차세대 반도체 기술 연구실(ESTL)은 차세대 반도체 소재/소자 및 컴퓨팅 시스템 연구에 중점을 두고 있습니다. 새로운 컴퓨팅 패러다임(뉴로모픽 컴퓨팅, 인메모리 컴퓨팅, 확률 컴퓨팅 등)을 실현하기 위해, 신소재, 소자 구조, 스위칭 메커니즘, 컴퓨팅 시스템 연구를 종합적으로 수행하고 있습니다.
Curriculum Vitae
2025~Present: Assistant Professor, UNIST
2023~2025: Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Physics, Sandia National Laboratories
2023~2025: Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2023~2025: Postdoctoral Researcher, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
2023: Postdoctoral Researcher, Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center
2022~2023: Staff Engineer, Semiconductor R&D Center, Samsung Electronics
Academic Credential
2022: Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University
2017: B. S., Materials Science and Engineering, KAIST
Research Keywords and Topics
Semiconductor materials and processes, resistance switching materials, emerging semiconductor devices, emerging computing systems (neuromorphic computing, in-memory computing, probabilistic computing, etc.)
Publications (selected)
“Localized Conduction Channels in Memristors”
K. S. Woo, R. S. Williams, S. Kumar, Chemical Reviews, 125, 294-325 (2025)
“Role of Heat in Post-Silicon Electronics”
K. S. Woo, G. Kim, K. M. Kim, S. Kumar, Applied Physics Reviews, 12, 031323 (2025)
“True random number generation using the spin crossover in LaCoO3”
K. S. Woo, A. Zhang, A. Arabelo, T. D. Brown, M. Park, A. A. Talin, E. J. Fuller, R. S. Bisht, X. Qian, R. Arroyave, S. Ramanathan, L. Thomas, R. S. Williams, S. Kumar, Nature Communications, 15, 4656 (2024)
“Tunable stochastic memristors for energy-efficient encryption and computing”
K. S. Woo, J. Han, S. Yi, L. Thomas, H. Park, S. Kumar, C. S. Hwang, Nature Communications, 15, 3245 (2024)
“Memristors with Tunable Volatility for Reconfigurable Neuromorphic Computing”
K. S. Woo, H. Park, N. Ghenzi, A. A. Talin, T. Jeong, J.-H. Choi, S. Oh, Y. H. Jang, J. Han, R. S. Williams, S. Kumar, C. S. Hwang, ACS Nano, 18, 17007-170 (2024)
“Probabilistic computing using Cu0.1Te0.9/HfO2/Pt diffusive memristors”
K. S. Woo, J. Kim, J. Han, W. Kim, Y. H. Jang, C. S. Hwang, Nature Communications, 13, 5762 (2022)
Awards/Honors/Memberships
2025: MRS Bulletin Award, Materials Research Society
2024~2025: Advanced Light Source Postdoctoral Fellowship, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
2023: Doyeon Research Award, Inter-university Semiconductor Research Center (ISRC), Seoul National University
2022: SSSP Fellowship, Samsung Electronics & Seoul National University
2025: MRS Bulletin Award, Materials Research Society