Principal Investigator

Taewook Nam, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor at Sejong University in South Korea
Department of Semiconductor Systems Engineering
Department of Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology (by courtesy)

taewook.nam (at) sejong.ac.kr

Curriculum Vitae (02/2025 updated)

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea (2018)
  • M.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea (2013)
  • B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University, South Korea (2011)

Professional Experiences

  • 2024/09 –     Now     : Assistant Professor, Department of Semiconductor Systems Engineering, Sejong University, South Korea
  • 2024/03 – 2024/08: Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Soonchunhyang University, South Korea
  • 2024/01 – 2024/02: Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, USA (P.I. Steven George)
    [Research project: nanoscale device fabrication using ALD/ALE, thin film deposition/etching, and characterization, etching of novel material (metal oxides, metal, nitride, transition metal dichalcogenides)]
  • 2019/11 – 2023/12: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder (P.I. Steven George)
    [Research project: nanoscale device fabrication using ALD/ALE, thin film deposition/etching, and characterization, III-V nanowire etching, thin film characterization grown/etched by ALD and ALE]
  • 2018/03 – 2019/10: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University (P.I. Hyungjun Kim)
    [Research project: precursor evaluation for ALD process, Reliability improvement for thin film transistor (TFT), high-quality nitride thin film deposition, high-k dielectric deposition for DRAM capacitor]

Award & Honor & Scholarship

  • Brain Korea 21 Plus (BK21 Plus) Fellowship (National Research Fund (NRF) of Korea), Mar. 2018 – Oct. 2019
  • Sponsorship Program at Samsung Electronics Semiconductor R&D Center, Mar. 2017 – May. 2018
  • Best Presentation Award, The 23rd Korean Conference on Semiconductors (KCS 2016), Feb. 2016
  • National Scholarship for Science and Engineering, 2007 – 2008

Professional Activities

  • Journal reviewer
    • Chemistry of Materials
    • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology
    • Vacuum
    • Surfaces and Interfaces
    • Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A
    • Etc.