Leading Scientists

Physics Young-Woo Son

Professor

Korea Institute for Advanced Study, School of Computational Sciences

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Education

Korea Institute for Advanced Study, School of Computational Sciences
Physics, Seoul National University (Advisor: Jisoon Ihm), Korea

Professional Experience

2008~Present, Professor, KIAS, Seoul, Korea
2015~Present, Director, Center for Advanced Computations, KIAS, Seoul, Korea
2025~Present, Member, C20 Commission, IUPAP

Honors and Awards

2012 IUPAP Young Scientist Award
2014 Excellent Research Award, KPS
2018 POSCO TJ Park Award
2025 Korean Science Award
2026 KAST Fellow

Research Interests

First-principles calculation methods, low dimensional materials and physics

Publications (Max 5)

First-principles approach with a peudohybrid density functional for extended Hubbard interactions, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 043410 (2020).
Intersite Coulomb interactions in charge-ordered systems Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 136401 (2023).
Condensation of preformed charge density waves in kagome metals Nature Communications 14, 7309 (2023).
Unconventional domain tessellations in moiré-of-moiré lattices Nature 641, 896 (2025).

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