Shin Sung-chul
Shin Sung-chul 신성철 | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 19, 1952 |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University KAIST Northwestern University |
| Awards | Top Scientist and Technologist Award of Korea, South Korea (2012) Science Award, National Academy of Sciences, South Korea (2009) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Spintronics, nanomagnetism |
| Institutions | KAIST |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 신성철 |
| Revised Romanization | Sin Seongcheol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sin Sŏngch'ŏl |
Shin Sung-chul (Korean: 신성철; born July 19, 1952) is a South Korean physicist and the 16th president of KAIST. Shin was the first president of DGIST since it changed its form from a research institute to a university in 2011. His main research areas as a scientist are spintronics and nanomagnetism. As of June 2014, Shin is the founding president of DGIST university, Fellow Professor of University of Ulsan, a member of Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology (PACST), the chair of Committee for Future Strategy, PACST, and a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).