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Professor, Principal Research Fellow, National Thousand Talents 国家千人, Zhejiang Provincial Thousand Talents 浙江千人, and CAS 百人 Hundred Talents Class A

R&D TeamSenior Director of R&D (December 2016) / Director of R&D (November 2015): Head of R&D team and program over company responsible for developing and implementing R&D roadmap, leading and guiding researchers in weekly R&D planning, developing company IP strategy and managing IP portfolio, and representing company through speaking engagements at trade shows and conferences, such as the Quantum Dots Forum.• Lead the development of red and green core(shell) Cadmium-Free Quantum Dot (CFQD) downconvertor materials to achieve high-quality and high-performance specifications within ten months that were independently verified to measure as being on par with materials of industry leader that had been developed for years.• Lead the development of continuous flow chemical synthesis of CFQDs as well as next generation reactor design.• Submitted declaration response to rejection of the total seven claims of a key company US patent application (14/361,862) to successfully convince USPTO patent examiner to accept all seven claims, thereby overturning his own ruling.• Additional patent applications in beginning stages of IP process.

R&D TeamSenior Director of R&D (December 2016) / Director of R&D (November 2015): Head of R&D team and program over company responsible for developing and implementing R&D roadmap, leading and guiding researchers in weekly R&D planning, developing company IP strategy and managing IP portfolio, and representing company through speaking engagements at trade shows and conferences, such as the Quantum Dots Forum.• Lead the development of red and green core(shell) Cadmium-Free Quantum Dot (CFQD) downconvertor materials to achieve high-quality and high-performance specifications within ten months that were independently verified to measure as being on par with materials of industry leader that had been developed for years.• Lead the development of continuous flow chemical synthesis of CFQDs as well as next generation reactor design.• Submitted declaration response to rejection of the total seven claims of a key company US patent application (14/361,862) to successfully convince USPTO patent examiner to accept all seven claims, thereby overturning his own ruling.• Additional patent applications in beginning stages of IP process.

Central R&D Center, Materials Research TeamTeam Lead / Senior Lab Manager / Principal Scientist: Team lead of the Materials Research Team in the Central R&D Institute.• Managed R&D and trouble-shooting/problem-solving of team responsible for development and optimization of phosphors, encapsulants, and other materials used in various components of LED packages in the Materials Research Lab.• Founded Functional Materials Task Force.• Drafted initial budget of $300,000.00 capital investment for the necessary chemicals, consumable supplies, lab equipment, and construction costs to establish the Functional Materials Research Lab (budget approved by CEO and CTO with construction beginning soon thereafter).• Began research process to develop Quantum Platelet Convertors (QPCs) as novel next-generation quantum dot downconvertor materials (U.S. Patent 9,728,687).

Project Lead / Technical Expert / Senior Research Scientist: Research and development of thermally stable, high-quality semiconductor quantum dot (QD) downconvertors for integration into solid state lighting and LED display technologies.• Green-emitter QD downconvertors project lead.• Development of blue band edge-absorption ternary QD cores tunable from 380 to 500 nm (Patent Application Numbers US20160230088 A1 (pending) and WO2015009728 A1 (pending)).• Development of Mg chalcogenide-based quantum rod (QR) shells (U.S. Patent 9,732,274).• Development of metal oxide coating density enhancement solution and process, which yielded key component of QD heterostructured downconvertor stability at high-temperature under high-humidity conditions (U.S. Patent 9,249,354 B2).• Development of transparent, high-efficiency thermal conductor additives for enhanced heat dissipation in LED packages (Patent Application Number US20150028365 (pending)).• Multiple additional patent applications in various stages of IP process.

Sensors Directorate and Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Electronics Exploration Branch (RYDX) and Nano-Structured and Biological Materials Branch (RXBN)Project Manager / Senior Research Scientist (Wyle Laboratories, Inc. Contractor): Leading projects on synthesis of nanoparticles and direct-write fabrication of metamaterials structures through inkjet printing. Providing consultation to Biotronics Strategic Technology Team (STT) and Metamaterials STT. US Security Clearance: Secret.• Synthesis of gold nanoparticles and dispersion into photovoltaic bulk hetero-junction films as part of the RX Metamaterials Enterprise.• Establishment of Direct-Write Fabrication Project within RYDX, assessment and pricing of industrial inkjet printing equipment, and proof-of-principle testing of inkjet and screen print fabrication of metamaterials-based antenna structures with Cabot Corporation.• Consultation for Bio-X STT on IR-active taggant materials and provision of trial samples of encapsulated InAs QD nanomaterials from QD Vision.• Development of novel chemical method to directly integrate graphene onto a silicon substrate.

Central R&D Institute, Electro- Materials and Devices Center, Functional Materials Technology Group, ‘SEM-Jet’ Printable Electronics BusinessR&D Technical Manager / Senior Research Scientist: Performed and supervised research on the Nanomaterials Development Team for high-throughput synthetic routes towards metallic nanoparticles.• Development of novel HCP-Ni nanoparticle (NP) synthesis within three months by two different routes for nonmagnetic Ni NPs (Exhibited at 2008 NANO KOREA Symposium).• Serendipitous development of novel Ni-P alloy NPs with applications as ultra-black barrier layer material.• Trouble-shooting of existing alcohol-based Cu NP synthesis to eliminate violent overflow, remove sodium from the process, increase dispersion stability, and increase process throughput.• Improvement of existing process by creating a direct route to a higher throughput, solvent-based Cu NP synthetic route without the necessity of synthesizing a noncommercially available Cu precursor.• Development of inkjet-printed, gold-coated, micromesh electrodes directly onto fuel cells for maximization of electron harvesting and minimization of Schottky barrier (Patent Application Numbers US20090233137, US20090286127, and US20090291331 (pending)).• Samsung Electro-Mechanics Team Technology Award for Inkjet-Printable Copper Traces joint recipient.• Lecturer for CTO Technology Lecture Series courses at Yonsei and Sungkyunkwan Universities.

Printable Electronics and Displays Business Technician Supervisor / Scientist: Performed and supervised research in the Materials Development Group for the development of inkjet-printable materials for various electronics applications.• Trouble-shooting, development, and improvement of Ag NP synthesis and ink formulation (U.S. Patents 7,824,466 and 8,597,397).• Preliminary development of resistor inks based on Ag NP/carbon black, Ag NP/silicate, and RuO2/silicate blends, including the synthesis of Ru NPs.• Preliminary development of conductive and insulating black inks based on carbon black/silicate blends for flat panel display black matrix.• Designated chemistry consultant to production and process engineer teams for Ag NP factory scale-up.• Service as a technical expert, interpreter, and guide when accompanying the marketing and management team on business trips to Korea and Japan for visits with collaborator companies and while working trade shows. Translation of company business materials into Korean.• Highly proactive in improving site safety features.