Quantum information materials and devices
Electronic structure theory, Solid-state physics, Quantum information theory
Open quantum systems, decoherence, quantum entanglement
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA (2013)
M.S. in Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA (2008)
B.S. in Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2006)
Experience
Associate Professor, Department of Quantum Information Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University (2024.09 - Present)
Adjunct researcher, KIST Center for Quantum Information (2023.04 - Present)
Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Ajou University (2017.09 - 2024.08)
Honorary associate, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA (2023.08 - 2024.08)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago (2014 - 2017) & Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA (2016 - 2017)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis, CA, USA (2013 - 2014).
Journal Articles
(2026)
Deep Spin Defects in Zinc Oxide for High-Fidelity Single-Shot Readout.
PRX QUANTUM.
7,
7
(2026)
Quantum Decoherence of Nitrogen-Vacancy Spin Ensembles in a Nitrogen Spin Bath in Diamond Under Dynamical Decoupling.
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS.
14,
13
(2025)
Magnetic-Field Dependent VB- Spin Decoherence in Hexagonal Boron Nitrides: A First-Principles Study.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS.
36,
9
(2024)
First-principles computational methods for quantum defects in two-dimensional materials: A perspective.
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS.
125,
14
Honors / Awards
William Powers, Jr. Presidential Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin (2012)
Conference Paper
(2025)
First-principles theory of quantum defects in materials forsolid-state quantum information science.
대한화학회 제136회 학술발표회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2025)
First-principles theory of quantum defects in materials for solid-state quantum information science.
2025 한국세라믹학회 추계학술대회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2025)
Towards an accurate prediction of the qubit decoherence in 3D and 2D materials: integration of density functional theory and quantum spin dynamics.
The 33rd International Conference on Defects in Semiconductors (ICDS-33).
CHINA
(2025)
Transition Metal-Vacancy Point Defects in Zinc Oxide as Deep-Level Spin Qubit candidates.
2025 한국물리학회 봄 정기학술대회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2025)
Decoherence of NV Spin Ensembles in a Paramagnetic DefectBath in Diamond.
Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting 2025.
UNITED STATES
