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General Information

Name Sung Yun Lee
Languages Korean, English
Programming Language Python (PyTorch), MATLAB, C/C++, LabVIEW

Education

  • Current

    Pohang, KR

    Ph. D. in Physics
    POSTECH
    • Mar, 2020 - Aug, 2025
    • Supervisor: Prof. Changyong Song
    • Thesis: Development of functional coherent X-ray nanoimaging with deep-learning methods
  • 2020

    Pohang, KR

    B. Sc. in Physics, Minor in Electrical Engineering
    POSTECH
    • Mar, 2016 - Feb, 2020
    • Magna cum laude
    • Supervisor: Prof. Jee Hyun Choi & Prof. Changyong Song
    • Thesis: A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Process of Copying a Complex Figure in Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease

Research Interests & Skills

  • Research Interests
    • Dichroism in resonant X-ray diffraction & ptychography
    • Deep-learning-based data processing for coherent diffraction imaging
  • Experimental Techniques
    • Coherent diffraction imaging & ptychography
    • Resonant X-ray diffraction

Research & Work Experience

  • 2019

    Pohang, KR

    Undergraduate Researcher
    Department of Physics, POSTECH
    • Mar, 2019 - Feb, 2020
    • Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction & Imaging Laboratory
    • Supervisor: Prof. Changyong Song
  • 2019

    Seoul, KR

    Intern
    Netmarble Corp.
    • Jun - Aug, 2019
    • Machine Learning Team, Columbus Center
  • 2018

    Seoul, KR

    Research Trainee
    Brain Science Institute, KIST
    • Jun - Aug, 2018
    • Convergence Research Center for Diagnosis, Treatment and Care System of Dementia
    • Supervisor: Prof. Jee Hyun Choi
  • 2017

    Ansan, KR

    Intern
    Dawonsys Co., Ltd.
    • Jun - Aug, 2017
    • Accelerator PnA Team, Accelerator Business Division

Teaching Experience

  • 2021

    Pohang, KR

    Teaching Assistant
    POSTECH
    • 2021 Fall
    • PHYS199: Freshman Research Participation
  • 2021

    Pohang, KR

    Teaching Assistant
    POSTECH
    • 2021 Spring
    • PHYS103: General Physics Laboratory I
  • 2020

    Pohang, KR

    Teaching Assistant
    POSTECH
    • 2020 Fall
    • PHYS250: Physics Laboratory I
  • 2019

    Pohang, KR

    Student Mentoring Program (SMP)
    POSTECH
    • 2019 Fall
    • CSED101: Programming & Problem Solving
  • 2018

    Pohang, KR

    Student Mentoring Program (SMP)
    POSTECH
    • 2018 Fall
    • CSED101: Programming & Problem Solving
  • 2018

    Pohang, KR

    Student Mentoring Program (SMP)
    POSTECH
    • 2018 Spring
    • PHYS101: General Physics I
  • 2016

    Uiryeong, KR

    The 13th University Student Knowledge Volunteering KOSAF Camp
    Jeonggok Middle School
    • Aug, 2016
    • Topic: Tessellation & Four color theorem

Scholarships

  • 2024
    POSTECHIAN Fellowship - Innovation
    POSTECH
  • 2016
    Presidential Science Scholarship
    Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning

Awards

  • 2024
    Graduate Student Excellent Paper Award
    Korean Synchrotron Radiation Users' Association (KOSUA)
    • Physical Review Research 2021, ACS Nano 2023, ACS Photonics 2024
  • 2023
    Graduate Student Excellent Paper Award
    Dept. of Physics, POSTECH
    • ACS Nano 2023
  • 2023
    Best Poster Award
    Korean Synchrotron Radiation Users' Association (KOSUA)
    • The 35th Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop
  • 2023
    Best Poster Award
    Korean Synchrotron Radiation Users' Association (KOSUA)
    • The 3rd PAL-XFEL Users' Meeting
  • 2022
    Best Poster Award
    Korean Synchrotron Radiation Users' Association (KOSUA)
    • The 34th Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop
  • 2020
    Graduate Student Excellent Teaching Assistant Award
    Dept. of Physics, POSTECH
    • PHYS250: Physics Laboratory I
  • 2020
    BK21 First Paper Award
    Dept. of Physics, POSTECH
    • Journal of Medical Internet Research 2020
  • 2019
    Best Bechelor's Thesis Award
    Dept. of Physics, POSTECH
    • A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Process of Copying a Complex Figure in Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease

Publications

  • 2025
    Frustrated phonon with charge density wave in vanadium Kagome metal
    • Seung-Phil Heo, Choongjae Won, Heemin Lee, Hanbyul Kim, Eunyoung Park, Sung Yun Lee, Junha Hwang, Hyeongi Choi, Sang-Youn Park, Byungjune Lee, Woo-Suk Noh, Hoyoung Jang, Jae-Hoon Park, Dongbin Shin*, and Changyong Song*, Nature Communications 16, 4861 (2025).
  • 2025
    Deep-learning real-time phase retrieval of imperfect diffraction patterns from X-ray free-electron lasers
    • Sung Yun Lee, Do Hyung Cho, Chulho Jung, Daeho Sung, Daewoong Nam, Sangsoo Kim, and Changyong Song*, npj Computational Materials 11, 68 (2025).
  • 2025
    Development of the Nanobeam X-ray Experiments instrument at PAL-XFEL
    • Jangwoo Kim†, HyoJung Hyun†, Seonghan Kim, Sun Min Hwang, Myong-Jin Kim, Dogeun Jang, Kyung Sook Kim, Jaeyong Shin, Sejin Kim, Junha Hwang, Sung Yun Lee, Eunyoung Park, Sangsoo Kim, Intae Eom, Changyong Song, and Daewoong Nam*, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 32(2), 466-473 (2025).
  • 2024
    Off-Axis X-Ray Vortex Beam Ptychography
    • Sung Yun Lee, Eunyoung Park, Sinwoo Kim, Euije Jo, Su Yong Lee, Jun Woo Choi, and Changyong Song*, ACS Photonics 11(9), 3804-3810 (2024).
  • 2024
    Inverted nucleation for photoinduced nonequilibrium melting
    • Junha Hwang†, Yungok Ihm†, Daewoong Nam, Jaeyong Shin, Eunyoung Park, Sung Yun Lee, Heemin Lee, Seung-Phil Heo, Sangsoo Kim, Je Young Ahn, Ji Hoon Shim, Minseok Kim, Intae Eom, Do Young Noh, and Changyong Song*, Science Advances 10(18), eadl6409 (2024).
  • 2024
    Development of the multiplex imaging chamber at PAL-XFEL
    • Junha Hwang, Sejin Kim, Sung Yun Lee, Eunyoung Park, Jaeyong Shin, Jae Hyuk Lee, Myong-jin Kim, Seonghan Kim, Sang-Youn Park, Dogeun Jang, Intae Eom, Sangsoo Kim, Changyong Song, Kyung Sook Kim*, and Daewoong Nam*, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 31(3), 469-477 (2024).
  • 2023
    Nanoscale Three-Dimensional Network Structure of a Mesoporous Particle Unveiled via Adaptive Multidistance Coherent X-ray Tomography
    • Sung Yun Lee†, Do Hyung Cho†, Sung Chan Song†, Jaeyong Shin, Junha Hwang, Eunyoung Park, Su Yong Lee, Seongseop Kim, Jinwoo Lee, and Changyong Song*, ACS Nano 17(22), 22488-22498 (2023).
  • 2021
    Denoising low-intensity diffraction signals using k-space deep learning: Applications to phase recovery
    • Sung Yun Lee, Do Hyung Cho, Chulho Jung, Daeho Sung, Daewoong Nam, Sangsoo Kim, and Changyong Song*, Physical Review Research 3(4), 043066 (2021).
  • 2021
    High-Throughput 3D Ensemble Characterization of Individual Core-Shell Nanoparticles with X-ray Free Electron Laser Single-Particle Imaging
    • Do Hyung Cho†, Zhou Shen†, Yungok Ihm, Dae Han Wi, Chulho Jung, Daewoong Nam, Sangsoo Kim, Sang-Youn Park, Kyung Sook Kim, Daeho Sung, Heemin Lee, Jae-Yong Shin, Junha Hwang, Sung Yun Lee, Su Yong Lee, Sang Woo Han, Do Young Noh, N. Duane Loh*, and Changyong Song*, ACS Nano 15(3), 4066-4076 (2021).
  • 2020
    A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Process of Copying a Complex Figure in Early- and Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease: A Quantitative Analysis of Digital Pen Data
    • Ko Woon Kim†, Sung Yun Lee†, Jongdoo Choi, Juhee Chin, Byung Hwa Lee, Duk L. Na*, and Jee Hyun Choi*, Journal of Medical Internet Research 22(8), e18136 (2020).
  • 2019
    Detecting Abuser Group in MMORPG by using Ranking System based on Game Transaction Network
    • Sungyun Lee*, Sunghun Kim, Inhae Seok, and Mincheol Kim, Proceeding of the Korea Software Congress 2019 (KSC2019), 46(2), 584-586 (2019).

Patents

  • 2021
    Apparatus and Method of Processing Image Copying Test for Evaluating Cognitive Impairment, and Computer Readable Recording Medium
    • KR, Registration; #1023380710000 (Dec, 2021).
  • 2021
    METHOD FOR GAME DATA PROCESSING
    • KR, Registration; #1023339410000 (Nov, 2021).

Poster & Oral Presentations

  • 2025

    Pohang, KR

    The 5th PAL-XFEL Users' Meeting
    • Oral (as an invited student talk)
    • Title: Deep learning for coherent diffraction imaging using XFEL
  • 2024

    Pohang, KR

    The 36th Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop
    • Poster
    • Title: Off-axis X-ray vortex beam ptychography
  • 2024

    Minneapolis, US

    American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting 2024
    • Oral
    • Title: Nanoscale X-ray Tomography of Mesoporous Particle Improved via Adaptive Multidistance Coherent Diffraction Imaging
  • 2023

    Pohang, KR

    The 35th Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop
    • Poster
    • Title: Network analysis of pore structure inside mesoporous particle revealed by multi-distance coherent X-ray tomography
  • 2023

    Changwon, KR

    2023 Korean Physical Society (KPS) Fall Meeting
    • Poster
    • Title: Nanoscale three-dimensional network structure of a mesoporous particle unveiled via adaptive multi-distance coherent X-ray tomography
  • 2023

    Pohang, KR

    The 3rd PAL-XFEL Users' Meeting
    • Poster
    • Title: Deep-Learning-Based Denoiser for Phase Recovery of Singe-Shot Diffraction Signals via X-ray Free Electron Laser
  • 2022

    Pohang, KR

    The 34th Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop
    • Poster
    • Title: Multi-distance Coherent Diffraction Imaging for Super-resolution X-ray Microscopy
  • 2021

    Virtual

    2021 Korean Physical Society (KPS) Fall Meeting
    • Poster
    • Title: Deep-Learning-Based Denoiser for Phase Recovery of Single-Shot Diffraction Patterns Using XFEL
  • 2020

    Pohang, KR

    The 32nd Synchrotron Radiation Users' Workshop
    • Poster
    • Title: Low Intensity Phase Retrieval Enhanced by Deep Neural Network
  • 2019

    Pyeongchang, KR

    Korea Software Congress 2019 (KSC2019)
    • Poster
    • Title: Detecting Abuser Group in MMORPG by using Ranking System based on Game Transaction Network