Dr. Sundar Kunwar (Dept. Of Electronic Engineering), Appointed as Researcher at the World-Renowned Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

(Left) Dr. Sundar Kunwar, (Right) Prof. Lee Ji-hoon

Dr. Sundar Kunwar (Advisor: Lee Ji-hoon), PhD graduate from the Department of Electronics Engineering, Kwangwoon University, became a researcher at the world-renowned Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States on June 1, 2021.

Founded in 1943, Los Alamos National Laboratory is one of the world's leading national laboratories with a budget of 2.6 trillion won and more than 10,000 employees. It is one of the world's largest research institutes that conduct extensive research on nuclear power plants and materials, bio, energy, aerospace, national security, space exploration, renewable energy, medicine, nanotechnology, and supercomputing. It is a member of California State University and is a national laboratory under the US Department of Energy (DOE). It is also the first place in the world to develop a nuclear bomb through the Manhattan Project during World War II.

Los Alamos National Laboratory

Dr. Kunwar, a Nepalese national, entered the Department of Electronics Engineering in 2016 in the integrated master’s and doctoral course at the university, and then, Prof. Lee Ji-hoon’s research team studied various metasurface plasmonic nanoparticle-based UV photodetectors and advanced metasurface plasmonic processes to control the growth of nanoparticles. Through this, he has published more than 30 papers in JCR Q1 Q2 journals, including ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Nano-Micro Letter, Small, Applied Surface Science, etc. over the top 10% of JCR.

Dr. Kunwar said, "I would like to sincerely thank my advisor and seniors and juniors who provided generous support whenever there was a difficult situation." He added, “I will try to create a synergy in the future of Kwangwoon University and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in conducting a sisterhood relationship and joint research.”

Professor Lee Ji-hoon said, “I have been teaching Kunwar for five years, but I am very happy that it led to good results. As it is said, it takes a whole village to raise a child properly. I would like to express my gratitude once again to Kwangwoon University, the members of the Department of Electronics Engineering, and the professors who have provided assistance to us for generous support so that individual efforts can lead to excellent results.”