Jaejun Yu is the Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at Seoul National University and a professor of physics at the same university. He is an expert in theoretical and computational condensed matter physics. His research focuses on the electronic, magnetic, and other physical properties of novel transition metal oxides and related materials. Jaejun also excels in teaching science to non-science majors and is well-versed in university administration and management to promote research and education.
His research interests lie primarily in the condensed matter theory of strongly correlated electron materials and computational materials physics. Understanding and discovering new physical properties of novel materials, including transition metal compounds and low-dimensional systems, is particularly interesting. He is also involved in developing theoretical and computational methods and their application to studying real materials' electronic and magnetic properties. Recent research focuses on understanding topological band structures of novel transition metal compounds, e.g., Ir-oxides or chalcogenides, exploring new two-dimensional materials manifesting interesting topological characteristics of topological insulators, Chern insulators or fractional Chern insulators, and manipulating defects in metal oxides for p-type oxide semiconductors, catalysts, and possible device applications.
