Keun Su Kim

Underwood Distinguished Professor,
Department of Physics, Yonsei University

Director, Center for Bandstructure Engineering

keunsukim-at-yonsei.ac.kr
+82-2-2123-2609
 instagram.com/ksresearch_official



2001 – 2005            B. S. in Physics, Yonsei University
2005 – 2010            Ph. D. in Physics, Yonsei University
2010 – 2013              Postdoc, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

2013 – 2017              Assistant Professor, POSTECH
2017 – 2019              Assistant Professor, Yonsei University
2019 – 2024             Associate Professor, Yonsei University
2024 – Present       Full professor, Yonsei University
2024 – Present       Visiting Professor, Stanford University

Award & Honor



201603                     Scientist of the Month, Ministry of Science and ICT
201912                       Prime Minister Commendation, Korean Government
202106                     Leader Grant, National Research Foundation of Korea
202108                     Hansung Science Award, Hansung SonJaeHan Foundation
202112                      Minister Commendation, Ministry of Science and ICT
202212                     Member, Young Korean Academy of Science and Technology
202412                     Underwood Distinguished Professor, Yonsei University

Interview



202410                    [조선일보] “세계적 실험 장비 갖춰 초전도 비밀에 접근” 김근수 연세대 물리학과 교수
 202410                    [국민일보] 26세 대학원생, 과학계 100년 난제 풀었다… “한국만 과학자 기피”
 202506                  [국민일보] “박사님, 연봉 8억·아파트 지원합니다”… 중국, 이공계 석학에 공격적 헤드헌팅
 202506                  [동아일보] 이공계 석학 62% "해외서 영입 제안"… 인재 유출 무방비
 202506                  [동아사이언스] “우러러보던 '과학 영웅'의 중국행… 20년 뒤 내 모습 될까봐 걱정”
 202506                  [동아일보] “韓 과학계, 연구주제 유행 좇기 급급… 한 우물 파며 기초과학 역량 키워야




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Our paper on the quantum distance has been published in Science!




Press briefing at the Ministry of Science and ICT (Sejong, June 2025)




Council for Basic Research Promotion (Seoul, May 2025)




Korean Physical Society Academic Award, April 2025




Appointed as an Underwood Distinguished Professor (Yonsei University, February 2025)




Meeting with acting President and Minister of Science and ICT (Government Complex Seoul, February 2025)




Our paper on electronic rotons has been published in Nature!



Press briefing at the Ministry of Science and ICT (Sejong, October 2024)



Our paper on the dark state of electrons has been published in Nature Physics!



Meeting with President Suk Yeol Yoon (KRISS, November 2023)






Selected as a member of Y-KAST, December 2022



Minister’s commendation, December 2021



The first nature paper from our group on the electronic structure of liquid metals was published in 2021!




Hansung Science Award, August 2021



Our paper on the pseudospin polarization of black phosphorus was published in Nature Materials!




Prime Minister’s commendation, December 2019



Our paper on the spectral function of Holstein polarons was published in Nature Materials!



Scientist of the Month Award, May 2016






The first independent research paper from our group on the tunable band gap of black phosphorus was published in Science!



Postdoc at Berkeley Lab under the supervision of Aaron Bostwick and Eli Rotenberg



With my Ph. D supervisor, Professor Han Woong Yeom





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Oct. 26, 2024 [안될과학] 전자결정



Jun. 25, 2025

[국회-한림원-과총 긴급포럼] 국경없는 과학기술 인재전쟁



Dec. 10, 2024

[과기정통부] B보도



Oct. 24, 2024

[KTV] 전자결정 조각



Sep. 06, 2024

[안될과학] 암흑전자 1부



Sep. 06, 2024

[안될과학] 암흑전자 2부



Dec. 01, 2022

[연세대 물리학과 학생회] 교수님, 질문 있습니다!



Apr. 23, 2022

[JTBC 국과대표] 노벨상을 향하여! 기초 과학의 힘



Oct. 04, 2021

[카오스 사이언스] 연구뭐하지



Feb. 03, 2021

[카오스 사이언스] 반도체의 양자 도약을 꿈꾸며



Jan. 09, 2019

[카오스 사이언스] 석학인터뷰





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