About Us

Next-Generation Optoelectronic Nanomaterials Lab.

Professor

Himchan Cho, Ph.D

Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE),

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea 34141

Education

2012.03.01 – 2016.08.12

Ph.D. in MSE, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

(Advisor: Prof. Tae-Woo Lee)

2008.03.03 – 2012.02.10

B.S. in MSE, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Career

2021.03 – present

Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

2018.05 – 2021.01

Postdoctoral Scholar in James Franck Institute and Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago

(Postdoc mentor: Dmitri V. Talapin)

2016.09 – 2018.04

Postdoctoral Scholar in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU)

- 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)

(Advisor: Prof. Tae-Woo Lee)

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 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH (2016.01)
SK Hynix Fellowship from SK Hynix (2015.04)
Go Jun Sik Scholarship from Department of Materials Science and Engineering, POSTECH (2014.09)