Professor Sanghyeon Kim of our school received the Merck Young Scientist Award at the 22nd Merck Award Ceremony, held on the 20th at BEXCO in Busan.
The Merck Award is a technical paper award established in 2004 by Merck, a leading German science and technology company, together with the Korean Information Display Society. It is presented to honor outstanding research achievements in the field of display technology and to support the development of the Korean display industry.
Professor Kim has been at the forefront of securing key original intellectual property (IP) in inorganic-based MicroLED display technology through independent domestic technology. He has continued pioneering research that enables the realization of ultra-high-resolution and low-power AR/VR displays. As a result, he has developed world-class MicroLED pixels, contributing to innovation in display technology.
In particular, he successfully implemented a technology that allows direct integration of MicroLEDs onto a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) backplane in a single process, thereby realizing an ultra-high-resolution red display of 1700 PPI (pixels per inch), which was highly recognized.* CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor): The circuit substrate that drives the display.
In his acceptance speech, Professor Kim stated, “I am truly grateful and deeply honored to receive the Merck Young Scientist Award, and I feel a great sense of responsibility. I will continue to devote myself as a researcher to ensure that MicroLED display technology translates into tangible industrial competitiveness.”
