, International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR)
2003 President, The Korean Association for Religions Studies
2006 Visitiong Scholar, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan
2014 Vice President and Dean of Graduate School, Seoul National Univ.
2017 Chair of the Steering Committee, The 5th World Humanities Forum, co-organized with UNESCO in Busan, Korea
2020 Board Member, International Center for Human Sciences, UNESCO
1993 ~ Professor, Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Korean Studies, Seoul National Univ.