Seo Youngseok, Ph.D.

Seo Youngseok , Ph.D.

Director of R&D center of WON TECH Co., Ltd.

Daejeon, Korea

Young-Seok Seo is currently the Director of R&D center of WON TECH Co., Ltd. Daejeon, Korea, working on medical laser devices research and development. He obtained a joint Ph.D. degree in physics from Chungnam National University and Korea Atomic Energy Research institute (KAERI), in February 2003. From March 1999 to September 2003, he had been with Quantum Optics Laboratories of the KAERI, working on high-power laser delivery system by adaptive optics (AO) technologies such as wavefront sensing, aberration compensation, and closed-loop control of AO systems. In October 2003, he joined Laser Power Photonics Group of the Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE) at Osaka University, Osaka, Japan where he has been engaged in optical fiber communication research. Among his research interests are fiber amplifiers, fiber lasers and new laser materials. In October 2006, he returned to KAERI and established High energy laser facility of KAERI.

[Academic and Professional occupations]

1999. 3.~ 2003. 2. Ph.D. Physics, ChungNam National University

2003.10.~ 2005. 9. Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

2005.10.~ 2006. 9. Researcher, Institute of Laser Engineering (ILE), Osaka University

2006.10.~ 2008. 6. Researcher, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)

2008. 7.~ present R&D Director, WON TECH Co., Ltd.

[Published Article]

Since 1990, Young-Seok Seo has 39 paper publications for “the laser and light source applications” with 10 papers published in SCI journals. Also he has made the research results presentation on conference about 67 times of domestic and 31 times of international.

[Membership]

Member of KPS, Member of OSK, Member of KOSOMBE, Member of KIEE