Graphene Square

Business Advisory Board,
US Operation, CEO (tentative)

Duck Joo Yang

Activities

2012: Advisor to OCIM , Seoul, Korea
2012: Executive Member of Finance Management Committee, Korean American
Scientists and Engineers Association, Washington DC
2010: Co-founder & Owner of K-Y Energy, Texas
2012: Co-Chair of '2012 US-Korea Joint Symposium of Nano Workshops" Dallas,
2011: Co-Chair of 'Industry Forum in UKC2011 Conference", Park City, Utah,
2010: An advisory member of 'The10th US-Korea Workshop on Nanostructured
Materials" Seattle, Aug 10-12, 2010
2008 - 09: Chair of Nano Sci. & Tech. Symposium at US-Korea Conferences
(2008, San Diego, CA & 2009, Raleigh, NC
2009: Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee, 2nd Texas-Korea Nano Workshop,
May 18-19, 2009, Seoul, Korea
2007: Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee, 1st Texas-Korea Nano Workshop,
August 7-8. UT Dallas, USA
2003: Co-chair of Life Science Division, UK-Korea High Tech Industry forum, Korea
2000: Vice President of Korean Chemical Society

Brief CV

1977: Ph. D., UC Berkeley
1982: Executive MBA, Wharton Business School, U. Penn.
1978 - 95: DuPont ?USA , Wilmington, DE
Researcher and Team Leader ( R&D, Mfg in Petrochemicals, Automotive Products, Electronics Materials)
Market Manager - Electronics Materials
Project manager ? Semiconductor Materials
1995: DuPont Asia Pacific/DuPont Korea (Director)
ASEAN Country Market Management with P&L Responsibility
Asia Pacific Regional Supply Chain Management
Korea OEM/Refinishes Business Management1997: VP, CSO & R&D Head of
Chemical Sector at Samsung (SAIT :Samsung Electronics Central R& D Institute):
R&D Size (150+ People with ca. US$ 20-25M annual Budget)
2000: EVP, Head of New Business Development (Bio Nano Based Products)
Built 100+ Organization (Sales/marketing, R&D, Mfg ) from Scratch.
2003: University of Texas at Dallas ? Research Professor
Publications: 35+, and Issued & Pending Patents: 15
Accumulated Research Contract s& Grants: >US$3million
R & D Areas: nanomaterials, conductive polymers , CNTs, Graphene
for energy devices and new process development for carbon fibers
2006: Associate Dean of Research and Interdisciplinary Programs,
School of Natural Sciences and Math, UT Dallas
2006: A founding Member and Executive Member of Institute of Innovations and
Entrepreneurships at School of Management, UT Dallas

Honors

1977: Ph. D., UC Berkeley
1982: Executive MBA, Wharton Business School, U. Penn.
1978 - 95: DuPont ?USA , Wilmington, DE
Researcher and Team Leader ( R&D, Mfg in Petrochemicals, Automotive Products, Electronics Materials)
Market Manager - Electronics Materials
Project manager ? Semiconductor Materials
1995: DuPont Asia Pacific/DuPont Korea (Director)
ASEAN Country Market Management with P&L Responsibility
Asia Pacific Regional Supply Chain Management
Korea OEM/Refinishes Business Management1997: VP, CSO & R&D Head of
Chemical Sector at Samsung (SAIT :Samsung Electronics Central R& D Institute):
R&D Size (150+ People with ca. US$ 20-25M annual Budget)
2000: EVP, Head of New Business Development (Bio Nano Based Products)
Built 100+ Organization (Sales/marketing, R&D, Mfg ) from Scratch.
2003: University of Texas at Dallas ? Research Professor
Publications: 35+, and Issued & Pending Patents: 15
Accumulated Research Contract s& Grants: >US$3million
R & D Areas: nanomaterials, conductive polymers , CNTs, Graphene
for energy devices and new process development for carbon fibers
2006: Associate Dean of Research and Interdisciplinary Programs,
School of Natural Sciences and Math, UT Dallas
2006: A founding Member and Executive Member of Institute of Innovations and
Entrepreneurships at School of Management, UT Dallas

Founder & Scientific
A dvisory Board

Byung Hee Hong

Activities

Invited Lecture at Nobel Symposium
Total Patent Applications ~90
Total PCT Applications ~ 40
Top 2nd graphene-related patent inventor

2011 ~: Scientific Advisory Committee , EU Graphene Flagship Project
2012 ~: Scientific Advisory Board, Cambridge Graphene Centre, UK.
2010: Co-founder & Owner of K-Y Energy, Texas
2011 ~: R&D Strategy and Planning Committee, Korean Graphene
Commercialization Project, Ministry of Knowledge and Economy, Korea.
2012 ~: Advisory Board, Future Technology Forum, LG Electronics, Korea.
2012 ~: Editorial Board, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Co.
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Founder & Scientific Advisory Board

2002: Ph. D., POSTECH.
2004 ~ 2007: Post-Doc, Columbia Univ.
2007 ~ 2011: Assistant Prof., Sungkyunkwan Univ.
2011 ~: Associate Prof. ,Seoul National Univ.

Honors

2011 ~: Scientific Advisory Committee , EU Graphene Flagship Project
2012 ~: Scientific Advisory Board, Cambridge Graphene Centre, UK.
2011 ~2011: R&D Strategy and Planning Committee, Korean Graphene Commercialization Project,
Ministry of Knowledge and Economy, Korea.
2012 ~: Advisory Board, Future Technology Forum, LG Electronics, Korea.
2012 ~: Editorial Board, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Co.
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Scientific
A dvisory Board

Philip Kim

Activities

1990

B.S, Seoul National University

1992

M.A , Seoul National University

1999

Ph. D., Harvard University

1999 ~ 2001

Post-Doc, University of California, Berkeley

2002

Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Columbia University

Honors

2011

Dresden Barkhausen Award

2011

Yunker Lecture, Oregon State University,
Scientist of the Year, Korean-American scientists and Engineers Association
Proud Korean Award, Korean American Leadership Foundation

2009

Chapman Lecture, Rice University,
IBM Faculty Award

2008

Ho-Am Science Prize

2007

American Physical Society Fellow
Columbia University Distinguished Faculty Award

2006

Recipient Scientific American 50

2004

National Science Foundation Faculty Career Award

Founding CEO

Chang Yeon Cho