Yongtaek Hong, PhD

Professor

Seoul National University

Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, Republic of Korea

Yongtaek Hong received B.S. and M.S. in Electronics Engineering, from Seoul Nat’l Univ., Seoul, Korea, and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Univ. of Mich., Ann Arbor, MI, USA. From 2003 to 2006, he was a senior research scientist at Display Science & Technology Center, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY, USA. Since 2006, he has worked for Dept. Elec. & Comp. Eng., Seoul Nat’l Univ., now is a full professor. He was a visiting professor of Dept. Chem. Eng., Stanford University, from 2012 to 2013. His research interests are printed/flexible/stretchable thin-film devices, display and sensors for wearable and electronic skin applications. Prof. Hong received IEEE EDS "2005 George E. Smith Award", IEEE/IEEK "Young IT Engineer of The Year Award" in 2010, IEC “1906 Award” in 2012, "Industrial Technology of the Month Award" and "KEIT Chairman's Award" from MOTIE of Korean Government in 2014, and 2015, respectively, SNU CoE Shin Yang Engineering Award in 2015, Best Academic Development in Printed & Flexible Electronics Award from IDTechEX Show Printed Electronics USA and 100 Technology Lighting-up Korea in 2025 Award, both in 2017, “Display Day” Korea MOTIE Minister Award in 2018, “Scientist of The Month” Korea MSIT Minster Award in 2019. He is a convenor of IEC TC110 WG8 (Flexible Display Devices), an executive board member of KIDS and SID, chairs of IEEE ED Seoul Chapter and SID Chapter Formation.