Doctor Daewon Kim and Ph.D. candidate Byung-Hyun Lee (Senior researcher, Samsung Electronics) under the advisor Prof. Yang-Kyu Choi was granted the best Young Scientist group membership in 2016 Inter-Academy Seoul Science Forum (IASSF) held by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST).
This forum, held and managed by KAST, is known to be an international gathering of scholars where invited guests including KAST representatives, Nobel Prize winners, and domestic and international outstanding scientists share their insights, new research trends, and global issues.
This year, for the first time, 100 young scientists are chosen, in a scrutiny based on thousands of research papers recently published in prominent international journals, to form an international network in science and technology, and to discuss and share their insights with outstanding scholars.
Furthermore, Doctor Daewon Kim and Ph.D. candidate Byung-Hyun Lee was granted a potential membership in Young Academy, which is being prepared by KAST for the establishment next year.
