Samsung Electronics Advisor Jeong Cheol-hee Appointed as KAIST Alumni Association President

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[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Jeong Chil-hee (photo), an advisor at Samsung Electronics, has been appointed as the 25th president of the KAIST Alumni Association.

According to KAIST on the 3rd, Jeong's term as the new president runs from this month until January 2022, and the inauguration ceremony was held at the '2020 KAIST Alumni Association New Year's Gathering' on the 18th of last month.

Jeong, the new president, earned a master's degree from the Department of Physics at KAIST (Class of '79) and a Ph.D. in Physics from Michigan State University in the United States.

He joined Samsung Electronics in 1979 and devoted over 40 years to semiconductor technology development. He served as head of the semiconductor research institute and is regarded as a key figure in the semiconductor success story of Samsung Electronics.

While serving as the head of Samsung Electronics' Advanced Institute of Technology, Jeong was also responsible for developing future technologies such as quantum dots and neural processing for Samsung Electronics.

Currently, he holds positions as an advisor at Samsung Electronics' Advanced Institute of Technology, chairman of the Nano Convergence Industry Research Association, member of the National Science and Technology Advisory Council, and general chairman of the National Future Strategy 2045 Committee.

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