Education

• Research Associate, Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin (Advisor: Paul F. Nealey)
• Research Associate, KAIST Applied Engineering Institute(Advisor: Hee Tae Jung)
• Ph. D., Chemical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea(Advisor: In Jae Chung)
• M. S., Chemical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea(Advisor: In Jae Chung)
• B. S., Chemical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

Professional Experience

• 2026 ~ present Dean, KAIST Institute
• 2026 ~ present Director, Sustainable Materials Institute for Post-AI Era (InnoCore Research Center)
• 2025 ~ present General Chair, 2027 Photonics and Electromagnets Research Symposium (PIERS 2027) Conference
• 2021 ~ present CTO, Materials Creation Co. LTD.
• 2004 ~ present Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, KAIST

Honors and Awards

• 2026 KAIST Proud Alumni Award (KAIST Alumni Association)
• 2025 Korea Engineering Award (Korean Presidential Award)
• 2024 Impact Research Award (KAIST)
• 2024 National Excellent Research & Development Achievements (MSIT)
• 2023 IUPAC Top 10 Emerging Technologies in Chemistry (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry)

Research Interests

• Directed Molecular Assembly of Soft Nanomaterials
• Block Copolymer Lithography for Nanopatterning
• Artificial Muscle for Soft robotics
• Low-dimensional Materials, including Graphene, CNT & 2D Materials
• Single Atom Catalysts for Energy, Environmental & Biomedical Appications

Publications (Max 5)

• Epitaxial Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers on Lithographically Defined Nanopatterned Substrates [S. O. KimandP. F. Nealey, et al.Nature 424, 411 (2003).]
• Nanoscale physical unclonable function labels based on block copolymer self-assembly [J. H. Kim, and S. O. Kim, et al. Nature Electronics 5, 433 (2022).]
• Human-muscle-inspired single fibre actuator with reversible percolation [I. H. Kim and S. O. Kim, et al. Nature Nanotechnology 17, 1198 (2022).]
• Intelligent block copolymer self-assembly towards IoT hardware components [G. Yang and S. O. Kim, et al. Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering1, 124 (2024).]
• Graphene Oxide Liquid Crystals [J. E. Kim and S. O. Kim, et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 50, 3043 (2011).]