Yoon Euijun, Specially Appointed Professor at Seoul National University, Appointed New President of the National Academy of Engineering

New Vice Chairman, 5 Executives Including Gwak Nojeong, President of SK Hynix

Yoon Eui-jun, a special professor at Seoul National University, has been appointed as the next president of the Korean Academy of Engineering, the most prestigious engineering institution in Korea.

Yoon Eui-jun, the new president of the Korean Academy of Engineering. Photo by the Academy of Engineering

The Academy announced on the 17th at the 55th regular general meeting held at the Shilla Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, that Professor Yoon was elected as the next president of the Korean Academy of Engineering.

President Yoon is a world-renowned authority in the field of compound semiconductors. He has served as a professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Seoul National University for 28 years, nurturing numerous talents in semiconductor process fields. He holds numerous foundational patents in the micro light-emitting diode (LED) field, which is gaining attention as the next-generation display technology.

He has served as vice president of the Korean Institute of Metals and Materials and president of the Korean LED and Optoelectronics Society. He has also held positions such as director of research affairs and head of industry-academia cooperation at Seoul National University, director of the Next-Generation Convergence Technology Institute, and vice dean of the Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology.

In his external activities, he has served as the investment manager (MD) for key industries at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy’s R&D Strategic Planning Group (OSP), chairman of the Ho-Am Engineering Award judging committee, founding president of the Korea Energy Engineering University, and vice president of the Korean Academy of Engineering.

President Yoon stated, "Since its establishment in 1995, the Korean Academy of Engineering has played the role of a think tank in Korea for engineering development and talent cultivation amid the global transformation caused by artificial intelligence (AI) advancement and climate change. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary, we will lay the foundation for the leap forward of the Academy."

On the same day, five individuals were elected as vice presidents of the Academy: Hong Soon-guk, chairman of the Nano Convergence Industry Research Association; Kwak No-jung, CEO of SK Hynix; Park Soo-kyung, professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Baek Eun-ok, professor at Hanyang University; and Han Seung-heon, professor at Yonsei University.

The term of the new executive board will be from January 1 next year to December 31, 2026.

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