Junyoung Kwon is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Materials Science and Engineering at Hanyang University. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Yonsei University in 2020, advised by Prof. Gwan-Hyoung Lee, and conducted visiting research at Seoul National University and Columbia University during his doctoral studies.
Before joining Hanyang University, he spent over six years as a researcher at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), where his work on wafer-scale 2D semiconductor integration was published in Nature, Nature Materials, Nature Electronics, and Nature Nanotechnology.
His research focuses on integrating two-dimensional semiconductors into next-generation logic devices, with an emphasis on monolithic 3D integration, contact engineering, and wafer-scale process development for future semiconductor technologies.
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2020
Yonsei University
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2015
Yonsei University
Assistant Professor, Sep 2026 – Present
Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
Staff Researcher, Mar 2021 – Aug 2026
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Korea
Researcher, Jan 2020 – Feb 2021
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Korea
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Mar 2019 – Dec 2019
Seoul National University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering (Advisor: Prof. Gwan-Hyoung Lee)
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Dec 2016 – Feb 2017
Columbia University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering (Advisor: Prof. James Hone)
Republic of Korea Army, Feb 2011 – Nov 2012
700th Commando Regiment (Sergeant, Discharged)