• Education
  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
     Ph.D. Materials  Science & Engineering (2007)
  2. Seoul National University
     M.S. Materials  Science & Engineering (2000)
     B.S. Metallurgical Engineering (1996)

• Experience
  1. Full Professor - School of Materials Science & Engineering, Kookmin University (2023 ~ Present)
  2. Associate Professor - School of Materials Science & Engineering, Kookmin University (2017 ~ 2022)
  3. Assistant Professor - School of Materials Science & Engineering, Kookmin University (2013 ~ 2017)
  4. Research Team Leader - Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) (2011 ~ 2013)
  5. Research Fellow - Bell Laboratories (2010 ~ 2011)
  6. Senior Research Scientist - Astrowatt Inc. (2009 ~ 2010)
  7. Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Texas, Austin (2006 ~ 2009)

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• Activities & Service
  1. Program Section Committee, F. Silicon and Group-4 Devices and Integration Technology, Korean Conference on Semiconductors (2017 ~ Present)
  2. Publication Chair (2017 ~ Present) & Steering Committee Chair (2018), Asia-Pacific Workshop on Fundamentals and Applications of Advanced Semiconductor Devices (AWAD)
  3. Editorial Committee, Electronic Materials Letters (EML) (2016 ~ 2023)
  4. Member of Materials Research Society (MRS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Optical Society of America (OSA) 

• Research Area 
  1. Integrated photonic circuits for quantum computing chips
  2. Optical and electrical properties of eptiaxial Ge-on-Si material
  3. High efficiency of optically pumped & electrically pumped Ge-on-Si laser
  4. Photonic devices modeling and architecture
  5. Development of large-area neutron detector based-on enriched 10 boron neutron conversion layer

• Publications 
  1. M. Jiang, D. Ahn, “Seed-induced crystallization of polycrystalline germanium thin films at low temperature”, Results in Physics, vol 14, pp 102502, Sep 01, 2019
  2. C.-H. Park, M. Yako, K. Wada, Y. Ishikawa, D. Ahn, ”High concentration phosphorus doping in Ge for CMOS-integrated laser applications”, Solid State Electronics, vol 154, pp 43-49, Feb 20, 2019 
  3. C.H. Park, H. Pan, Y. Ishikawa, K. Wada, D. Ahn, “N-type doping of germanium epilayer on silicon by ex-situ phosphorus diffusion based on POCl3  phosphosilicate glass”, Thin Solid Films, vol 662, pp. 1-5, Sep 30, 2018 
  4. J. T. Bessette, and D. Ahn, “ Vertically stacked microring waveguides for coupling between multiple photonic planes”, Optics Express, vol. 21 (11), pp. 13580-13591, May 30, 2013