
Korea University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Principal Investigator

Sanghyeon Choi (최상현)
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Korea University
Email: chl299@korea.ac.kr
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea University, Republic of Korea, 2026.09-present
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Department, DGIST, Republic of Korea, 2025.08-2026.08
Semiconductor Engineering Department, DGIST, Republic of Korea, 2025.09-2026.08
Postdoctoral Researcher
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department , University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), US, 2023.09-2025.07
(Advisor: Prof. Dmitri Strukov)
Visiting Research Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Southern California (USC), US, 2022.09-2023.02
(Advisor: Prof. Joshua Yang)
Education
Ph.D.
Nano Bio Information Technology, Korea University, Republic of Korea, 2023.08
(Advisor: Prof. Gunuk Wang)
M.S.
Nano Bio Information Technology, Korea University, Republic of Korea, 2019.08
(Advisor: Prof. Gunuk Wang)
B.S.
Physics, Korea University, Republic of Korea, 2017.02
Awards & Achievements
2024
Research Fellowship, Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
2023
Research Fellowship, KIAT of Ministry of Trand, Industry and Energy & Korea university
2022
Young Physicist Prize (Applied Physics), Korea Physical Society
2022
Minister Award (Materials & Devices), Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
2022
KU Graduate Student Achievement Award, Korea University
2022
Merit Based Global Fellowship, Korea University
2022
Soseon Grant for Future Scientists, Wooleetec & Community Chest of Korea
2021
Soseon Grant for Future Scientists, Wooleetec & Community Chest of Korea
2022
Junior Fellow Research Grant, Korea University
2022
BK21 KU-Future Competent Person Fellowship, Korea University
2021
Best Paper Award, Student Symposium in KU-KIST Graduate School
2019
Third prize, 15th Samsung electro-mechanics paper award
2019
Fourth prize, 25th Samsung Humantech paper award
2022
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2019
10 Best Presentation Awards from International/Domestic Conferences (detailed in presentations page)