PI

  Dong-Keun Ki  

Experimental Physicist

Quantum Device Lab

Hong Kong, China

dkki@hku.hk

+859 3910 2163

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Research interest

Quantum transport

Low-dimensional correlated systems

Artificial heterostructures


Personal information

Name in Korean: 기동근

Name in Chinese: 奇東槿

Nationality: Republic of Korea

Family members: a wife and one daughter



Work Experience

Assistant Professor / The University of Hong Kong
Sep 2018 - Current

Department of Physics


Senior Research Associate / University of Geneva
Aug 2014 - Aug 2018

Group of Alberto Morpurgo


Postdoctoral Researcher / University of Geneva
Sep 2010 - Jul 2014

Group of Alberto Morpurgo


Education

Pohang University of Science and Technology
2004 - 2010

Doctoral Degree in Physics (Supervisor: Prof. Hu-Jong Lee)

Thesis: Quantum transport properties of graphene and topological insulators


Pohang University of Science and Technology
1997 - 2004

Bachelor Degree in Physics


Ongoing projects

2024
RGC General Research Fund on Quantum-Hall interferometers (PI)

2023
RGC Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) on Quantum Many-Body Systems (Co-PI), RGC Collaborative Research Fund Young CRG (Co-PI), RGC Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) Equipment Grant (Co-PI)

2022
RGC General Research Fund on Moiré substrate (PI), URC Seed Funding for Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Scheme (Co-I), URC Seed Funding for Basic Research (PI)

2021
RGC Area of Excellence (AoE) on 2D materials (Co-PI)

2020
MoST National Key Research and Development Program on Moiré superlattices (Co-PI)

Finished projects

2024
RGC General Research Fund on transverse magnetic focusing (PI), RGC Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) Equipment Grant on integrated measurement system (Co-PI)

2023
RGC Early Career Scheme on many-body effect in graphene (PI), RGC General Research Fund on atomically thin graphene gates (PI), URC Seed Funding for Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Scheme (Co-I)

2022
URC Small Equipment Grant (PI), URC Seed Funding for Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Scheme (Co-I), URC Seed Funding for Basic Research (PI), Croucher Sponsorship of Conference 2020/21

2021
UGC-SHAC 3rd year Donation Fund (PI), URC Seed Funding for Basic Research for New Staff (PI)

Academic activities

Journal Review

Nature, Science, Nano Letters, 2D Materials, Scientific Report, Proc. R. Soc. A, and more


Academic societies
Physical Society of Hong Kong (PSHK)

Member since 2018, Campus coordinator since 2020

The Korean Physical Society (KPS)

Member since 2004

Korean Scientist and Engineers Association in Switzerland

Member (2016-2018), Vice president (2017-2018)


Conference program committee/organizer
2019-2024

2022: Hong Kong Forum of Physics 2022 (HKU, Hong Kong)

2019: Hong Kong Forum of Physics 2018 (HKU, Hong Kong)

2014 - 2018

2018: EKC 2018 (Glasgow, UK)

2017: EKC 2017 (Stockholm, Sweden), Journee du GAP

2016: EKC 2016 (Berlin, Germany), Journee du GAP

2014: Journee du GAP


Honors and awards

Best Young Scientist Award in the field of Basic Science
2017

Honored by The Korean Academy of Science and Technology


Selected presentations

Invited talks and lectures
2024

Quantum HK 2024 (Hong Kong, Aug 9)

YGA2024 (Macau, China, Jul 29 ~ Aug 1)

RPGR2024 (Nanjing, China, Jul 17 ~ 20)

Graphene 2024 (Madrid, Spain, Jun 25 ~ 28)

IUMRS-ICEM 2024 (Hong Kong, May 16 ~ 20)

2023

Department of Applied Physics, Kyunghee University (Suwon, Korea, Dec 21)

CSW2023 (Jeju, Korea, May 29 ~ Jun 1)

12th School of Mesoscopic Physics "Hybrid Quantum Systems” (POSTECH, Korea, May 18 ~ 20)

KAIST SRC seminar (On-line, Mar 30)

2022

RGC PROCORE France/HK Joint Conference on New Frontiers in Electrochemical Materials: Preparation, Theory, and Applications (HKU, Hybrid, Aug 2 ~ 4)

2021

The 10th International Workshop on Solid-State Quantum Computing (CityU, Nov 29 ~ Dec 1)

The Department of Physics and Photon Science, GIST (On-line colloquium, May 12)

KPS Spring Meeting (On-line, April 21 ~ 23)

City University of Hong Kong (On-line colloquium, April 9)

2019

DGIST Global Innovation Festival (DGIST, Korea, Nov 27 ~ 28)

Joint Annual Conference of Physical Socities in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (Guangzhou, China, Jul 26 ~ 29)

2018

ICON-2DMAT (Melbourne, Austrailia, Dec 10 ~ 13)

Symposium on Quantum and Nano Devices (Seoul, Korea, Nov 12 ~ 14)

KPS Fall Meeting (Changwan, Korea, Oct 24 ~ 26)

POSTECH PHYSICS/SRC SEMINAR (Pohang, Korea, Oct 22)

Before 2017

2017: ICAMD 2017 (Jeju, Korea, Dec 5 ~ 8)

2017: Ulsan university (Korea, Dec 4)

2016: International Conference GM-2016 (Paestum, Italy, May 23 ~ 27)

2016: 19th International Winterschool on New Developments in Solid State Physics (Maunterndorf, Austria, Feb 21 ~ 26)

2015: GDR Mesoscopic Quantum Physics in Aussois (France, Dec 1 ~ 4)

2015: KIAS seminar (Seoul, Korea, Jan 7)

2014: POSTECH Physics/BK21+/SRC Seminar (Pohang, Korea, Dec 26)

2014: 2nd Sino-European Meeting on Graphene Research (Madrid, Spain, May 12 ~ 13)

2013: KAIST seminar (Daejeon, Korea, Dec 23)

2013: SRC summer workshop on topological insulator (POSTECH, Pohang, Korea, Aug 10)

2013: Yonsei university (Seoul, Korea, Aug 7)

2013: Lancaster univsersity (UK, Jul 19)

2012: POSTECH Physics/BK21 Seminar (Pohang, Korea, Dec 20)

2012: KRISS (Daejeon, Korea, Dec 18)

2010: The 3rd BK21 Young Physicists Workshop (Seoul National Univ., Korea, Jan 14 ~ 15)

2008: The Korean Superconductivity Society (KSS) Meeting (Yongpyong, Korea, Jul 9 ~ 11)


Oral presentations
2024

APS March Meeting (Minneapolis, USA, Mar 3 ~ 8)

Before 2017

2017: Graphene week 2017 (Athene, Greece, Sep 25 ~ 29)

2016: E-MRS spring meeting (Lille, France, May 2 ~ 6)

2015: Graphene week 2015 (Manchester University, UK, Jun 22~ 26)

2013: Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian Physical Society and the Swiss Physical Society (JKU Linz, Austria, Sep 3 ~ 6)

2013: Graphene week 2013 (Chemnitz, Germany, Jun 2 ~ 7)

2010: Graphene Week 2010 (University of Maryland, USA, Apr, 19 ~ 23)