Research interests:
- Axion detecting experiment with interaction between particles
- Theoretical high energy physics
◆ Education
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, USA (2001.06) (Graduate Advisor: Prof. Ahmed H. Zewail)
- M.S. in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, USA
- B.S. in Chmistry, KAIST, Korea (1994.02)
◆ Experience
- Assiciate Director, Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, IBS (2015.07-present)
- Group Leader, Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions, IBS (2012.11-2015.06)
- Professor, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Korea (2009.03-present)
- Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Korea (2006.03-2009.02)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, KAIST, Korea (2003.09-2006.02)
- Director, Center for Time-Resolved Diffraction (2007.05-2012.11)
- Postdoctoral Scholar (Prof. K. Moffat), Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, USA (2001.12-2003.07)
- Postdoctoral Scholar (Prof. A. H. Zewail), Department of Chemistry, California Institute of Technolohy, USA (2001.06-2001.11)
◆ Education
- Ph.D. Physics, Seoul National University (1999)
- M.S. Physics, Seoul National University (1995)
- B.S. Physics, Seoul National University (1993)
◆ Experience
- Professor, KAIST, Department of Chemistry & Graduate School of EEWS (2017.03-Present)
- Associate Director, Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reaction, IBS (2016.09-Present)
- KAIST, Graduate School of EEWS Associate Professor (2009.08–2017.02)
- Group Leader, Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reaction, IBS (2013.09- 2016.08)
- Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2006-2009)
- Physicist Postdoctoral Fellow Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2002-2006)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Physics (1999-2002)
Time-resolved spectroscopy (Team1)
Pump-probe Spectroscopic Experiment
- The nitrile stretching vibrations in the cyanophenols
- The N3 stretching vibration in 4-azidoprolines
- The study of nitrile and thiocyanate in customized peptides for the IR probe
Ultrafast 2D IR Vibrational Echo Spectroscopic Experiment
- Puckering dynamics of 4S-azidoproline
Time-resolved spectroscopy (Team1)
- Time-resoleved vibrational spectroscopy, ultrafast two-dimensional infrared (2D-IR) spectroscopy
- Dynamics of ions and molecules in electrolytes and protein
Time-resolved Spectroscopy (Team1)
Dielectric relaxation and vibrational spectroscopic studies in ion conducting polymer electrolytes
- Polymer electrolytes for rechargeable lithium battery
- Fabication of polymer electrolytes film
- Understanding and improvement of charge transport behaviour in polymer electrolytes
Optical frequency comb spectroscopy (Team2)
- Transient absorption spectroscopy
- Frequency comb spectroscopy and asynchronous optical sampling
Optical frequency comb spectroscopy (Team2)
- Dual frequency comb spectroscopy
- Quantum spectroscopy/ quantum imaging
Computational chemistry (Team3)
- Theoretical modeling and simulation of solvation and ion transport in electrolyte solutions
- Theoretical description of nonlinear optical spectroscopy
Computational chemistry (Team3)
- Development of the machine learning potentials for aqueous electrolytes.
- Modeling of electrolyte solutions for rechargeable batteries for renewable energy storage.
Computational chemistry (Team3)
- To develop the first-principles machine learning potential that can be used to perform molecular dynamic simulations at the first-principles level of accuracy.
- Sum frequency generation spectroscopy simulation of graphenee and water system.
Computational chemistry (Team3)
- Modeling Ionic Conductivities and Li-ion transport mechanism in Solid Polymer Electrolytes
- Investigation of the Role of Internal Rotation on the Anisotropy Decay of Vibrational Probe in Polymer Matrix
- Modeling Separator-Electrolyte Interactions Used in Lithium Ion Batteries
Computational chemistry (Team3)
- MD simulation study of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on noble metals surface.
Label-Free Imaging (Team4)
- Label-free, long-term live-cell imaging with interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy
- Single-molecule biophysics using magentic tweezers system
Label-Free Imaging (Team4)
Developments and applications on scattering-based optical imaging system
- Development of the interferometric-scattering (iSCAT) microscopy for label-free imaging
- Research on the real-time dynamics of biological systems at the single-molecule level
Label-Free Imaging (Team4)
- Single molecule biophysics and label-free microscopic imaging
- Nano-sized particle imaging with dual focus - interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy
Label-Free Imaging (Team4)
- Development and improvement of vibrational micro-spectroscopy
- Label-free imaging with coherent Raman scattering techniques
Optical frequency comb spectroscopy (Team2)
- Frequency comb spectroscopy
- Multidimensional spectroscopy
- Quantum spectroscopy
Time-resolved spectroscopy (Team1)
Time-resolved spectroscopy (Team1)
Team 4 Label-free imaging
Professor, Department of Physics, Korea University (2004-present)
Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley (2002-2004)
PhD, University of California Berkeley (2002)
BS, Seoul National University (1995)
Research interests: Conformational dynamics and mechanical behaviors of various biological systems including nucleic acids and proteins with nanometric single molecule methods such as smFRET and magnetic tweezers; developing novel scattering-based single particle tracking methods.
- Single-molecule biophysical methods,DNA-protein interactions,Conformational dynamics of non-canonical DNAs,Statistical physics of biopolymers
• Group homepage : http://biophys.korea.ac.kr/
Team 1 Time-resolved spectroscopy
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Korea
University (2015 - present)
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago (2013 - 2015)
Ph.D., Penn State University (2013)
B.S., Korea University (2007)
Research interests: Colloidal quantum materials, singly occupied quantum state; narrow-gap electronic transitions; intraband transitions; infrared quantum emitters.
• Group homepage : https://kwangsjeong.wixsite.com/ksjlab-koreauniv
Team 1 Time-resolved spectroscopy
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Korea University (2016-present)
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang
University (2011-2016)
Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Berkeley (2008-2010)
PhD, Stanford University (2008)
MS, Korea University (2001)
BS, Korea University (1999)
Research interests: Molecular dynamics in condensed- matter systems investigated with femto- and atto-second time-resolved spectroscopy.
• Group homepage : http://kkwaklab.wixsite.com/quantspeclab
Team 3 Computational chemistry
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Korea University (2022-present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Energy Science & Engineering, DGIST (2020-2022)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, KAIST (2019-2020)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University (2017-2019)
PhD, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich
(2013-2017)
BS and MS, Department of Chemistry, Georg-August University of Göttingen
(2007-2013)
Research interests: Electrochemistry, multi-scale modeling, computational material screening, machine learning:
- Stability and activity of electrochemical interfaces
- Computational screening and discovery of new electrocatalysts
- Multi-scale modeling of electrochemical systems
• Group homepage : https://ringelab.com/
Team 2 Optical frequency comb spectroscopy
Professor, Department of Physics, Korea University (2005-present)
Principle Investigator, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS)
Postdoctoral Researcher, JILA, University of Colorado (2000)
PhD, KAIST (1999)
BS, Korea University (1985)
Research interests: Precision measurement; quantum spectroscopy; quantum imaging with an optical frequency comb, and life-long study of an optical lattice clock.
- Precision laser spectroscopy of cold atoms and molecules with frequency & phase-stable CW and femtosecond lasers, mode-locked fiber lasers and their applications, measurement of optical frequencies and fundamental physical constants with femtosecond frequency combs.
• Group homepage : http://laser.korea.ac.kr
Research Interests
- Dynamics studies on proteins and polymers by using two dimensional infrared spectroscopy and time-resolved spectroscopic methods
-Studies of dynamics on elementary photochemical reactions in fuel cell using IR 3. Silicon nanoparticle generation and modification using femtosecond laser 4. Photodynamic studies on porphyrin devices
Time-resolved spectroscopy (Team1)
- Electronic dynamics of intraband transition of n-type quantum dot
- Mid-IR pump-prob spectroscopy
Time-resolved spectroscopy (Team1)
- WL pump probe spectroscopy for probing electronic exited states
Time-resolved spectroscopy (Team1)
- In situ/operando Raman spectrscopy of Lithium-ion battery system
- Reaction monitoring with flow FT-IR spectroscopy
Time-resolved spectroscopy (Team1)
- IR Pump Probe Microscope System
Optical frequency com spectroscopy (Team2)
- Mid-IR comb time-resolved spectroscopy
- Mid-IR dual-comb spectroscopy
Label-Free Imaging (Team4)
- Theory of elastic-/fluorescence- correlation spectroscopy
- Spectrally resolved elastic-/fluorescence- confocal imaging
- Application of push-pull fluorescence probes in live cell imaging
Label-Free Imaging (Team4)
- Real-time tracking of nano-sized biomolecules inside a live cell
- Development of a iSCAT system combined with magnetic tweezer
Label-Free Imaging (Team4)
- Biophysics, studies on single-molecule dynamics using interferometric scattering microscopy
Time-resolved Spectroscopy (Team1)