Education

• Condensed Matter Physics Experiment (James W. Allen), University of Michigan, USA
• Condensed Matter Physics Experiment ( Hidenori Takagi), University of Tokyo, Japan
• Ph. D. in Physics, Seoul National University
• M. S. in Physics, Seoul National University
• B. S. in Physics, KAIST

Professional Experience

• 2027-2023 Associate Director, Institute for Basic Science, Korea
• 2013-1016 Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
• 2010-2013 Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory

Honors and Awards

• 2025 In-chon Prize
• 2024 Scientist of the Month Award
• 2022 S-OIL Next-Generation Scientist Award
• 2016 30 Prominent Young Scientists of Korea
• 2013 Bryan R. Coles Prize

Research Interests

• My research focuses on emergent quantum phenomena in correlated materials, especially entanglement, topology, and unconventional magnetic orders, using Raman, resonant inelastic X-ray scattering, and ultrafast spectroscopy to probe their microscopic wavefunctions.

Publications (Max 5)

• "Novel Jeff=1/2 Mott state induced by relativistic spin-orbit coupling in Sr2IrO4", Physical Review Letters 101, 076402 (2008).
• "Phase-sensitive observation of a spin-orbital Mott state in Sr2IrO4", Science 323, 1329 (2009).
• "Magnetic Excitation Spectra of Probed by Resonant Inelastic X-Ray Scattering: Establishing Links to Cuprate Superconductors", Physical Review Letters 108, 177003 (2012).
• "Direct evidence for dominant bond-directional interactions in a honeycomb lattice iridate Na2IrO3", Nature Physics 11, 462 (2015).
• "Fermi arcs in a doped pseudospin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet", Science 345, 6193 (2014).