Education
2004 - 10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology , PhD in Atomic Physics
2000 - 03 Seoul National University, BS in Physics and Mathematics
Appointment
2025 Professor of Physics and Astronomy, RICE
2023-25 Director, Center for Complex Quantum Systems, HKUST
2023-25 Professor of Physics, HKUST
2021-23 Hari Harilela Associate Professor of Physics, HKUST
2019-23 Associate Professor, HKUST
2013-19 Assistant professor, HKUST
2010-13 Postdoc. Associate in Dan Stamper-Kurn group, UC Berkeley
2004-10 Graduate student in Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA), MIT
2003-04 Research Assistant, Seoul. Nat. Univ.
Awards
2025 Hanseong Science Award, Korea
2021 RGC Research Fellow [link]
2021 UROP Faculty Research Award, HKUST
2021 Named Professorship, HKUST
2019 School Research Award, School of Science, HKUST
2016 Croucher Innovation Awards, Croucher Foundation [link]
2014 Early Career Award, Research Grants Council of Hong Kong
2013 AKPA Outstanding Young Researcher Award [link]
2004-09 Samsung Foundation Fellowship [link]
2002 Gold medal in National undergraduate mathematics competition, Korean mathematical society
Editorial Boards
Quantum Science and Technology IOP
JOSA B, OPTICA
Scientific Reports
Research Interests
Experimental quantum science in ultracold atomic systems including:
Quantum simulation,
Synthetic quantum materials,
Quantum gases in engineered optical lattices,
Atom and quantum optics,
Atom interferometry,
Ultracold Fermi gases and Bose-Einstein Condensation
