Undergraduate, Physics (Minor: Chemistry)
Pusan National University, Busan, Korea
Pusan National University, Busan, Korea
B.S. in Physics (Minor: Chemistry) — Expected Feb 2026
GPA 4.13 / 4.5 · Class Rank 2 / 62
→ Admitted to the Integrated M.S.–Ph.D. Program at POSTECH Graduate School of Physics
→ Admitted to the Integrated M.S.–Ph.D. Program at KAIST Graduate School of Quantum Science and Technology
University of Ulsan, Ulsan, Korea
Double Major: Physics & Mathematics — Mar 2019 – Feb 2020
GPA 4.25 / 4.5 · Class Rank 3 / 36
Study Abroad, Langley, Canada — Jan 2011 – Sep 2012
Fluent in English (academic & conversational)
- Quantum materials & emergent phenomena in condensed matter
- Solid-state synthesis & diffraction/spectroscopy analysis
- Quantum computing & many-body quantum simulation
- Interdisciplinary methods at the physics–chemistry–computation interface
Complex Materials Physics Lab, PNU — Jun 2023 – Jun 2024
- Grew BaSnO₃ single crystals via flux method
- Optimized β-Ga₂O₃ epitaxial growth (12 samples; max thickness 159.4 nm)
- Authored lab manuals for RF sputtering, PLD, and substrate preparation
- Hands-on with XRD, AFM, Raman, UV-Vis-NIR, solid-state synthesis
- Tools: Origin, GenX, VESTA, FullProf, Profex
POSTECH SURF (Solid-State Spectroscopy Group) — Jul 2024
- Synthesized Sr₂IrO₄ via AACVD
- Developed protocols; performed Raman & EDS analysis
Ultrafast Optics Lab (U.F.O.), PNU — Jul 2024 – Jul 2025
- Set up ANDi laser system
- Presented on classical realization of the Deutsch algorithm and NOLM
KAIST–MIT Quantum Information Winter School — Jan 2025
- Presented research on cold-atom Fermi–Hubbard antiferromagnets
POSTECH SURF (Ultracold Quantum Gases Lab) — Jul 2025 - Aug 2025
| Date | Event & Role | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 31 – Feb 2 2025 | MIT iQuHACK — Remote Participant · Team K-Quantum Tigers | Factored an 18-bit semiprime with Shor’s algorithm on the Quantum Rings simulator (54 qubits, 6 895 gates) :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0} |
| Apr 12 – 13 2025 | |Y⟩ Quantum (Yale Q Institute) — Remote Participant · Team MerQury | 🥇 1st Prize. Solved BlueQubit “Peak” series (4–44 qubits) through QASM circuit analysis & bespoke algorithm design :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} |
| May 16 – 18 2025 | FLIQ (ITU) — Remote Participant · Team MerQury | 🥇 1st Prize. Built a quantum-phase classifier for Z₂/Z₃ using classical-shadow measurements and a shallow parameterized circuit :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2} |
| Jun 29 – Jul 1 2025 | Quantum Information Competition — In-Person Participant | Designed and analyzed QPE circuits (#4 prompt) for phase estimation and eigenvalue extraction under both ideal and noisy environments :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3} |
- UOU Academic Excellence Scholarship (2019–2020, all semesters)
- PNU Academic Excellence Scholarship (Spring 2023)
- Experimental: RF Sputtering, PLD, AACVD, XRD, Raman, AFM, UV-Vis-NIR
- Software: Origin, GenX, VESTA, FullProf, Profex, Python, Qiskit
- Languages: Korean (Native), English (Fluent) · TOEIC 925 (expired)