Biography
Dr. Heein Yoon received the B.S. degree (summa cum laude) and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea, in 2014 and 2019, respectively.
She was an Intern with Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA, in 2017. From 2019 to 2022, she was with Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA, where she was involved in designing 5G transceivers. Since 2022, she has been with the School of Electrical Engineering, UNIST, where she is currently an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Yoon was the recipient of the Korean Government Scholarship (GPF), the IEEE SSCS Student Travel Grant Award (STGA) in 2017, the IEEE Student Research Preview (SRP) Award at ISSCC in 2018 as recognized the outstanding poster, and the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Predoctoral Achievement Award for 2019−2020. Prof. Yoon was the recipient of the Bronze Prize, the Honorable Mention, and the Bronze Prize at the 23rd, 24th, and 25th HumanTech Paper Award hosted by Samsung Electronics in 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively. She is currently serving on the Technical Program committees (TPC) for the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) and a guest editor for the IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC).
Her current research interests include RF, analog/mixed IC designs, clock/frequency generation systems for emerging wireless and wireline standards, and analog-to-digital converter (ADC).
Education
2014.09 – 2019.09
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering,
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea
2011.03 – 2014.08
B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, summa cum laude
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea
Experience
2022.02 – Present
Assistant Professor, School of Electrical Engineering
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea
2019.05 – 2022.02
Senior Engineer,
Qualcomm inc., San Diego, California, USA
2017.08 – 2018.02
Intern,
Qualcomm inc., San Diego, California, USA
Professional Activity
2025.10 (Scheduled)
RF Session Chair, IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS)
2025.08 (Scheduled)
Invited talks at Korean Institiute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (JKIEES)
2025 – Present
TPC member of IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), RF Subcommittee
2025 – 2026
Guest Editor of IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC)
2025.04
Forum talks at IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC)
2025.02
Invited talks at Korean Institiute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science (JKIEES)
2025.02
Session Chair, at IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
2024.11
Invited talks, 최신 반도체 집적회로 설계 기술 Workshop
2024.08
EE Seminar “Design of PLLs”, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
2024.02
Session Chair, at IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
2024.02
Invited Panelist “Career Trajectories” at IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
2023 – 2024
TPC member of IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), DCT Subcommittee
2023.05
Invited talks, “Frequency Synthesizers”, ISSCC-IEDM Review Workshop
2023.05
EE Seminar “Design of RFICs and PLLs”, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
2022.08
TPC member & Session Chair of IEEE International Symposium on Radio-Frequency Integration Technology (RFIT)
2022.04
Invited talks, Analog/Power IC workshop
2018.02
ECE seminar at UC San Diego (UCSD), CA, USA, Hosted by Prof. Ian Galton
Awards & Honors
2019 – 2020
IEEE SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award Winner
2019.02
25th Samsung HumanTech Paper Award, Bronze Prize in Circuit Design
2018.02
IEEE ISSCC Student-Research Preview (SRP) Award Winner at ISSCC
2018.02
24th Samsung HumanTech Paper Award, Honorable mention in Circuit Design
2017.02
IEEE SSCS Student Travel Grant Award (STGA) Winner
2017.02
23rd Samsung HumanTech Paper Award, Bronze Prize in Circuit Design
2015 – 2019
Global Ph.D. Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), South Korea
2014
Nine Bridge and Star Fellowship, UNIST, South Korea
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