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Hyun M. Jang (íå úèÙ¥)

Division of Advanced Materials Science and Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), San 31 Hyojadong, Pohang 790-784, Korea.
Tel: +82 54 279-2138 Fax: +82 54 279-2399,

hmjang@postech.ac.kr, http://ferro.postech.ac.kr

* Education

1981–1985

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (Mater. Sci. & Engr.)

 

1978–1980

M.S., Washington University (Chemical Physics)

1972–1976

B.S., Seoul National University (Chemistry; Honors)

 

* Professional Career

2010-present

Nominator for the Nobel Prize in Physics, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

2008-present

Se-Ah Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Physics, POSTECH

2007-present

Chairman, Mater. Sci. & Engr. Division, Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)

2007-present

Joint Professor, Dept. of Physics, POSTECH

2003-2005

Science Planning Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Korea Government

2002-2002

Nanotechnology (NT) Planning Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of Korea Government

1999-present

Fellow elected, Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)

1999-2004

Director, National Research Lab. (NRL) for Ferroelectrics

1996-2004

International Committee, International Ceramics Congress (ICC)

1998-2000

Dept. Head, MS&E Dept., POSTECH

1996-present

Professor, MS&E Dept., POSTECH

1987–1996

Assistant, Associate Professor, MS&E Dept., POSTECH

1986–1987

Research Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; MS&E Dept.)

1981–1985

Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL)

 

* Awards and Honors

2002   ¡®One Thousand Great Scientists Medal,¡¯ International Biographical Centre (IBC), England

2002   ¡®Excellent Research Award,¡¯ POSTECH

1999   Registered in ¡®Marquis Who¡¯s Who in Science and Engineering¡¯

1999   Fellow elected, Korea Academy of Science and Technology (KAST)

1998   ¡®Excellent Research Award,¡¯ POSTECH

1998   Registered in ¡°Marquis Who¡¯s Who in the World¡¯

1996, 2001  Named as ¡®World Leading Scientists in Ceramics,¡¯ International Ceramics Congress (ICC)

 

* Current Research Areas

(i) First-Principles Computations of Electronic & Spin Structures and Orbital Interactions,

(ii) Multiferroic and Ferroelectric Thin Films and Nanostructures; Fundamental Study & Applications to Design and Fabrication of Ultra-High Density Memory Devices,

(iii) Fabrication and Characterizations of Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells (QDS-SC) and Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DS-SC),

(iv) Landau-Lifshitz-Ginzburg Theory of Multiferroics and Ferroelectrics,

(v) Statistical Mechanics for Displacive Phase Transitions.

 

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