GIST Professor Shin Hyunjin Receives This Year's Women in Science and Technology Award for Semiconductor Research Achievements

'2024 Daehanminguk Women in Science and Technology Conference'
Academic Award Winner... "Bridge Role in Industry-Academia Cooperation"

Professor Shin Hyunjin of the Department of Semiconductor Engineering at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) received the Woman Scientist and Engineer of the Year Award at the '2024 Korea Women in Science and Technology Conference.'

Shin Hyunjin, Professor of Semiconductor Engineering at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST). Provided by GIST

Hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and organized by institutions for women in science and technology such as the Korea Foundation for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology, the Korean Federation of Women’s Science and Technology Associations, and the Korean Women Scientists and Engineers Association, the event was held on the 6th at the Korea Science and Technology Center.

About 300 attendees including Yoo Sang-im, Minister of Science and ICT, other ministry officials, key figures from women’s science and technology organizations, and scientists and engineers from academia, industry, and research institutes gathered to honor women scientists and engineers and institutions that have contributed to the advancement of science and technology.

The Woman Scientist and Engineer Award is selected in three categories: academic, industrial, and promotion. The academic category evaluates research and development activities over the past five years based on the excellence of research and development content in fields such as natural sciences, medical sciences, and engineering, the excellence of research outcomes, and the impact of these outcomes to select the awardees.

Professor Shin, the academic category awardee, was recognized for her research on "Large-area growth and interface control of two-dimensional materials for practical applications," which elucidated the growth structure of two-dimensional materials to replace semiconductor silicon materials, thereby securing technology capable of implementing semiconductors on a large scale.

Since joining GIST in 2023, Professor Shin has conducted research on future semiconductor materials and devices for a long time in the industry. Since 2007, she has published research results on large-area growth of graphene and two-dimensional materials and interface studies to improve device performance in prestigious international journals such as Nature.

Professor Shin stated, "I will contribute to securing Korea’s global leadership in science and technology through the growth, characterization, and application discovery of new two-dimensional materials, and serve as a bridge for industry-academia technology cooperation to ensure that basic research leads to practical applications. I will also strive to be a good mentor to nurture outstanding women scientists and engineers."