Yongwoo Shin

Yongwoo Shin is a Sr. Staff Engineer and Project Manager at Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.1 He is a theoretical and computational materials scientist with over 15 years of research and development experience.1

Professional Experience

Shin has held several positions throughout his career:

• Sr. Staff Engineer and Project Manager at Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. (February 2021 - Present)1
• Staff Engineer at Samsung Research America (August 2017 - February 2021)1
• Postdoctoral Fellow at Berkeley Lab (January 2015 - July 2017)1
• Postdoctoral Research Associate at Boston University (2012 - 2014)1

Research Focus

His research primarily focuses on:

• Next-generation batteries and organic optoelectronics
• First-principles calculations and atomistic modeling
• High-throughput data mining for synthesis
• Materials discovery driven by machine learning and artificial intelligence

During his postdoctoral work at Berkeley Lab, Shin investigated ion extraction and charge transportation mechanisms of next-generation Li-ion batteries, as well as surface morphologies and protection strategies.1

Education

Shin holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Boston University. He also pursued a Bachelor of Science in Physics at KyungHee University.

Expertise

Yongwoo Shin specializes in:

• Computational materials science
• Materials informatics
• Battery materials
• Energy harvesting
• Conducting polymers2

His work has been cited numerous times in scientific publications, particularly in the fields of materials science and energy storage.2