Kisung Chae

Software Engineer

Austin, Texas, United States10 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics.
Proven track record in materials modeling and research.
Strong programming skills in C, C++, and Python.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Materials Science expert specializing in computational modeling and simulation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Density Functional TheoryComputational Materials ScienceMaterials Research

Other Skills

Molecular DynamicsDevice modelingFirst-principles calculationsAlgorithm developmentTCADProcess ModelingC (Programming Language)C++Python (Programming Language)Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft Word

About

TCAD Sentaurus Product Applications Engineer at Synopsys. Product Champion in Geometry/Meshing (Sentaurus Mesh and Sentaurus Structure Editor). Atomistic materials modeling (Density Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics).

Experience

10 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Synopsys inc

3 roles

Sr. Staff Applications Engineer

Promoted

May 2026 – Present · 1 mo

Staff Applications Engineer

Feb 2024 – May 2026 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Senior Applications Engineer

Jul 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

Uc san diego

2 roles

Staff Research Associate

Mar 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

Postdoctoral Researcher

Mar 2019 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs

Research advisor: Prof. Andrew Kummel (Chem&BioChem at UCSD)
Density functional theory (DFT) models of ferroelectric (FE) hafnium-zirconium oxide (HZO) materials
Stability of FE HZO
Domain/phase boundary models
Device modeling based on DFT such as negative capacitance, FE random access and multi-state memory

Density Functional TheoryMolecular DynamicsDevice modelingComputational Materials Science

The university of texas at dallas

Visiting Scholar

Mar 2019 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs · Richardson, TX

Research advisor: Prof. Kyeongjae Cho (MS&E at UTD)
Density functional theory (DFT) models of ferroelectric (FE) hafnium-zirconium oxide (HZO) materials
Stability of FE HZO
Domain/phase boundary models
Device modeling based on DFT such as negative capacitance, FE random access and multi-state memory

Density Functional TheoryMolecular DynamicsDevice modelingComputational Materials Science

Korea institute for advanced study (kias)

Research Fellow

Jul 2015 – Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Seoul, Seoul, South Korea

Research advisor: Prof. Young-Woo Son
Conducted materials research by performing first-principles calculations on various materials systems including two-dimensional crystals and Si polymorphs.
Predicted two-dimensional Si crystals
Predicted a new family of two-dimensional T3X (T=C, Si, Ge, Sn; X=O, S, Se, Te) materials - TXene
Developed an efficient algorithm for new two-dimensional crystals design (SANDWICH)
Computed thermoelectric figure-of-merit of new Si allotrope (Si24) by state-of-the-art first-principles calculations including electron-phonon Wannierization and anharmonic phonon scattering

First-principles calculationsMaterials researchAlgorithm developmentComputational Materials ScienceMaterials Research