Adjunct ProfessorTel：
Email：kikangkim@skku.edu
IntroductionProfessor Ki Kang Kim is a professor in the Department of Energy Science at Sungkyunkwan University. His research focuses on the synthesis of single-crystal two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials and their applications in next-generation electronic, optoelectronic, and energy devices. He has made significant contributions to the development of large-area single-crystal growth technologies, van der Waals heterostructures, and quantum materials. His research group is internationally recognized for advancing the scalable growth and integration of high-quality 2D materials for future semiconductor and energy technologies
Education Experience2004-2008 Ph.D. in Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
1997-2004 B.S. in Physics, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
Work Experience2025.9 – Present: Professor, Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
2019.9-2025.8: Associate Professor, Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
2018.9-2019.8: Associate Professor, Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University Seoul, Korea
2009.4-2012.8 : Assistant Professor, Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, Korea
2009.4-2012.8: Postdoctoral Research Associate, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
2008.9-2009.3: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
-Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
-Two-Dimensional Materials
-Energy Materials
-Solid State Physics
-Growth of large area single crystal 2D materials to realize their intrinsic properties
-Growth of 2D superlattices for unprecedented devices
-Explore atomic thick catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction
Total number of published papers: 178 including Science, Nature Communications, JACS, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Advanced Materials, Account of Chemical Research, and Chemical Society Review (citations: 21,691, h-index: 58)
[1], Jina Lee, Seok Joon Yun,* Soo Ho Choi, Hyung-Jin Kim, Hang Sik Kim, Minhyuk Kim, Wujoon Cha, Byeong Wook Cho, Swathi Krishna, Soo Min Kim, Hu Young Jeong, Young-Min Kim, Young-Kyu Han,* Young Hee Lee,* and Ki Kang Kim*(2026). Vacancy Cluster–Mediated Epitaxial Layer-by-Layer Growth of van der Waals Heterostructures, ACS Nano, 20(8), 7058-7068
[2] Balakrishnan Kirubasankar, Ashok Mondal, Seok Joon Yun, Debottam Daw, Yongshan Xu, Lan-Anh T. Nguyen, Yeonjeong Koo, Kamal Kumar Paul, Heemyoung Hong, Hyeongwoo Lee, Yuting Luo, Kailang Liu, Naoki Higashitarumizu, Daniel Erkensten, Chang Yun Heo, Yu-Rim Jeon, Taemin Lee, Dae-Hyun Nam, Xinghui Liu, Soo Min Kim, Dinh Loc Duong, Qinke Wu, Deji Akinwande, Mark C. Hersam, Ali Javey, Ermin Malic, Bilu Liu*, Tianyou Zhai*, Heejun Yang*, Kyoung-Duck Park*, Ki Kang Kim*, Young Hee Lee*(2026), Contemporary Challenges in van der Waals 2D Semiconductors, ACS Nano,20(4),3228-3361
[3] Daehee Yang, Young-Hoon Kim, HyoJune Lee, Sang-Hyeok Yang, Min-Hyoung Jung, Eun-Byeol Park, Hang Sik Kim, Yerin Jeon, Yuseong Heo Ka Hyun Kim, Sungyong Cho, Yun Sik Kang, Ki Kang Kim, Hangil Lee, Sung-Dae Yim, Jae Hyuck Jang*, Sungchul Lee*, Young-Min Kim*(2026). Integrated Probing of Cycling-induced Degradation of Multi-component Electrode in Hydrogen Fuel Cells via Machine Learning-empowered Spectroscopic Imaging, Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 382, 125911. (Co-author)
[4] Hayoung Ko, Soo Ho Choi, Yunjae Park, Seungjin Lee, Chang Seok Oh, Sung Youb Kim, Young Hee Lee*, Soo Min Kim*, Feng Ding*, Ki Kang Kim*(2024). Atomic sawtooth-like metal films for vdW-layered single- crystal growth, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 15. 5848. (Corresponding Author)
[5] Jiwon Kim, Byung Hoon Lee, Soo Ho Choi, Jina Lee, Seungjin Lee, Kamal Kumar Paul, Hyeonbeom Kim, Byeong Wook Cho, Hayoung Ko, Jae Woo Kim, Hang Sik Kim, Taesoo Kim, Dahyun Choi, Min Cheong,Young-Min Kim, Min-Kyu Joo, Soo Min Kim, Young Hee Lee*, Ki Kang Kim*(2025). Phase-Selective Growth of Violet Phosphorus Crystals via Sn–Bi Flux, ACS Nano, 147(5) 3950-3958
[6] Sujeong Kim, Hyeongwoo Lee, Seonhye Eom, Gangseon Ashok Mondal, Chanda Biswas, Pramod Ghising, Byoung Hee Moon, Ki Kang Kim, Young Hee Lee*(2025)., Switching polariton screening in MoS2 microcavity toward polaritonics, Science Advances, 11(8), eadr7202
[7] Byeong Wook Cho, Jina Lee, Jiwon Kim, Wujoon Cha, Heesuk Rho, Ki Kang Kim*(2025). Observation of Low-Frequency Vibrational Modes in Anisotropic 2D Violet Phosphorus, Advanced Functional Materials, 35(52), e10952
[8] Andrew Ben-Smith, Soo Ho Choi, Stephen Boandoh, Byung Hoon Lee, Duc Anh Vu, Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen, Laud Anim Adofo, Jeong Won Jin, Soo Min Kim*, Young Hee Lee*, Ki Kang Kim*(2024). Photo-oxidative Crack Propagation in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, ACS Nano, 18(4), 3125–3133
2020 selected as “34 young researchers to lead the Korean science”, Y-KAST
2016 selected as “30 Young Scientists to Shine Korea”, Postech/Dong-A Ilbo
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