2012.1.29 -- 1.31 : 1st SRC Winter Workshop on Topological Matters (Pyeongchang, Korea)
2012. 2. 6 -- 2. 7 : 3rd Korea-UK workshop on spintronics (Seoul, Korea)
2012. 3. 7 : Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea)
2012. 3. 29 : Korea University (Jochiwon, Korea)
2012. 4. 25 -- 4. 27 : Korean Physical Society Spring Meeting (Daejeon, Korea)
2012. 5. 23 : Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea)
2012. 5. 24 : Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (Daejeon, Korea)
2012. 6. 13. -- 6. 15. : NIST (Gaithersburg, MD, USA)
2012. 7. 8 -- 7. 13 : ICM 2012 (Busan, Korea)
2012. 9. 20. : Kookmin University (Seoul, Korea)
2012. 9. 20. -- 9.22. : 6th WCU-GCMN Symposium (Gwangjoo, Korea)
2012. 10. 24. -- 10. 26. : Korean Physical Society Fall Meeting (Pyongchang, Korea)
2013. 5. 19. -- 5. 24. : MML2013 (Kyoto, Japan)
Teaching
Fall semester 2012
- Quantum Physics II (PHYS301) for undergraduate students
--- Lecture: Tue, Thur 9:30 -- 10:45 @ Science building 3-109
--- Recitation: Thur 19:00 -- 19:50 @ Science building 3-113 (by Kang-Hee Hong)
- Topics in Condensed Matter Physics - Topological insulator (PHYS701) for graduate students
--- Lecture: Tue, Thur 15:30-16:45 @ Science building 3-113
Previous teaching
Research
Areas of research interest
- Spin polarized transport
- Spin transfer torque
- Spin motive force
- Spin-orbit couping effects
- Quantum coherent transport and electron correlations
- Quantum interferometer in low dimensional systems
- Luttinger liquid behaviors in quantum wires
Publication list by arXiv (incomplete, may not be visible in some browsers, I'm trying to fix this problem...)
CV
Full CV (pdf file attached below)
Mini CV
- Education
- 1990: B.S. in physics, KAIST, Korea
- 1996: Ph.D. in physics, MIT, USA
- Professional experiences
- 1996-1999: Research fellow, Center for Theoretical Physics, Seoul National University
- 1999-2001: Research fellow, KIAS (Korea Institute for Advanced Study)
- Nov. 2001-Mar. 2002: KIAS Assistant Professor, KIAS
- Apr. 2002-Aug. 2002: BK Assistant Professor, School of Physics, Seoul National University
- Aug. 2002-Feb. 2006: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, POSTECH
- March 2006-Feb. 2012: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, POSTECH
- March 2012-present: Professor with tenure, Department of Physics, POSTECH
Recognitions & Awards
- One paper [PRL 81, 1130 (1998)] highlighted in Science [Science 282, 2001 (1998)]
- One paper [PRL 100, 196807 (2008)] highlighted in APS Physical Review Focus (21 May 2008)
- POSTECH Outstanding Research Award for year 2009 (awarded on Feb. 17, 2010)
- One paper [Nature Phys. 5, 898 (2009)] highlighted in NPG Asia Materials (1 March 2010)
- Scientist of the Month Award for September 2010 granted by MEST (Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology), Korea (awarded on Sep. 30, 2010)
- Outstanding KIAS Alumni Award for 15th anniversary of KIAS inauguration (awarded on Sep. 30, 2011)
- Featured in major Korean newspapers: Chosun Ilbo, JoongAng Daily, Donga Ilbo, Kyunghyang Sinmun, etc.
Selected Recent Publications
Kyoung-Whan Kim, Jung-Hwan Moon, Kyung-Jin Lee, and Hyun-Woo Lee(C)
Prediction of giant spin motive force due to Rashba spin-orbit couplingPhysical Review Letters
108 (21), 217202 (2012) 25 May (online publication date: 23 May 2012) [
arXiv:1202.1406]
Kyoung-Whan Kim, Soo-Man Seo, Jisu Ryu, Kyung-Jin Lee(
C), and Hyun-Woo Lee(
C)
Magnetization dynamics induced by in-plane currents in ultrathin magnetic nanostructures with Rashba spin-orbit couplingPhysical Review B
85 (18), 180404(
R) (2012) May 1 (online publication date: 8 May 2012) [
arXiv:1111.3422]
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevB.85.180404
Kab-Jin Kim, Jisu Ryu(C), Gi-Hong Gim, Jae-Chul Lee, Kyoung-Ho Shin, Hyun-Woo Lee, and Sug-Bong Choe(C)
Electric current effect on energy barrier of magnetic domain wall depinning: Origin of quadratic contribution
Physical Review Letters 107, 217205 (2011) November 18 (online publication date: 28 November 2011)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.217205
Jae-Chul Lee, Kab-Jin Kim, Jisu Ryu, Kyoung-Woong Moon, Sang-Jun Yun, Gi-Hong Gim, Kang-Soo Lee, Kyung-Ho Shin, Hyun-Woo Lee(C), and Sug-Bong Choe(C)
Universality classes of magnetic domain wall motion
Physical Review Letters 107 (06), 067201 (2011) August 5 (online publication date: 1 August 2011)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.067201
Se-Chung Oh, Seung-Young Park, Aurelien Manchon, Mairbek Chshiev, Jae-Ho Han, Hyun-Woo Lee, Jang-Eun Lee, Kyung-Tae Nam, Younghun Jo, Yo-Chan Kong, Bernard Dieny, and Kyung-Jin Lee
Bias-voltage dependence of perpendicular spin-transfer torque in asymmetric MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions
Nature Physics 5 (12), 898-902 (2009) December (Advance online publication 25 October 2009)
[50+ citations]
Kab-Jin Kim, Jae-Chul Lee, Sung-Min Ahn, Kang-Soo Lee, Chang-Won Lee, Young Jin Cho, Sunae Seo, Kyung-Ho Shin, Sug-Bong Choe, and Hyun-Woo Lee
Interdimensional universality of dynamic interfaces
Nature 458, 740-742 (2009)
Jaeuk U. Kim, W.-R. Lee, Hyun-Woo Lee, and H.-S. Sim
Revival of electron coherence in a quantum wire of finite length
Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 076401 (2009)
S.-C. Youn, H.-W. Lee, and H.-S. Sim
Nonequilibrium dephasing in an electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 196807 (2008)
Highlighted in Physical Review Focus on May 21, 2008
S. W. Jung, W. Kim, T. D. Lee, K. J. Lee, and H.-W. Lee
Current-induced domain wall motion in a nanowire with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 202508 (2008)
[50+ citations]
Hyun-Woo Lee and Sejoong Kim
Correlation-induced resonances and population switching in a quantum dot Coulomb valley
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 186805 (2007)
Most Cited Publications
H. Lee, L. S. Levitov, and A. Yu Yakovets
Universal statistics of transport in disordered conductors
Phys. Rev. B 51, 4079 (1995) [50+ citations]
L. S. Levitov, H. Lee, and G. B. Lesovik
Electron counting statistics and coherent states of electric current
J. Math. Phys. 37, 4845 (1996) [300+ citations]
H. Y. Lee, H.-W. Lee, and D. Kim
Origin of synchronized traffic flow on highways and its dynamics phase transitions
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1130 (1998) [100+ citations]
Highlighted in Science as Perspectives [Science 282, 2001 (1998)]
H.-W. Lee
Generic transmission zeros and in-phase resonances in time reversal symmetric single-channel transport
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 2358 (1999) [100+ citations]
H.Y. Lee, H.-W. Lee, and D. Kim
Dynamic states of a continuum traffic equation with on-ramp
Phys. Rev. E 59, 5101 (1999) [100+ citations]
H.-S. Sim, H.-W. Lee, and K. J. Chang
Even-odd behavior of conductance in monatomic sodium wires
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 096803 (2001) [50+ citations]
H.-K. Lee, H.-W. Lee, and D. Kim
Macroscopic traffic models from microscopic car-following models
Phys. Rev. E 64, 056126 (2001) [50+ citations]
Soon-Wook Jung, Woojin Kim, Taek-Dong Lee, Kyung-Jin Lee, and Hyun-Woo Lee
Current-induced domain wall motion in a nanowire with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 202508 (2008) [50+ citations]
Se-Chung Oh, Seung-Young Park, Aurelien Manchon, Mairbek Chshiev, Jae-Ho Han, Hyun-Woo Lee, Jang-Eun Lee, Kyung-Tae Nam, Younghun Jo, Yo-Chan Kong, Bernard Dieny, and Kyung-Jin Lee
Bias-voltage dependence of perpendicular spin-transfer torque in asymmetric MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions
Nature Physics 5 (12), 898-902 (2009) December (Advance online publication 25 October 2009) [50+ citations]
Last updated on 25 July 2012