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He paved the way for a realm of endless possibilities in the field of organic semiconductors

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Prof. Kilwon Cho
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    POSTECH Department of Chemical Engineering
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Award-winning achievements

Professor Kilwon Cho is recognized as a leading researcher in the self-assembly of organic semiconductors and has also produced international research results, e.g., manufacturing self-assembled nanowire of organic semicondutor for the first time in the world.

As a result, it has become possible to develop an organic transistor with charge-carrier mobility, by which the flexible electronic materials and devices technology for next-generation flexible displays was significantly advanced. His research results were published in 410 papers. The total number of citations is 19,680, and the H-index is 76. His research has a high academic impact and is regarded as being in the top 1% of fundamental studies in SCI citation rate.

Professor Kilwon Cho is currently taking the lead in research on next-generation flexible electronic materials and devices as Director of the Center for Advanced Soft Electronics (organized to study original technologies) of the Ministry of Science and ICT, sparing no effort to train young students, and contributing to the development of Korean science and technology.

Education and career

  • 1975 ~ 1980 B.S. in Industrial Chemistry, Seoul National University
  • 1980 ~ 1982 M.S. in Industrial Chemistry, Seoul National University
  • 1983 ~ 1986 Ph.D. in Polymer Science, University of Akron, USA
  • 1988 ~ Professor, Chemical Engineering, POSTECH
  • 2005 ~ Polymer Research Director, POSTECH
  • 2011 ~ Head of the Center for Advanced Soft Electronics, Ministry of Science and ICT
  • 2017 ~ Professor, POSTECH

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