South Korea's pioneering institute of science and technology, world-leading in engineering, computing and AI, robotics, semiconductors, the basic sciences, and biotechnology.
24 professors and academic leaders celebrated so far, cited on every card. In pursuit of every professor, everywhere.
President (18th)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
As KAIST's 18th president and a longtime mechanical engineering professor, he brings deep expertise in eco-friendly energy and carbon-neutral power to leading the institute.
ICT Endowed Chair Professor and Head of Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI
Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI
As head of the Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, he shapes KAIST's research across networks, learning, and intelligent systems.
Associate Professor
School of Computing
He works on world models and object-centric deep learning, teaching machines to imagine and reason about their environments.
Associate Professor
School of Computing
A computer vision and machine learning researcher, he advances visual understanding with graph and geometric deep learning.
Associate Professor
Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI
Leading the MLILAB, he studies high-dimensional statistics and efficient, privacy-preserving machine learning.
Professor
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
A computational neuroscientist, he studies the brain's decision-making and champions creativity in science education.
Associate Professor
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
He leads the Brain and Machine Intelligence Lab, connecting how humans learn with how machines can learn better.
Professor
Department of Physics and Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering
A plasma physicist, he researches low-temperature plasmas from medical sterilizers to Hall thrusters for spacecraft.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
A pioneer of systems metabolic engineering, he designs microbes that produce fuels, chemicals, and materials from renewable resources.
Professor (Emeritus/Chair)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The engineer behind the HUBO humanoid line, he led team KAIST to win the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge.
Professor
School of Electrical Engineering
A leader in high-bandwidth memory and 3D IC signal integrity, he has trained generations of Korean semiconductor engineers.
Professor
School of Electrical Engineering
A pioneer of 2D-material electronic devices and memristors, he has also served KAIST as a vice president and dean of its semiconductor graduate school.
Professor and Head of School of EE
School of Electrical Engineering
Head of the School of Electrical Engineering, he builds flexible OLED electronics for wearable health sensing, including an OLED contact lens.
Associate Professor
School of Electrical Engineering
He leads the Data Intelligence Lab, advancing responsible and robust machine learning on real-world data.
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
An environmental engineer, he designs biodegradable materials and microbial processes for a more sustainable planet.
Chair Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
A materials scientist and chair professor, he invents nanofiber sensors and filters that can help detect disease and clean the air.
Dean of the College of Business
KAIST College of Business
Dean of the College of Business, she studies consumer behavior and marketing with a focus on how people make choices.
Professor of Finance
School of Management Engineering
A finance scholar and former business-school dean, he researches corporate finance and empirical asset pricing.
Professor
Department of Physics
A physicist working on quantum photonics and nanostructures, he explores light from quantum dots and photonic nanocavities.
Professor
Department of Chemistry
A computational chemist, he uses molecular modeling to reveal how catalysts and reactions work at the electronic level.
Professor
Department of Chemistry
A physical chemist, he studies chemical reaction dynamics and conical intersections with laser spectroscopy.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Mathematical Sciences
A discrete mathematician known for rank-width and structural graph theory, he leads Korea's discrete mathematics research community.
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
He develops optogenetics and bio-imaging tools that let scientists control and watch molecular events inside living cells.
Professor and Dean of College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering
Department of Biological Sciences
Dean of the College of Life Sciences and Bioengineering, he studies the brain circuits behind movement and behavior.
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A celebration of the faculty and academic leaders of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), assembled entirely from public information as an act of credit and gratitude. It is not a claim of endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, or partnership by anyone featured or by the university. Every person is real and publicly documented, with a cited source of truth on their card; we never invent a person or a claim, and we prize accuracy over speed. Anyone featured can ask to be updated or removed at any time. Names and marks belong to their owners.