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  • - Name : Dr. Heongkyu Ju
  • - Birth date : Sep. 14, 1970
  • - Position : Professor
  • - Address : 109ho, Mirae 1 BLDG, Gachon University,
                            1342 SeongnamDaero, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do,
                            13120, Republic of Korea
  • - Tel : 82 31 750 8552
  • - Fax : 82 31 750 8552 (after 7 times ringing)
  • - Mobile : 82 10 5643 0503
  • - Email : batu@gachon.ac.kr

Education

  • - Bachelor of Science (BS) : Department of Physics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, Feb. 1993
  • - Master of Science (MS) : Elementary Particle Physics (theory), Aug. 1998, Department of Physics, Korea University,
    Seoul, Korea (supervisor : Prof. Junegone Chay)
    Thesis title: CP-violation in K0-K0 bar mixing and B decays
  • - Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil) : Nonlinear Quantum Optoelectronics (Experiment), Department of Condensed Matter
    Physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, Nov. 2002, (supervisor : John F. Ryan)
    Thesis title: Photon-number squeezing of femtosecond optical pulses in nonlinear media

Careers

  • - Researcher, Korea Basic Science Institute, Seoul, Korea, Jan. 13, 2003 - Feb. 21 2003.
  • - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electro-optical Communication Group, Department of Electrical Engineering,
       Technical University of Eindhoven, The Netherlands, April 1, 2003 - July 18, 2005.
  • - Visiting Scholar, Institute of Nano-science and Technology, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea,
       Aug. 26, 2005 - July 25, 2006.
  • - Research Associate, Photonic Nanostructure Research Group, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Japan,
      Aug. 7 - 2006 - Feb. 29, 2007.
  • - Assistant Professor, Department of Bionano Technology, Gachon University, Korea, March 2007 - Feb. 2012
  • - Faculty Chairperson of Graduate school of Department of Bionano Technology, Gachon University, Korea,
      March 2010 - Feb. 2012
  • - Member, Korea Academy of Government-supported Scholars, Feb. 2011 - present
  • - Assistant Professor, Department of Nano-Physics, Gachon University, Korea, March 2012 - Feb. 2013
  • - Faculty Chairperson of Department of Nano-Physics, Gachon University, Korea Jan. 2013 - Feb. 2014
  • - Board Member of the Biochip Society, Korea, Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2020
  • - Research Staff, Neuro-science Institute, Gil Hospital, Incheon, Korea, Aug. 2013 - 2016
  • - Professor, Department of Physics, Gachon University, Korea, March 01 2013 - present
  • - Sabbatical Period Visiting Scholar at the Multimedia Imaging Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST),
       Seoul, Korea, March 01 2014 - Feb. 29 2015
  • - Academic award for most downloaded paper, Biochip Society, Korea, Nov. 19, 2015
  • - Academic Journal Reviewer for about 40 journals
  • - Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Invited Professor (Feb. 2016 - Jan. 2018)
  • - Associate Editor, Current Applied Physics, Elsewier (May, 2022 - current)
  • - Committe members of Semiconductor Division, Korean Physical Society (Feb. 2022 - current)
  • - Adjunction Professor, Medical Equipment R&D Center, Gachon Medical Equipment Convergence Center, Gil Medical
      Foundation, Dec. 01, 2015 - Nov. 30, 2017.
  • - Gachon academy prize, May, 2022
  • - Dean of College of Bionano technology, Gachon University, July 01, 2023 - current
  • - Director of Gachon Bionano Research Institute, Gachon University, Sep. 01, 2023 - current

Prof. Heongkyu Ju has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers in the disciplines including nonlinear optics, quantum noise squeezed light, all-optical switching, autostereoscopic 3D displays, label-free optical biosensors, immunoassay optical sensors, environmental monitoring optical devices, plasmon-aided optical catalyticity, plasmon-induced magneto-optical activity, plasmon-enhanced fluorescence, biocompatible quantum dots, plasmon-generated hot carrier based optoelectronic devices.