Hyunseok Kim

Hyunseok Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He leads the Hyunseok Kim Research Group, focusing on heterogeneous integration technologies for future electronics. Prior to this role, he served as a Postdoctoral Associate and Research Scientist at MIT (2019-2023). His research emphasizes low-dimensional materials, 3D integration, and semiconductor devices for microelectronics and photonics.

Education:

• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCLA (2018)
• B.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Seoul National University (2011)

Research Interests:

• 2D materials-based layer transfer processes
• Epitaxial membrane manufacturing
• Vertical micro-LEDs and optoelectronics
• Wafer-scale semiconductor integration

His work bridges advanced materials science with scalable manufacturing, targeting next-generation electronics and photonics.

Grants: Secured a Samsung grant to advance semiconductor integration research.

Labs/Teams: Directs the Hyunseok Kim Research Group, collaborating with industry partners to develop practical applications of novel materials and integration techniques.