EDUCATION

1996 Ph.D. in Physics, University of California at Berkeley.

Thesis: Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Single Molecules at Room Temperature and Its Applications (advisors:Shimon Weiss and Daniel Chemla)

1991 M.A. in Physics, University of California at Berkeley.

1990 B.S. in Physics, Seoul National University, Korea.

EXPERIENCE

2004 - Associate Professor, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

2000-2004 Assistant Professor, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

1998-2000 Post-doctoral fellow (advisor: Steven Chu), Physics Department, Stanford University

1997 Post-doctoral fellow (advisor: Shimon Weiss and Daniel Chemla), Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

HONORS

2001 Searle Scholar Award

2001 Research Innovation Award

2001 Outstanding Young Researcher Award, AKPA

2002 NSF CAREER Award

2002 Fluorescence Young Investigator Award

2003 Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship

2003 Beckman Fellow at Center for Advanced Studies, UIUC

2003 Xerox Faculty Research Award, UIUC

2003 Cottrell Scholars Award

2005 Howard Hughes medical institute investigator

2005 Fellow, American Physical Society