Selected as one of the national Top 10 teams — K-Science Academy
The team led by Prof. Young-Gwan Choi was selected as a national Top 10 team for the 2026 K-Science Academy undergraduate project.
First light from our NV diamond!
Clear NV photoluminescence from a diamond on our optical table — a key first milestone toward quantum sensing.
NRF Young Researcher Grant (Type B) for quantum sensing & qubit control
Selected for the NRF Young Researcher Program (Type B) with total funding of KRW 750 million over five years.
Undergraduate Poster Award at the Korean Vacuum Society Winter Meeting
The lab presented posters at the KVS Winter Meeting (Feb 8–11); Chae Wook Lee received the Undergraduate Poster Award.
Park Systems NX12 & optical table installed
A Park Systems NX12 scanning-probe microscope and a dedicated optical table were installed at the lab.
Quantum-sensing experiments at MPI Dresden
Visited the Quantum Information for Quantum Materials group (Dr. Uri Vool) at MPI-CPfS, Dresden.
QUASAR Lab members attend Asian-APC 2025, Miyazaki
Members participated in the 10th Asian Applied Physics Conference in Japan.
ICAE 2025 Best Poster Award for Haneul Kim
Haneul Kim won the Best Poster Award at ICAE 2025.
NRF international joint research grant (2025–2028)
Finalized NRF project RS-2025-25464256 with Dr. Uri Vool’s group at MPI — KRW 668M, running until Dec 2028.
Welcome new members to the QUASAR Lab!
Haneul Kim joins as a master’s student; Hwijun Ko, Chae Wook Lee, Yeon Woo Seok and Ji-Won Joung join as interns.
QUASAR Lab has started!
QUASAR Lab launched at the Department of Physics, University of Ulsan.
Ministerial Prize as an Outstanding BK21 Researcher
Recognized as an Outstanding Researcher in the 4th-stage Brain Korea 21 program.