On-campus Research Institutes
On-campus Research Institutes
Basic Science Research Institute
Research Project Name Basic Science Research Institute
Research Director MyungGil.Park
Research Objectives
- Contribute to the advancement of basic science by conducting research to improve the quality of basic science education and advance natural science
Research Content
- Propose pre-emptive management strategies for local marine environmental issues by identifying and predicting marine environmental changes in marine ecological areas (Southwest Sea) expected to be vulnerable to climate change and fluctuations
Institute for Universe Elementary Particles: IEUP
Interest High Energy Physics, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
Research Director DongHo.Moon
Research Objectives
- Explore the fundamental principles of the origin and birth of the universe.
- Establish a leading research institute in the field of nuclear and particle physics in the Honam region
Research Content
- Study the particles and interactions that are the most fundamental building blocks of the universe.
- Precision exploration of the Higgs boson, which gives mass to the universe.
- Explore the oscillation phenomena of neutrinos, which are fundamental particles.
- Research for sterile neutrinos beyond the Standard Model.
- Explore the quark-gluon plasma, the initial state of the universe.
- Research and development of future next-generation particle detectors
Institute of Systems Biology&Life Science Information
Interest Systems Biology, Health and Disease Modeling, Bioinformatics
Research Director ChunGu.Park
Research Objectives
- Develop a sustainable material and energy circulation system through biology-based waste recycling and bioenergy production
Research Content
- Develop a system biology-based sustainable material and energy circulation system.
- Assess the impact of environmental waste using animals and plants.
- Develop microbial/enzyme-based waste recycling and bioenergy conversion technologies based on synthetic biology.
- Develop an efficient material circulation system through the integration of in silico, in vitro, and in vivo systems
Big Data Research Lab
Interest Statistics, Big-data, AI, Data Science
Research Director JaeSik.Jung
Research Objectives
- Conduct research utilizing statistics-based big data and Develop big data analysis techniques and related software.
- Provide statistical consultation, promote industry-academia collaboration, and support statistics-based big data analysis education.
Research Content
- Serve as a regional hub for statistics-based big data information center.
- Conduct statistics-based big data analysis research.
The Research Institute for Molecular Science
Interest Molecular Structure and Dynamics, Spectroscopy, Nanomaterials and Molecular Devices
Research Director Sung.Cho
Research Objectives
- Leading the Honam region's specialized industries by establishing the best regional research institute in the field of chemistry
- Growing into a core molecular science research institute in East Asia
Research Content
- Research on organic/inorganic composite materials
- Bio-nano convergence research
- Nano-optical materials research
Center for Quantum Computing
Interest Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Information Theory, Quantum Hardware (Qubits, Superconducting Circuits, Ion Traps)
Research Director SeokBeom.Yoon
Research Objectives
- Develop Quantum Graph Neural Network algorithms
Research Content
- Subject: Quantum Graph Neural Networks.
- Graph-based neural networks using data geometry
- Quantum-classical hybrid graph neural networks
- Partitioned quantum graph neural networks
Institute of Sustainable Ecological Environment
Interest Sustainability Science, Ecosystem Conservation, Environmental Pollution Management
Research Director HaChul.Sung
Research Objectives
- Contribute to sustainable national and social development by analysing and pre-emptively responding to current issues of bio-crisis (ecological environment imbalance, diseases and food due to climate change, etc.)
- Establish a foundation for predicting and responding to bio-crisis through regional specialization in the Honam region and international cooperation.
Research Content
- Ecological environment and biological resources: Exploration and research for biological industrialization and resource development, including ecosystem health, biodiversity and biological conservation measures, environmental pollution and toxicity, biological resource exploration and development, biomimicry and new material development.
- Analysis of biological genetic resources function: Identification of basic molecular mechanisms, molecular mechanisms of basic and applied biology such as immunity and development / basic life phenomena.
- Biomimicry: Analysis of structural / material characteristics that each organism has specifically as it adapts to its habitat environment, and understanding and utilizing its mechanism from an evolutionary perspective.
Research Institute for Geological Environment
Interest Geological Hazard Assessment, Landslide and Soil Stability, Climate-Geology Interactions
Research Director DongHoon.Shin
Research Objectives
- Secure research capabilities to develop innovative technologies for investigation and analysis of current issues related to geological surveys, geological environment, geological disasters, and geological resources.
- Create an environment where it can play a leading role in solving geological environmental science problems by establishing a small and strong regional research institute in the fields of geological environment and geological disasters
- Create opportunities for national research project execution and commercialization through strengthening international collaborative partnerships, including domestically.
Research Content
- National Land Geological Survey and Analysis Research
- Geological Environment Research
- Geological Disaster Response and Prediction Research
- Geological Resource Survey and Analysis Research
Center for Quantum Technologies
Interest Quantum Computing, Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Sensing and Metrology
Research Director SeungGeun.Jae (Research Director)
Research Objectives
- Discover and cultivate leading convergence and interdisciplinary research in applied physics.
- Nurture advanced quantum technology talent by establishing a cutting-edge regional research institute in the field of quantum sensing.
- Contribute to the growth of new industries by securing core quantum sensing technologies.
Research Content
- Research on the growth and physical properties of next-generation condensed matter.Spin control research
- Research on light energy materials and devices
- Convergence and interdisciplinary research by research theme.
- Interdisciplinary Research by Subject