Dr. Bum Jun Kim is a postdoctoral fellow in Material Science Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, with a joint appointment as postdoctoral fellow in the Material Science & Engineering at UC Berkeley. He received a Ph.D. degree in material engineering from Sungkyunkwan University in 2021 and then joined Al Balushi research group from October, 2022.
Research
Dr. Bum Jun Kim’s research encompasses the synthesis of nanomaterials and their applications in electronics, photonics, and sensing technologies. His primary focus lies in the controlled synthesis of low-dimensional (1D and 2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials using metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), with particular emphasis on their integration into advanced devices such as field-effect transistors (FETs), photodetectors, and gas sensors. Currently, Dr. Kim is investigating the phase-controlled growth of 2D transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and the development of 2D superlattice structures, aimed at advancing next-generation electronic and optoelectronic systems.
