B.S., Chemical Engineering, Yonsei University (1993-1997, Korea) M.S., Chemical Engineering, KAIST (1997-1999, Korea, Advisor: Seung-Man Yang) Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, KAIST (1999-2003, Korea, Advisor: Seung-Man Yang) Postdoc, Chemical Engineering, UC Santa Barbara (2003.3-2004.2, Advisor: David J. Pine)
Professional Appointments
2004. 2-2006.7: Senior Researcher, LG Chem Research Park 2006.7~2009.8: Senior Researcher, Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon 2009.9~2012.3: Assistant Professor, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 2015.2-2015.8: Visiting Professor, Physics Department, New York University, New York, USA 2012.3~2021.1: Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 2021.2~present: Professor, POSTECH, Pohang
Awards and Grants
AmCheon Award (2002) (Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST) Best Graduate Student Paper Award (2002) (Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers) Best Research Scientist (2006) (LG Chem Research Park) Best Research Scientist Award (2008) (Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science & Technology) SRFC Grant Recipient (2014) (Samsung Research Funding & Incubation Center for Future Technology) Best Faculty Award in College of Engineering (2015) (College of Engineering, SKKU) Korea Toray Science Foundation Research Fund Recipient (2020)
Invited Presentation
Bordeaux Summer School (Soft Matter for Functional Materials #3) (2021.6.14-18) (link)
Selected Recent Publications
Mingxin He, Johnathon P. Gales, Etienne Ducrot, Zhe Gong, Gi-Ra Yi, Stefano Sacanna, David J. Pine*, "Colloidal Diamond" Nature 585, 524-529 (2020).
Joon Suk Oh, Sangmin Lee, Sharon C. Glotzer*, Gi-Ra Yi*, David J. Pine*, "Colloidal fibers and rings by cooperative assembly" Nature Communications 10, 3936 (2019).
Etienne Ducrot, Mingxin He, Gi-Ra Yi*, David J. Pine*, "Colloidal alloys with preassembled clusters and spheres" Nature Materials, 16(6), 652-657(2017).
Zhe Gong, Theodore Hueckel, Gi-Ra Yi, Stefano Sacanna*, "Patchy particles made by colloidal fusion" Nature, 550, 234-238 (2017).
Mena Youssef, Theodore Hueckel, Gi-Ra Yi, Stefano Sacanna*, "Shape-shifting colloids via stimulated dewetting" Nature Communications 7, 12216(2016).
Stefano Sacanna*, Mark Korpics, Kelvin Rodriguez, Laura Colon-Melendez, Seung-Hyun Kim, David J. Pine, Gi-Ra Yi*, "Shaping Colloids for Self-Assembly" Nature Communications 4, 1688 (2013).
Yong-Hoon Kim, Jae-Sang Heo, Tae-Hyeong Kim, Sungjun Park, Myung-Han Yoon, Jiwan Kim, Min Suk Oh, Gi-Ra Yi, Yong-Young Noh, Sung Kyu Park, "Flexible metal-oxide devices made by room-temperature photochemical activation of sol-gel films", Nature 489 (7414), 128-132 (2012).
Shin-Hyun Kim, Su Yeon Lee, Seung-Man Yang, Gi-Ra Yi, "Self-assembled colloidal structures for photonics", NPG Asia Materials 3 (1), 25-33 (2011)