Competitive honors/ awards - Outstanding Graduate Thesis Award, Graduate School of Seoul National University, 1999. - Applied Materials Semiconductor Paper Contest Award (2nd winner), 2001. - SNU Graduate Student Awards in Materials Research, 2001. - SNU Graduate Student Awards in Materials Research, 2002. - Director's postdoctoral fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2002~2004. - KOSEF R&D 50 Award (September, 2008) - National R&D 100 Award (December 5, 2008) - 2010 MRS Fall Meeting Best Poster Award (December, 2010) - KIEEME Best Presentation Award (June, 2011) - 2012 KCS Best Poster Award (February, 2012) - KIM Best Poster Award (April, 2013)