Curriculum Vitae

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Young-Gui Yoon
Research Associate
Princeton Materials Institute
70 Prospect Avenue
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
E-mail: yyoon@princeton.edu
Web: http://www.princeton.edu/~yyoon
phone: (609) 258-2775
fax: (609) 258-6878

EDUCATION

B.S. in Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1989-1993.

M.S. in Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, 1994-1996.
- Student of Prof. Jisoon Ihm.

Ph.D. in Physics, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1996-2001.
- Student of Prof. Steven G. Louie.

Research Associate, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 2002-present.
- Working in the group of Prof. Roberto Car, Princeton Materials Institute.

HONORS

A Prize of Korean Mathematical Society in a college math competition (June 1989).
KFAS (the Korea Foundation for Advansced Studies) Undergraduate Fellowship
(March 1991-August 1993), and KFAS Study Abroad Fellowship (August 1996-July 2001).
Seoul National University Honor Scholarship (March 1991-February 1993).
Graduated summa cum laude from Seoul National University (highest academic ranking)
(August 1993).
Seoul National University Graduate Fellowship (March 1994-February 1996).
UC Berkeley Regent Fellowship (August 1996-July 1997).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Ab initio and classical molecular dynamics simulations.
- Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics simulation of hydrogenated amorphous silicon.
- Molecular dynamics calculation of thermal conductivity of ceramic coating materials at high temperatures.
- Aqueous benzene to study hydrophobic hydration effects at constant temperature within the Nóse and Berendsen scheme.

Ab initio quantum conductance, based on LCAO or planewaves, in nanostructures.
- Carbon nanotubes with defects to study resonance effects from quasi-bound states.
- Liquid metal contacted carbon nanotubes to explain novel conductance quantization.
- Crossed carbon nanotube junctions to understand deformation-driven junction currents.
- Carbon nanopeapods, fullerenes in carbon nanotubes, to study electronic and transport properties.

NMR chemical shifts in condensed matter systems from ab initio DFT calculations.
- Hard carbon nitrides to identify different compounds.
- Vitreous silica to analyze Si-O-Si bond angle distribution.
- Amino acids to clarify the effects of environments.
- Aqueous benzene to understand the effects of solvent water.
A real-space approach in pseudopotential DFT calculations.
- First-principles wavelet formalism for electronic structure calculations of semiconductors.
Programming Experience and Computer Skills:
- Parallelization of a molecular dynamics code with self-consistent polarization and the asymmetric ion model potential, and implementation of the velocity Verlet algorithm.
- Implementation of the spin polarized GGA in a self-consistent parallel planewave code, and
  multiple Kleinman-Bylander-type projectors in a pseudopotential generation code.
- Integration of a conductance code and the SIESTA ab initio LCAO code, and development of an electronic structure program based on Daubechies wavelets.
- Experience with IBM SP3, SP2, RS6000, Cray T3E, T90, and SGI Origin 2000.
- Expertise in Fortran, C, and MPI; familarity with MATLAB, and IBM Data Explorer.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant at Seoul National University (March 1994-December 1995).
- Quantum Physics (Spring and Fall 1994), Statistical Physics (Spring 1995),
  and College Introductory Physics (Fall 1995).

Teaching Assistant at UC Berkeley (August 1997-May 1998).
- Quantum Theory of Solids (graduate level)

PUBLICATIONS

``NMR chemical shifts in hard carbon nitride compounds'', by Y.-G. Yoon, B. Pfrommer, F. Mauri,
and S.G. Louie, Physical Review Letters, 80 3388 (1998). PDF
``Possible explanation for the conductance of a single quantum unit in metallic carbon nanotubes'',
by H. Choi, J. Ihm, Y.-G. Yoon, and S.G. Louie, Physical Review B, 60 R14009 (1999). Postscript, PDF
``Disorder, pseudospins, and backscattering in carbon nanotubes'', by P. McEuen, M. Bockrath,
D. Cobden, Y.-G. Yoon, and S.G. Louie, Physical Review Letters, 83 5098 (1999). Postscript, PDF
``Crossed nanotube junctions'', by M. Fuhrer, J. Nygard, L. Shih, M. Forero, Y.-G. Yoon, M. Mazzoni,
H. Choi, J. Ihm, S.G. Louie, A. Zettl, and P. McEuen, Science, 288 494 (2000). Postscript
``Si-O-Si bond angle distribution in vitreous silica from first-principles 29_Si NMR analysis'',
by F. Mauri, A. Pasquarello, B. Pfrommer, Y.-G. Yoon, and S.G. Louie, Physical Review B, 62 R4786 (2000). Postscript, PDF
``Structural deformation and intertube conductance of crossed carbon nanotube junctions'',
by Y.-G. Yoon, M. S. Mazzoni, S. G. Louie, H. Choi, and J. Ihm, Physical Review Letters, 86 688 (2001). Postscript, PDF
``Electronic structure and quantum conductance of carbon nanotubes'',by Y.-G. Yoon, and S. G. Louie,
in Nanostructured Carbon for Advanced Applications, G. Genedek, P. Milani, and V. G. Ralchenko (eds.),
Kluwer academic publishers, Dordrecht (2001).
``Quantum conductance of multiwall carbon nanotubes'',
Y.-G. Yoon, P. Delaney, and S. G. Louie, Physical Review B, 66 073407 (2002).
``NMR chemical shifts in amino acids: effects of environments, electric field, and amine group rotation'',
by Y.-G. Yoon, B. Pfrommer, S. G. Louie, and A. Canning, submitted to Physical Review B.
``Electronic structure quantum conductance and scanning tunneling microscopy of carbon nanopeapods'',
by Y.-G. Yoon, M. S. Mazzoni, and S. G. Louie, submitted to Physical Review Letters.
``A first-principles LCAO formalism for the quantum conductance of nanostructures'',
by Y.-G. Yoon, H. Choi, M. S. Mazzoni, and S. G. Louie, to be submitted.
``Anomalous conductance scaling of carbon nanotubes in contact with liquid metal'',
by H. Choi, J. Ihm, Y.-G. Yoon, and S. G. Louie, to be submitted.
``NMR chemical shifts of a benzene molecule in liquid water'',
by M. Mazzoni, Y.-G. Yoon, S. G. Louie, and E. Artacho, to be submitted.

TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS

``NMR Chemical Shifts in Hard Carbon Nitride Compounds'',
American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, March 1998.
``NMR Chemical Shifts in Amino Acids: Effects of Environments'',
American Physical Society March Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 1999.
``First-principles Study of Intertube Conductance of Crossed Carbon Nanotube Junctions'', American Physical Society March Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March 2000.
``NMR Chemical Shifts of a Benzene Molecule in Liquid Water'', American Physical Society March Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, March 2000.
``First-principles Study of Intertube Conductance of Crossed Carbon Nanotube Junctions'', seminars at Seoul National University, and Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, May 2000.
``Theoretical Study of the Quantum Conductance of Carbon Nanotube Structures'', Invited talk at American Physical Society March Meeting, Seattle, WA, March 2001.

REFERENCES

Prof. Steven G. Louie
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Physics
366 Le Conte Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-7300
(510) 642-1709
sglouie@uclink.berkeley.edu

Prof. Marvin L. Cohen
Department of Physics
366 Le Conte Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-7300
(510) 642-4753
cohen@civet.berkeley.edu

Prof. Roberto Car
Princeton Materials Institute
70 Prospect Avenue
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544-1009
(609) 258-2534
rcar@princeton.edu

Prof. Jisoon Ihm
Department of Physics
Seoul National University
Seoul 151-742, Korea
+82-2-880-6614
nsjisoon@phya.snu.ac.kr

Prof. Paul L. McEuen
Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics
Clark Hall
Department of Physics
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-6308
mceuen@ccmr.cornell.edu