EDUCATION
2013
Ph.D., Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
2008
M.S., Physics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
2006
B.S. in Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021
Associate Professor, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.
2023
Adjunct Researcher, KIST Center for Quantum Information, Seoul, Korea.
2023-2024
Honorary Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA.
2017-2021
Assistant Professor, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.
2016-2017
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago; Argonne National Lab., USA.
2014-2016
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
2013-2014
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Computational Quantum Materials
Solid-state quantum information: quantum sensing, quantum computing, quantum network
Spin qubits, single-photon emitters, and hybrid quantum systems
Multi-functional oxide heterostructures, correlated oxides
Energy materials for photo-catalytic water splitting
PUBPLICATIONS
- Hyeonkyeong Kim, Jooyong Bhang, Taejoon Park, Jae-Hyun Lee, Hosung Seo* and Youngdong Yoo*, Elucidating atomistic mechanisms of the formation of phase-controlled ultrathin MoTe2 films and lateral hetero-phase MoTe2 interfaces, Surfaces and Interfaces 40, 103040 (2023).
- *Co-corresponding
- Huijin Park†, Junghyun Lee†, Sangwook Han, Sangwon Oh*, and Hosung Seo*, Decoherence of nitrogen-vacancy spin ensembles in a nitrogen electron-nuclear spin bath in diamond, npj Quantum Information 8, 95 (2022).
- †Co-first, *Co-corresponding
- Jaewook Lee, Huijin Park, and Hosung Seo, First-principles theory of extending the spin qubit coherence time in hexagonal boron nitride, npj 2D materials and applications 6, 60 (2022).
- Mihyang Yu, Donggyu Yim, Hosung Seo, and Jieun Lee, Electrical charge control of h-BN single photon sources, 2D Materials 9, 035020 (2022).
- Shun Kanai, F. Joseph Heremans, Hosung Seo, Gary Wolfowicz, Christopher P. Anderson, Sean Sullivan, Mykyta Onizhuk, Giulia Galli, David D. Awschalom, and Hideo Ohono, Generalized scaling of spin qubit coherence in over 12,000 host materials, PNAS 119 (15), e2121808119 (2022).
- Jooyong Bhang, He Ma, Donggyu Yim, Giulia Galli, and Hosung Seo, First-principles predictions of out-of-plane dimers as a new class of high-symmetry high-spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 13, 45768 – 45777 (2021).
- Gary Wolfowicz, J. Joseph Heremans, Christopher P. Anderson, Shun Kanai, Hosung Seo, Adam Gali, Giulia Galli, and David D. Awschalom, Quantum guidelines for solid-state spin defects, Nature Review Materials 6, 906-925 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-021-00306-y
- Donggyu Yim, Mihyang You, Gichang Noh, Jieun Lee*, and Hosung Seo*, Polarization and localization of single-photon emitters in hexagonal boron nitride wrinkles, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 12, 36362 (2020).
- Meng Ye, Hosung Seo, and Giulia Galli, Spin coherence in two-dimensional materials, npj Computational Materials 5, 44 (2019).
- Hosung Seo†, Yuan Ping†, and Giulia Galli, Role of point defects in enhancing the conductivity of BiVO4, Chemistry of Materials 30 (21), 7793 – 7802 (2018).
- †Co-first
- Gichang Noh, Daebok Choi, Jin-hun Kim, Dong-gil Im, Yoon-ho Kim, Hosung Seo, and Jieun Lee, Stark tuning of single photon emitters in hexagonal boron nitride, Nano Letters 18, 4710 (2018).
- Hosung Seo, He Ma, Marco Govoni, and Giulia Galli, Designing defect-based qubit candidates in wide-gap binary semiconductors for solid-state quantum technologies, Physical Review Materials 1, 075002 (2017).