Research 

Low-dimensional materials and optoelectronic devices

Charge carrier and energy exciton transfer at heterointerfaces

Strain mechanics toward quantum nanomaterials

Soyeong Kwon is dedicated to advancing our understanding of light-matter interactions within 2D van der Waals semiconductor-based heterostructures. Her research involves extensive electrical and optical characterizations to explore these phenomena.

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One of Soyeong's primary technical skills is surface photovoltage mapping using Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) and near-field spectroscopy, photo-induced force microscopy (PiFM). Her research interests are centered around exciton quantum emitters and straintronics in 2D materials. She is actively exploring the fascinating physical phenomena in 2D quasiparticles and their relationship with micro- and nano-scale mechanical strain.

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Soyeong aspires to be a physicist researcher and communicator, opening the quantum era by driving research ideas for quantum technologies.

2017 - 2022

Graduate Student Research Assistant, Emerging Device Physics Lab, Ewha Womans University, South Korea

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2022

Postdoctoral Researcher, New and Renewable Energy Research Center, Ewha Womans University, South Korea

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2023 - 2024

Postdoctoral Researcher, Multifunctional Materials and Mechanics Group, University of California, Irvine, USA

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2024 - 

Chancellor’s Postdoctoral fellow, Multifunctional Materials and Mechanics Group, University of California, Irvine, USA